BROOKLYN - A dramatic fight week continued Thursday as WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder and bruising Polish contender Artur Szpilka participated inthe final press conference before they enter the ring this Saturday, January 16 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center.
New York, New York - Polish heavyweight contender Artur Spzilka envisioned his title opportunity right after his October fight in Newark, NJ. It was sort of his New Year’s resolution.
BROOKLYN - A dramatic fight week continued Thursday as WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder and bruising Polish contender Artur Szpilka participated inthe final press conference before they enter the ring this Saturday, January 16 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast begins at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT with unbeatens Charles Martin and Vyacheslav Glazkov fighting for the vacant IBF Heavyweight World Championship.
BROOKLYN - A huge fight week featuring the first two heavyweight world title fights in Brooklyn in 115 years kicked off Tuesday with media workouts at world famous Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn. This Saturday, January 16 at Barclays Center, WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder will make the third defense of his title against Polish bruiser Artur Szpilka while unbeaten heavyweights Charles Martin and Vyacheslav Glazkov battle for the vacant IBF Heavyweight World Championship. The doubleheader will air live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34KOs) has promised to punish challenger Artur Szpilka when they collide on Saturday night. It will be the first heavyweight world title fight in Brooklyn in 115 years.
By Jake Donovan - Artur Szpilka did his best to arrive incognito prior to his open workout session at the famed Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, New York. There’s no such luck for the easily identifiable Polish heavyweight, who has managed to capture nearly as much attention as his upcoming opponent, unbeaten heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder, whom he
BROOKLYN - A huge fight week featuring the first two heavyweight world title fights in Brooklyn in 115 years kicked off Tuesday with media workouts at world famous Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn.
Polish heavyweights Krzysztof Zimnoch (18-0-1, 12 KOs) and Artur Szpilka (20-1, 15 KOs) are far from friends. Back in 2013, the two young heavyweights actually brawled at a press conference to announce a fight between the two of them.
by David P. Greisman - The two fights topping this coming Saturday’s boxing card on Showtime have been marketed as "a history-making night." But let’s not mistake any historical significance as meaning the two fights - the main event of Deontay Wilder vs. Artur Szpilka and its preceding co-feature of Vyacheslav Glazkov vs. Charles Martin - are incredibly historical or...
If random drug testing is being conducted for his upcoming heavyweight title fight with Deontay Wilder, it’s news to Artur Szpilka. The heavyweight southpaw is less than 10 days away from challenging for a portion of the division’s crown, headlining a double-heavyweight title fight bill at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Showtime will televise the event, one where the main event participants were rumored to have enrolled in a random drug testing program.