By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) really enjoys fighting southpaws, according to his trainer Jay Deas. Wilder does especially good against left handed fighters, not that he does bad against right-handed fighters.
Wilder is an unbeaten talent, and there hasn’t been anyone good enough to test him. On April 27th, Wilder will be facing the 6’6” southpaw Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Deas said to the Tuscaloosanews.com “Deontay likes fighting southpaws. Most guys don’t. Deontay does. He’s very confident, very confident going into this fight. We’re looking to continue down this road to the heavyweight title. This is proof that we’re willing to do what it takes.”
The way for right-handed fighters can beat southpaws is by throwing a lot of lead right hands. Southpaws have problems with that, and Audley is going to be seeing a lot of right hand bombs from the 6’7” Wilder for as long as this fight lasts on April 27th, and that’s probably not going to be very long. Actually, I doubt that Audley will see that many right hands from Deontay because he’s going to be shaken up after the first solid right hand that Wilder hits him with. Wilder is arguably the biggest puncher in the heavyweight division right now, and if he connects cleanly with Audley, he’s going to likely have him staggering around, if Audley doesn’t go down from the shot straightaway.
Deontay sparred with Audley last year to help him get ready for David Price, and Wilder reportedly knocked Audley down in one of the sparring sessions. It’s unclear how many times Wilder put Audley down because that wasn’t mentioned, but he did have him down at least once.
This is Audley’s big chance to get ranked in the top 15, and if he can beat Deontay he’ll get a top 15 ranking, and knowing how some of the heavyweight champions are, one of them will likely select Audley simply because he’s better known that the other top 15 contenders, and he’s considered an easy mark.
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