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By Mike Smith: Deontay Wilder shutdown rumors of him facing former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko later this year by saying that he’s not thinking of a fight against the former champ.  → read full story

By Tim Royner: Dominic Breazeale (20-1, 17 KOs) sees his May 18th fight against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KOs) as potentially his golden ticket to get a lucrative rematch against IBF/WBA/WBO champion Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) in 2019.  → read full story

By Scott Gilfoid: In an interview with IFL TV that turned into a big rant, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn spend 40 minutes yakking about how WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s co-manager Shelly Finkel recently said that once Deontay knockouts out Anthony Joshua, his Matchroom empire be over.  → read full story

By Jeff Aranow: Eddie Hearn admits that he’s at the end of his rope with him being 100 percent frustrated at his inability to setup a championship fight between heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder for all the belts.  → read full story

By Trevor McIntyre: Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn says they’ve sent a legal letter to the WBC to have them to have Dillian Whyte installed as the mandatory challenge to immediately face the winner of the May 18 fight between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale.  → read full story

By Tim Royner: Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KOs) is chomping at the bit to get a fight against Anthony Joshua after he defends his WBC title against Dominic Breazeale (20-1, 18 KOs) on May 18.  → read full story

By Allan Fox: Deontay Wilder’s co-manager Shelly Finkel reportedly is looking to put together a three-fight deal for Wilder with Showtime that would pay him more than the $120 million that he was offered by DAZN for a three fight deal recently, without needing to fight Anthony Joshua.  → read full story

WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder and mandatory challenger Dominic “Trouble” Breazeale went face-to-face Tuesday at a heated press conference to officially announce their heavyweight title showdown taking place Saturday, May 18 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™ and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.  → read full story

By Eric Thomas: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KOs) and Dominic ‘Trouble’ Breazeale (20-1, 18 KOs) met on Tuesday for their kickoff news conference to announce their May 18 fight on SHOWTIME, and Wilder chillingly predicted how he’s going to snatch Breazeale’s brain out of his head like in the Mortal Kombat game.  → […]

By Mike Smith: The much talked about fight between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and challenger Dominic Breazeale are now a done deal for May 18 on regular non-pay-per-view on SHOWTIME on Premier Boxing Champions at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  → read full story