Deontay Wilder boxing news
By Jeff Aranow: Off the back of his new 4-year agreement with streaming giant DAZN, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn hopes to meet with the management for WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder in New York to go over the terms of their $50 million offer to Anthony Joshua for a unification fight.
By Tim Royner: IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s promoter Barry Hearn plans on meeting with AJ on Tuesday to discuss his next fight. Hearn has three possible opponents for Joshua to pick from and they are as follows: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller and WBA mandatory Alexander Povetkin.
By Jim Dower: Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed his hopes of expanding his U.S global promotions by making a play to ink the following popular American boxer: Deontay Wilder, Jermell Charlo, Danny Garcia, Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman, Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence, Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner and Mikey Garcia.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn says he plans on appealing the World Boxing Council’s decision to order a fight between #1 WBC Dillian Whyte and #3 Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz for the second mandatory position to get a title shot against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder.
By Jeff Aranow: Eddie Hearn says he’s had positive conversations with the management for WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, and he now believes there’s a “70 percent” chance of a unification fight between him and his fighter IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua can happen.
By Tim Royner: Promoter Barry Hearn says Anthony Joshua will be making his decision whether to fight WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder next when he sits down to make his decision in 7 to 10 days.
By Scott Gilfoid: Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) still expects his fight against Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) to take place despite the fact that AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn chose not to accept the rich $50 million offer of for him to take the fight with the WBC heavyweight champion.
By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew doesn’t think too much of David Haye choosing to fight him rather than going after WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. Bellew thinks that Haye didn’t like his chances of beating the 6’7” Wilder, so he chose to go after him last year in their fight on March 4.
By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn complains that he can’t get WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s management reps Al Haymon and Shelly Finkel to meet with him to negotiate a unification fight.
By Scott Gilfoid: Dillian Whyte and his promoter Eddie Hearn are both upset with the World Boxing Council ordering him to face the dangerous Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz in a heavyweight eliminator fight to get a shot at WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.