Deontay Wilder boxing news
By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn are going to have to give WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder his asking price of a 50 percent cut of the revenue for them to get a big unification fight against him in 2018. Wilder made it clear on Monday that it’s either a 50-50 deal with IBF/WBA champion Joshua or no fight.
By Stanley White: Now that the World Boxing Council has given Luis Ortiz (27-0, 23 KOs) the right to continue fighting with their sanctioning body, he’s already targeted a fight against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder.
The WBC let Ortiz off easy in fining him $25K for his positive drug test.
By Marcus Richardson: Promoter Barry Hearn is looking at 2 potential dates for the unification fight between IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and WBC champion Deontay Wilder in 2018. The first date is in the summer of next year, and November/December.
By Marcus Richardson: Tyson Fury doesn’t want Anthony Joshua to mix it up with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in a unification fight, as he sees the fight as too dangerous for him to take. Fury says Joshua would be risking messing up their big money fight by facing Wilder.
By Jeff Aranow: Anthony Joshua has sized up WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and Joseph Parker, and concluded that he’ll knockout both without too many problems. Despite the belief by many in the boxing world that Wilder is likely the better fighter of the two at this moment, Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) feels that he’ll knock him out quickly when the time comes.
By Dan Ambrose: Deontay Wilder is coming to knockout Anthony Joshua, says RingStar promoter Richard Schaefer. He feels that WBC heavyweight champion Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) is physically and mentally ready to not only beat IBF/WBA champion Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs), but knock him out as well.
Juan Flores: Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) says the unification fight against Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) is getting close to being realized for next year. Wilder says there would be a 2-fight deal with him fighting in the UK for one of the fights and in the U.S for the other.
By Tim Royner: Undefeated WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (24-0, 18 KOs) says he wants all the belts in the division, and he would knockout WBC champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) and IBF/WBA champ Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) if he can get fights against them.
By Grant Darling: After what can only be described as a Tumultuous couple of years for ‘The Gyspy King’ since his tremendous triumph over an era-dominating Wladimir Klitsckho, things are looking up Tyson Fury.
By Tim Royner: Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) says he’s ready to end the career of the popular British heavyweight Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) when he gets him in the ring. WBC heavyweight champion Wilder says IBF, WBA champ Joshua is trying to ride the gravy train by making easy title defenses against weak opposition. Wilder says he’s going to end Joshua’s career when he meets up with him in 2018.