Chisora-Helenius winner faces Wilder; Joshua-Klitschko sparring session – News

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By Scott Gilfoid: Dereck Chisora (26-7, 18 KOs) is in the position to get a title shot against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) if he can win his fight next month against #12 IBF Robert Helenius (24-1, 15 KOs) on May 27 at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. The winner of the Chisora-Helenius fight will be getting a crack at Deontay; at least that’s what promoter Kalle Sauerland is saying.

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Wilder will be at ringside for Joshua-Klitschko; Ricky Burns to continue career – News

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By Scott Gilfoid: Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder will be in attendance for this month’s fight between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) says he’d like to get inside the ring afterwards to be with the fighters, but he wants to be respectful of them. The 6’7” Wilder is hoping to face the Joshua-Klitschko winner in a unification fight in 2017 if possible.

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Chisora wants Wilder after Helenius

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By Scott Gilfoid: #10 WBC Dereck Chisora wants a title shot against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder after he faces Robert Helenius for the vacant WBC Silver heavyweight title on May 27 next month at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. The 33-year-old Chisora isn’t exactly doing well in his career at present time, having lost 2 out of his last 3 fights.

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Deontay Wilder says he’s better than Anthony Joshua

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) says he’s fighting on another level as IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) right now in his career, and he believes he has the more experience of the two. Wilder, 31, is a little older, faster, taller and more powerful than the 27-year-old Joshua.

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Deontay Wilder open to fighting Tony Bellew

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By Jeff Aranow: Tony Bellew’s win over David Haye last Saturday night makes him an option for WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s next title defense. Wilder’s promoter Lou Dibella says that they would consider fighting Bellew. WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker is the fight that Wilder and Dibella really want most of all.

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Hearn hopes to match Bellew against Wilder or Parker

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By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Eddie Hearn is interested in putting his fighter Tony Bellew in world title fight next following his 11th round stoppage win over an injured David Haye last Saturday night. Bellew beat Haye after he suffered an Achilles injury to his right leg. Haye limped around the ring from rounds 6 until 11, when he was stopped.

Rather than waiting for Haye to heal and putting Bellew back in with him to prove that he can beat a healthy Haye, Hearn wants to match Bellew against one of the heavyweight world champions. Hearn says he’d like to match Bellew against either WBC champion Deontay Wilder or WBO champ Joseph Parker. Hearn feels confident that he’ll be able to get one of those two to agree to the fight.

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Wilder-Washington card averages 1.76M viewers on PBC on Fox

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By Jeff Aranow: Last Saturday night’s Premier Boxing Champions on Fox card headlined by IBF heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder vs. Gerald Washington averaged 1.76 million viewers, according to Dan Rafael. The numbers are a slight dip from the 1.81 million viewers Wilder’s fight against Chris Arreola averaged on July 16 last year.

It’s not all that surprising that the Wilder vs. Washington didn’t bring in better numbers than the Wilder-Arreola fight, because Washington was a replacement opponent. Arreola is a better known heavyweight, who has been around for a long time and fought for a world title years ago against Vitali Klitschko.

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WBC orders Deontay Wilder vs. Bermane Stiverne II fight

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By Scott Gilfoid: The World Boxing Council has ordered WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder to face #1 WBC Bermane Stiverne for next mandatory challenger. Depending on how you look at the World Boxing Council’s decision to install the 38-year-old Stiverne as the 6’7” Wilder’s mandatory, it could be either good news or bad news.

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Breazeale wants Deontay Wilder fight

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By Jim Dower: #11 WBC Dominic Breazeale (18-1, 16 KOs) is targeting a title shot against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (38-0, 27 KOs) after surviving a grueling fight against #9 IBF #10 WBO Izuagbe Ugonoh (17-1, 14 KOs) last Saturday night at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.

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