Wilder vs. Joshua will be “Mega” – Russ Anber

1-DEONTAY WILDER-MEDIA WORKOUT-0323By Sly Fox: Russ Anber, a trainer most notably responsible for the amateur coaching of David Lemieux and the publishing of multiple tutorial DVD’s, has recently had his say on the potential super-fight between the Olympic gold medallist, Anthony Joshua (13-0-0), and current WBC heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder (34-0-0).

After giving an evaluative breakdown of the Wladimir Klitschko and Tyson Fury bout scheduled for October in an online interview, Russ praised the developments of both Joshua and Wilder and mentioned the eventual clash of the two heavyweights to be nothing short of spectacular.

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Deontay Wilder has been offered $2 million to face Shannon Briggs

1-DEONTAY WILDER-MEDIA WORKOUT-9911By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) has reportedly been offered $2 million for face former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (58-6-1, 51 KOs) in less than two months from now on September 5th at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida, according to FightNews.com.

It’s a decent fight if Wilder opts to take it in terms of it being a stay busy fight to get him ready for his mandatory defense in early 2016 against #1 WBC Alexander Povetkin.
It’s no secret that Briggs and Wilder have had some bad blood for a while.

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Arreola wants to look good against Kassi to get Wilder fight

arreola453By Scott Gilfoid: #12 WBC Chris Arreola (36-4, 31 KOs) is in the running for a fight against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) on September 26th. Wilder hasn’t said who his opponent will be for that date, but Arreola has been mentioning as a possibility if he looks good and wins his next fight against Fred Kassi (18-3, 10 KOs) on July 18th at the Don Haskins Convention Center, in El Paso, Texas, USA.

The 34-year-old Arreola says he’ll retire if he fails to win a world in this attempt, which will be his third try for a world title. Even if Arreola doesn’t get the fight against Wilder in September, he still has a good chance of eventually getting a shot at the WBC belt in the near future, as long as Arreola keeps winning against the guys his management are putting him in with.

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Deontay Wilder is going to get knocked out by Povetkin, says Lucas Browne

1-DEONTAY WILDER-MEDIA WORKOUT-9559By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Lucas Browne (22-0, 19 KOs) thinks WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) will be getting knocked out next year when he defends his title against his #1 WBC mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin.

Wilder has a voluntary defense he’ll be taking on September 26th in Las Vegas, Nevada. Chris Arreola is one of the potential opponents or his fight. But after that, Wilder will need to get down to business in defending his title against Povetkin.

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Joshua: Haye, Klitschko, Fury, Wilder, Chisora are the only ones that can test me

joshua9585By Scott Gilfoid: Despite the fact that unbeaten British #2 WBC heavyweight contender/prospect Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 KOs) hasn’t yet faced a live body since he turned pro two years ago after winning a controversial gold medal in the 2012 London Olympics, Joshua feels that the only heavyweights that can test him in the division are Deontay Wilder, Wladimir Klitschko, David Haye, Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora.

Joshua seems to be assuming that he’d be able to get past heavyweights like Alexander Povetkin, Kubrat Pulev, Carlos Takam, Tony Thompson, David Price, Chris Arreola, Bermane Stiverne, Lucas Browne, Mike Perez, Bryant Jennings, Vyacheslav Glazkov, Andy Ruiz and Charles Martin.

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Deontay Wilder to fight on September 26th on NBC, Chris Arreola a possibility

1-DEONTAY WILDER VICTORY-06132015-5320By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight talent Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) will be back in the ring in two months from now on September 26th in a fight that will be taking place in the United States on Premier Boxing Champions on NBC. The opponent hasn’t been picked out yet for the big punching 6’7” Wilder, but it could be former two time world title challenger Chris Arreola (36-4, 31 KOs), according to Dan Rafael, if Arreola gets past his next fight against Freddy Kassi (18-3, 10 KOs) in their 10 round bout on Showtime Championship Boxing on July 18th from the Don Haskins Convention Center, in El Paso, Texas, USA.

This is a voluntary defense for Wilder to get him ready for his mandatory in early 2016 against #1 WBC Alexander Povetkin.

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Deontay Wilder wishes Tyson Fury “good luck” against Wladimir Klitschko

1-DEONTAY WILDER VICTORY-06132015-5320By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury (24-0, 18 KOs) hasn’t even fought IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-3, 53 KOs) yet, and he’s already looking past him towards a unification bout against WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) for next year.

Talk about your overconfidence. Fury’s promoter Mick Hennessey was able to reach a deal with Klitschko’s promoters at K2 Promotions earlier today minutes before the fight was set to go to purse bids in Panama.

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Fury’s trainer thinks Haye doesn’t deserve Deontay Wilder title shot

haye4343By Scott Gilfoid: Peter Fury, the trainer for unbeaten heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, thinks that former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye is trying to jump ahead of other heavyweight contenders in looking to get a title shot against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.

Haye, 34, hasn’t fought in over four years since being Dereck Chisora in 2012, and he’s talked recently of being interested in fighting the 6’7” Wilder. Haye hasn’t said when precisely he’d be looking to actually fight, but he’s definitely expressed interest in facing Wilder.

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Lucas Browne says Deontay Wilder has no chin

1-DEONTAY WILDER VICTORY-06132015-5328By Scott Gilfoid: #6 WBC Lucas Browne (22-0, 19 KOs) appears to be barking up the wrong street in heavily pursuing a fight against KO artist Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) for his September 26th title defense of his WBC heavyweight title.

Browne is started trash talking the talented 6’7” Wilder something fierce and it looks like the 36-year-old Australian really fancies his chances against him.

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Deontay Wilder targeting Vyacheskav Gkazkov or Lucas Browne on September 26th on NBC

1-DEONTAY WILDER-MEDIA WORKOUT-9911By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight talent Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) will be defending his WBC strap against one of two undefeated heavily ranked top 10 contenders on September 26th against #3 WBC Vyacheslav Glazkov (20-0-1, 12 KOs) or #6 WBC Lucas Browne (22-0, 19 KOs) on Premier Boxing Champions on NBC, according to Lance Pugmire of the LA Times.

This is a voluntary defense for the 6’7” Wilder, so he’d be showing a ton of courage to face one of those two guys for his next title defense. However, Wilder will be in tough in his fight after this when he has to defend his WBC strap against his #1 WBC mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin in early 2016.

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