McGuigan: Tyson Fury has every chance against Deontay Wilder, but not Klitschko

02/15/201502/15/2015 by Boxing News

wilder4 By Scott Gilfoid: Barry McGuigan believes that WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) is someone that unbeaten Tyson Fury can beat if and when that fight takes place in the future.

McGuigan says Fury needs to make a statement in his next fight against Christian Hammer (17-3, 10 KOs) this month on February 28th at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. I’m not sure what kind of statement that Fury can make against a fighter of this class, because Hammer struggled badly to defeat journeyman Kevin Johnson in their fight in December of 2013.

The fall of the great Heavyweights

02/13/2015 by Boxing News

By Dominic Panaia: The sports world knows all too well that the mid 30’s are something to dread, most sportsmen don’t see the natural progression towards the decline in their bodies until it lets them down when most needed. As critics and fans we tend to see it long before the fighter does but we fail to believe it until we see our hero’s not come out for the next bell. For some like George Foreman, Bernard Hopkins and company it is not a problem but for many others it’s far too early.

This brings us to the question of how the advisers and trainers in today’s boxing world handle their future prospects. We can take a look at Deontay Wilder where he sits in his career and how he compares to some of the greats of the heavyweight division.

Klitschko’s manager: Fury first for Wladimir, then Deontay Wilder

02/10/2015 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) is going to need to wait a while before he gets a shot at capturing all of IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s numerous titles, because Klitschko’s manger Bernd Bonte is saying that they want Britain’s Tyson Fury first after the April 25th fight against Bryant Jennings followed by the 6’7” Wilder later on in the year.

Of course, that will require for Wladimir to beat both Jennings and Fury to get to Wilder. I mean, there’s no way that Wladimir will get the fight against Deontay if Wladimir gets blasted out by Jennings or Fury; not that I see him losing to either of those guys, but there’s always the possibility that he could lose to one of them.

Manuel Charr a good option for Deontay Wilder’s first title defense

02/07/2015 by Boxing News

charr2 By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) likely won’t get a chance at fighting either Tyson Fury or Wladimir Klitschko in his fight as the World Boxing Council champion.

Wladimir is already scheduled to fight on April 25th against American Bryant Jennings, and he’s likely going to need months to recover from that fight. As for Fury, we already know that he’s not truly interested in fighting Deontay next, because he wants to wait on the Wladimir fight.

Fury would rather face Wladimir rather than Wilder, which I can understand given the danger involved in facing the 6’7” Wilder.

Deontay Wilder: I’ll knock Tyson Fury out

02/07/201502/07/2015 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) says the boxing world would prefer that he faces #1 WBO Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KOs) next rather than IBF/IBO/WBAWBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (63-3, 53 KOs) in his first fight as the WBC champion.

It’s easy to see why Wilder would want to fight the 6’9” Fury first. It’s a potentially more interesting fight for him and the boxing fans, because the two of them would be trash talking each other the moment the contracts are signed.

Wladimir Klitschko wants Deontay Wilder after Jennings fight

02/05/201502/05/2015 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like #1 WBO Tyson Fury is going to need to keep busy and bide his time until 2016 for him to get a title shot against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, because the 6’6” Ukrainian has bigger fish to fry after he gets done defending his title against unbeaten American talent Bryant Jennings (19-0, 10 KOs) on April 25th at Madison Square Garden in New York.

After the Jennings fight, Wladimir wants to face the unbeaten knockout artist and current WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) for his WBC title later this year.

The decline of boxing

02/03/2015 by Ryan.M.Skelton

By Ryan M. Skelton: Boxing at one point in time was the purest sport in the world. A sport which could captivate the masses, a sport in which pitted titans against each other. It was our version of The Gladiators – the squared circle was the Colosseum and two warriors would wage war for the most important thing of all; self respect and pride. Boxing was all about blood, guts and glory. The best fought the best and the climb to the top of the mountain was a long painful road depicting self sacrifice and the concrete ambition of changing ones life.

With that being said my first point is that this day and age some fighters are awarded high rankings for fighting tomato cans and people that are essentially paid to lose. No disrespect to said boxers as everyone deserves immense respect for stepping in to the lions den as essentially they are endangering their lives. Granted, boxers need to be built up carefully and must be fed a steady diet of sacrificial lamb in order to gain experience and improve.

Tyson Fury: If Wilder keeps winning, we’ll fight sometime

02/01/2015 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten #1 WBO heavyweight contender Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KOs) isn’t in a hurry to face WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) in a fight despite the fact that Fury isn’t likely to get a title shot against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.

Fury is willing to wait on the Wladimir fight because he sees it as a bigger deal to face Wladimir, who is seen as the top fighter in the heavyweight division, rather than the 6’7” Wilder.

Deontay Wilder will be ready to beat Wladimir Klitschko by next year

01/30/2015 by Papamylord2107

(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Papam Lord: I will start by saying if WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko fought right now, I think Wladimir wins by a 12 round decision. However, give it another year and the 6’7″ Wilder, after beating Britain’s Tyson Fury and possibly David Haye, will have the tools to do a proper demolish job on the 39-year-old Wladimir.

At some point during the fight with Wladimir, Wilder will land that big right and that is all he would need. I was as surprised as everyone else when Deontay fought an intelligent and mature fight against former WBCn heavyweight champion Bermane Steverne in beating him by a 12 round unanimous decision earlier this month on January 17th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Deontay Wilder: Possibly a new PPV King?

01/29/2015 by nickoftime

(Photo credit: Esther Linb/Showtime) By NickOfTime: The heavyweight division is not only the most coveted and revered division in the sport of boxing, it was once the crown jewel of the pay-per-view market. All of the big paid fights stemmed from the heavy weight division Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Tommy Morrison and George Foreman all laid the foundation for the mega fights to be sold on television.

A division that is almost non existent in the pay-per-view game anymore has been taken over by a generation of fighters in the lower weight divisions, De La Hoya, Hatton, more currently Manny Pacquiao, Tim Bradley, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Miguel Cotto and of course Floyd Mayweather. Will the Heavyweights ever regain what was theirs, could unbeaten American Deontay Wilder change all that.