By Dan Ambrose: Open scoring will be used for tonight’s fights between Deontay Wilder and Malik Scott, and Danny Garcia and Mauricio Herrera, according to Fightnews. The World Boxing Councils rules will be in play, and one of them is open scoring unfortunately. The scores will be read after the 4th and 8th rounds, which will take away any suspense at all in the fights. The only thing good about is it will likely only affect the Garcia-Herrera fight, because Scott will not be around by the end of the 4th round.
The fights will be taking place at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. This is Garcia’s chance to shine in Peurto Rico, where his parents came from.
By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) thinks British heavyweight David Haye’s recent shoulder injury is a result of the punishment that he’s taken since moving up to the heavyweight division in 2008. The 6’7″ Deontay sees Haye as a cruiserweight fighting in the wrong division, and he thinks Haye should stay retired rather than try to make a come back. But with that said, Deontay would be more than willing to fight Haye if he’s up for it. He’d also like to face British heavyweights Dereck Chisora and Tyson Fury as well.
By Scott Gilfoid: Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) will be trying to accomplish two tasks this Saturday night when he faces Malik Scott (36-1-1, 13 KO’s) on Showtime at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Deontay’s first goal is to get the win to become the mandatory WBC heavyweight challenger in order to face the winner of the Bermane Stiverne vs. Chris Arreola bout later this year.
Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder flies to Puerto Rico Tuesday in advance of his fight with Malik Scott, but made time to meet and work with the youth of rural Coffeeville, Alabama before departing. Wilder has a gym and training camp in the impoverished woodlands.
By Scott Gilfoid: This Saturday night Showtime will be televising what should be an exciting fight between American heavyweights Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) and Malik Scott (36-1-1, 13 KO’s) from the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The fight is a WBC heavyweight eliminator bout scheduled for 12 rounds with the winner becoming the mandatory challenger for the WBC strap.
By Shaun Ayres: Boxing fans are always the first to complain about certain fighters taking what is perceived to be an easy fight. For example, you will often see in forums everyone complaining about Deontay Wilder, Kell Brook, Amir Khan, Adrien Broner, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Gennady Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev and so on taking an easy fight against a lesser opponent. The harsh reality is, most of these fighters are built up by their respective promoters to give them an extremely marketable looking record without ever really testing themselves. This is especially true of Deontay Wilder and Kell Brook. Their respective records are only impressive on paper and the closer one scrutinizes their opponents it becomes painfully obvious that their record is mediocre at best.
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Scott Gilfoid: On March 15th, unbeaten American heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) will be looking to notch his 31st consecutive knockout in his 12 round scheduled bout against Malik Scott (36-1-1, 13 KO’s) on Showtime. Deontay, 6’7″, wants to impress the American fans watching him from home in this WBC heavyweight eliminator bout in order to give them a glimpse of what could be a future heavyweight champion of the world.