Warren wants Deontay Wilder for Chisora’s next fight on September 21st

wilder52By Scott Gilfoid: British promoter Frank Warren is hoping to get American heavyweight talent Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) to come over to the UK to fight Dereck Chisora (17-4, 11 KO’s) for his next fight date on September 21st at the Copperbox Arena in London, UK.

However, I’m not sure that the 6’7” Deontay will be able to leave the country at this early date. He has a few things he needs to take care of before he can be flying to places like the UK.

Warren said this as quoted by Steve Kim, “We want Deontay Wilder next for our show on September 21st in the Copperbox Arena if he’s got the balls to do it.”

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Deontay Wilder now ranked #6 WBA, #7 WBO

deontay32By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) has been moved up two spots in the World Boxing Association rankings to #6 WBA, and he’s also been moved up to #7 WBO. What this means of course is that the talented 6’7” Deontay is within striking distance of getting a heavyweight title shot against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (60-3, 51 KO’s).

It doesn’t mean that Wladimir will select him rather than some of the other guys ranked ahead of him likely below him, but it does show that Deontay is now getting close. If he can destroy former WBO heavyweight champion Siarhei Liakhovich (25-5, 16 KO’s) in their fight next month on August 9th at the Fantasy Springs Casino, in Indio, California, USA, we could see Deontay pushed up even higher in the rankings.

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Deontay Wilder – Siarhei Liakhovich to be televised by Showtime on August 9th

wilder33By Scott Gilfoid: U.S boxing fans are going to be in for a real treat with the August 9th heavyweight match-up between Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) and Siarhei Liakhovich (25-5, 16 KO’s) being televised by Showtime from the Fantasy Springs Casino, in Indio, California, USA.

The Wilder-Liakhovich fight will be the main event on the card with light middleweight Jarmall Charlo facing Antwone Smith and lightweight Francisco Vargas facing Brandon Bennett in undercard fights.

This is a nice little card if I do say so myself. Some of these guys are heading for stardom in the near future. Deontay is a can’t miss future star, and Vargas and Charlo are going places as well.

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The Monday Supplement: Heavyweight Boxing, What Is Going On?

wilder46By Ciaran McKinney: Once upon a time, the heavyweight boxing scene was set alight by names such as Cassius Clay, Joe Frazier, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Joe Lewis and Rocky Marciano, to name but a few. For as long as one could recall, when these warriors plied their trade in the 200lbs and over category, they captivated spectators the world over, other divisions paled into a certain insignificance, certainly when it came to live gates, viewing figures and pay per view purchases.

It has been over 11 years since there has been a bout that can fairly be referred to as a ‘Super Fight’. This battle took place between Lennox Lewis and ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson. The capacity crowd in Memphis, Tennessee witnessed a battle between two fighters that were indeed past their resplendent and brutal best.

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Deontay Wilder wants to KO Liakhovich, and keep knockout streak going

wilder991By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) doesn’t feel like he’d in any kind of race to destroy his next opponent Siarhei Liakhovich (25-5, 16 KO’s) quickly in their fight coming up on August 9th in the United States.

Wilder doesn’t feel that he has to improve on the 9th round stoppage that Liakhovich’s last two opponents Robert Helenius and Bryant Jennings have gotten in beating him. It’s not a competition between Wilder and those guys about how quickly he crush Liakhovich.

The only thing that the 27-year-old Deontay is concerned about is knocking Liakhovich out, period. Deontay wants to keep his 28-fight knockout streak going by making the 37-year-old Liakhovich his 29th victim on August 9th.

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Deontay Wilder vs. Siarhei Liakhovich signed for August 9th

wilder7 - CopyBy Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight KO artist Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) will be taking the next step in his promising career with a scheduled 10 round bout against former WBO heavyweight champion Siarhei Liakhovich (25-5, 16 KO’s) on August 9th at a still to be determined venue in the United States.

There had been talk previously that the fight would be staged in Alabama, but that’s still not a certainty at this point. According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, the fight could take place at the Fantasy Springs Resort in Indio, California. Alabama also remains as possibility.

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Deontay Wilder vs. Siarhei Liakhovich possible for Showtime in Alabama TBA

liakhovich44553533By Scott Gilfoid: A fight between unbeaten American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) and former WBO heavyweight champion Siarhei Liakhovich (25-5, 16 KO’s) is a possibility, according to Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated.

He’s saying that Wilder will most likely be facing the 37-year-old Liakhovich next. This makes sense because the 6’7” Deontay recently said he would be facing a well-known Russian fighter next, and Liakovich is from Belarus, which is right next to Russia. Liakovich now lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Deontay Wilder could be facing a tough Russian heavyweight on July 13th

wilder04By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated American heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) says he could be facing a really tough Russian heavyweight in his next fight on July 13th. The heavyweight is even tougher than his previously planned fight with Dereck Chisora.

Deontay said to boxingnews.com.ua “I still cannot say anything specific, because the contract is not signed yet, but on July 13, I’ll fight with an opponent who is much, much stronger than Chisora. This is a very tough guy…he’s from Russia. Everybody will be happy about this choice of opponent.”

Well, Deontay isn’t really giving up much of a hint by saying the heavyweight is better than Chisora because there’s quite a few heavyweights that are better than Chisora in the world rankings. Okay, let me take a stab at it since Deontay has been good enough to narrow it down to the fighter being Russia.

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Manuel Charr wants Deontay Wilder after Orlov bout

charr444222By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight contender Manuel Charr (23-1, 13 KO’s) already knows who he wants to fight after he dispatched 330 lb. journeyman Evegeny Orlov (13-12-1, 9 KO’s) on June 15th in Germany.

Charr wants to fight unbeaten American Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) and he says he’s willing to come to the United States to fight the 6’7” Deontay if he can’t travel to Europe to take the fight.

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Is Mayweather, Broner, Ward and Deontay as good as people think?

mayweather464By A punchers chance: Floyd Mayweather, Adrien Broner, Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder. America once had a proud history in boxing. Not any more in my opinion.

All the above named fighters are good and at some point great. For instance, Floyd “Money” Mayweather. What boxer who’s heart is all for boxing calls himself money? Sugar Ray Leonard. Don “The Cobra” Curry and “The Hit Man” Tommy Hearns. Fighters who wanted to be the best, not just earn the most.

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