Britain has 5 Heavyweights ranked ahead of Deontay Wilder

wilder322By Lee Smith: I’ve heard people saying that Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) is the next big thing, the next heavyweight champion, the man to take over from the Klitschko’s. If this was true then surely after 27 fights and 27 KO’s he would be a world champ by now or at least be in the running for a world title shot. However, he isn’t a world champ, nor is he even close to getting a world title shot. In fact, he isn’t even ranked in the top 25 by BoxRec.

This came as a surprise to me taking into account the amount of fights he’s had. So I looked at his record and the people he had fought and straight away knew exactly why he had such a poor ranking. The fighters he’s beaten (if you want to call them fighters) were shocking and I mean shocking.

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Deontay Wilder victory over Audley will be HUGE for the sport

wilder6By Scott Gilfoid: A lot is riding on this Saturday’s fight between the huge punching heavyweight Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) and Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) in their fight in Sheffield, UK. Deontay needs to win for the sake of boxing because he’s on his way to becoming a huge, huge star in the United States similar to the way that Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez have emerged as stars.

Deontay is on the cusp of stardom and he needs to continue with his forward progression with big win over the British speed bump Audley. There’s nothing to be gained for Audley if he wins because he’s 41, and going nowhere.

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Wilder vs. Harrison: The truth

wilder4By Tony Crooks: Sometimes in life we all have to take a step back and take a glimpse at our own opinions and accept that we all make mistakes. We all do, we are human after all. I would like to take an unbiased look at the forth coming Deontay Wilder vs. Audley Harrison bout this coming weekend at the Motorpoint Arena, in Sheffield, UK.

I would like to start with Deontay Wilder. By all accounts and speaking with other boxing journalists, Wilder is a really nice guy. He fights to support his daughter. Please remember this before you make any comments. Yes, he has not fought anybody of note, but he has done what has been asked of him. The hype that surrounds Wilder is his so called super human punching power.

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Audley: Deontay will be an interesting puzzle for me

wilder34By Scott Gilfoid: British heavyweight Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) figures that a win over unbeaten American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) this Saturday night will put him in contention for a title shot against one of the Klitschko brothers. As of now, Audley doesn’t have a top 15 ranking by any of the sanctioning bodies.

The 41-year-old Audley is not favored to beat the 6’7” Wilder on Saturday.

Audley said to Sky Sports News “I was looking for someone in the top 10 and so I couldn’t ask for anyone better than America’s next big thing…he is going to be an interesting puzzle for me to figure out…I have to figure out a way to get through that power; he has that big right hand.”

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Wilder vs. Harrison could steal the show on Khan-Diaz card this Saturday

wilder890By Scott Gilfoid: While the heavyweight clash between the two giants Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) and Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) is been relegated to that of an undercard position on this Saturday’s Amir Khan vs. Julio Diaz fight card in Sheffield, I have a strong feeling that this fight could end up stealing the show for the fans that actually get to see it.

The fight card will be televised by BoxNation in the UK, but unfortunately in the United States fans will only see the Khan-Diaz fight with just highlights of the Wilder-Harrison fight shown. Instead of that fight being televised in it’s entirety, U.S boxing fans will be shown Zab Judah vs. Danny Garcia and Peter Quillin vs. Fernando Guerrero.

I don’t mind seeing the Judah-Garcia fight, but Quillin-Guerrero is mismatch and hardly an interesting one as far as I’m concerned. I’d much rather see Wilder-Harrison than that fight because it involves former Olympic stars going at it.

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The future of heavyweight boxing

wilder23By Matty Buckland: Recently we have seen a couple of the top young heavyweight contenders to the Klitschko brothers crowns fight and we have seen David Price found wanting in his bout against Tony Thompson. The other 2 young prospects, Deontay Wilder who will be taking on Audley Harrison soon and Tyson Fury who has just had a TKO victory over Steve Cunningham.

A lot has been said on this site about these 3 young fighters, by fans and writers alike and some of it is very one sided and at times been extremely xenophobic and Id like to give a fair and impartial look at them as opposed to some writers purely negative views just because of the fighters nationality.

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Deontay Wilder vs. Audley Harrison: Now or never!

harrison445By Ycarratala: This Saturday a very interesting Heavyweight match-up takes place in Sheffield, England featuring two former Olympic Medalists; a Bronze Medalist and a Gold Medalist. The top American heavyweight prospect, Deontay Wilder; the 2008 Beijing Olympics Bronze Medalist who is undefeated as a pro with a 27-0 record and all wins by KO faces 41 year old Audley Harrison of Great Britain who was the 2000 Sydney Olympics Gold Medalist and has a record of 31-6 with 23 KO’s.

Harrison is coming off a high note, having won the February installment of the Prize Fighter Heavyweight Tournament for a second time, the first being back in 2009. Harrison has faced some top contenders, although has failed do beat them. He has loses to Dominick Guinn, Danny Williams, Michael Sprott, and Martin Rogan; he avenged the latter three. The other two loses were at the hands of David Haye for the WBA World Heavyweight Championship and David Price.

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Deontay Wilder: If I knocked Tyson Fury I down, I’d have finished him off

fury1By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) says he’d have put UK heavyweight Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) out of his misery had it been him that had knocked the 6’9” Fury down last Saturday night instead of the smaller 6’3”, 210 lb. Steve Cunningham at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Cunningham, 36, dropped Fury in the 2nd round but then failed to go after him to try and finish him off despite the fact that he was badly hurt.

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Deontay Wilder will destroy Tyson Fury: Prediction

fury122By Scott Gilfoid: After watching British heavyweight Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) defeated 210 pound Steve Cunningham by a 7th round TKO last night in New York, I think it’s academic at this point to say that American knockout artist Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) would absolutely destroy the 24-year-old Fury if given the chance to fight him.

Weighing 44 lbs. more than his opponent, Fury knocked Cunningham out by putting his big left forearm across his head and then while holding him in place with that arm, Fury then connected with a right hook to knock him out. Needless to say the knockdown shouldn’t have counted because you can’t physically hold your opponent in position while you nail him with shots. That’s called holding and hitting and Fury got away with it last night big time.

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Deontay Wilder vs. Audley Harrison, 27th of April at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield

wilder51By Daniel Mcglinchey: On the undercard of the April 27th fight between Amir Khan and Julio Diaz is the perhaps more intriguing 10 rounder between veteran Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) and undefeated American Deontay Wilder (27-0 27 KO’s).

Statistically this fight looks like a mismatch. First glimpse at Deontay’s record, unbeaten and knocking out every opponent he has faced certainly looks impressive, but if we delve a little deeper into that record it becomes apparent that Deontay has not once fought a live opponent. His most notable win was an outing against Kelvin Price (13-1, 6 KO’s), a soft hitting aging American who only had 1 amateur bout before turning professional.

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