By Scott Gilfoid: This Thursday on May 14th a news conference is scheduled for the announcement of the June 13th fight between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) and challenger Eric Molina (23-2, 17 KOs). The fight will be taking place on Showtime Championship Boxing from the Bartow Arena, in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
With this being a voluntary defense for the 6’7” Wilder, he’s choosing a lower level ranked contender in 33-year-old Molina. But this is a perfectly suitable opponent for a voluntary defense because Molina has the kind of fire power and talent to make it an interesting fight.