Does Deontay Wilder keep his KO streak alive tonight?

wilder6(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Allan Fox: Unbeaten American heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) will be looking to add his 31st consecutive knockout tonight in his WBC heavyweight eliminator bout against the once beaten Malik Scott (36-1-1, 13 KO’s) at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, in Puerto Rico. Wilder, 28, has been able to stop his first 28 foes during his 6-year pro career, but he’s not faced anyone as good as Scott.

It’s been easy for Deontay up until now because of the match-making that Golden Boy Promotions had done for him. Against the guys that Deontay has faced, most of the top heavyweight contenders. But there’s no denying the huge one-punch power that Wilder has in his right hand, and we should see that tonight unless Scott is able to get to his chin before Wilder can get his own offense going.

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Malik Scott wearing a paper bag over his head doesn’t mean he’s coming to lose to Deontay

By Scott Gilfoid: A lot of people are making a big deal about how Malik Scott (36-1-1, 13 KO’s) wore a paper bag over his head for his weigh-in with Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) on Friday. Some fans have things twisted by thinking that Scott wearing a bag over his head is code for him bagging it on Saturday night and just coming into the fight to flop on the canvas for the 10 count the first time Deontay nails him with a halfway respectable right hand.

Malik would never take a dive in the fight, as he’s not a quitter and he’s not afraid of the talented 6’7″ Deontay. To be sure, Scott may end up losing the fight by an early knockout, but he lose because he went out and flopped on the canvas like a big fish.

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Deontay Wilder could be the next American heavyweight champion

wilder54By 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’s second goal is to win by a stoppage to give him his 31st consecutive knockout. That goal is obviously secondary to Deontay winning the fight to become the WBC mandatory challenger. Deontay mainly wants to get a win over Scott so that he can lock himself in as the mandatory challenger for the WBC belt.

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Deontay Wilder Wraps Up Camp With Fan Day for Rural Youth

deontay33Deontay “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.

“We always start and finish camp in Coffeeville,” said Wilder. “It’s a tradition and it keeps my focus right. The young people here lost their school so we turned it into a boxing gym and now they have somewhere to go. These kids are hungry to be somebody. I’ve always been the same way.”

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Deontay Wilder vs. Malik Scott this Saturday on Showtime in Bayamon, Puerto Rico

deontay4444 (2)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.

The WBC title is currently vacant, but Chris Arreola and Bermane Stiverne will be fighting for the belt on June 1st of this year in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. Whoever comes out on top in that fight, they’ll have to fight the Wilder-Scott winner before the end of 2014. That’s what the WBC wants, so they’ve got little choice but to agree to it or risk having their strap stripped from them.

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Deontay Wilder ready to show the world his talent against Malik Scott

Deontay Wilder(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.

If Deontay can get past Scott then the next step will be Wilder facing the winner of the Bermane Stiverne vs. Chris Arreola bout for the WBC heavyweight strap.

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Deontay Wilder is it just hype?

wilder-destroys-firtha - Copy (2)By Euan Gilchrist: Why I am looking forward to Deontay Wilder getting a crack at the world heavyweight championship. It’s easy to understand why people are excited by Wilder; he’s tall, charismatic, well put together and has an unblemished 100% KO record. But for all of his star qualities I have my doubts about just how good he is. I’ve seen him fight in the flesh once when he dismantled Audley Harrison at the same time as doing an impression of a windmill.

It’s fair to say that Harrison is the biggest name on Wilder’s record. It’s also indisputable that for the past 10 years Harrison has been the biggest laughing stock in British boxing. He’s had more comebacks than James Toney’s had cheeseburgers and has been beat by guys who shouldn’t have been able to lace his boots in Micheal Sprott, Martin Rogan and a very fat Danny Williams. Audley was the master of talking himself into big fights, making a fool of himself then getting another chance.

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Deontay Wilder with a chance to set himself apart from the other heavyweight pack on 3/15

Undefeated heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) will be looking to show the world the difference between him and the other heavyweights like Dereck Chisora and Tyson Fury on March 15th in his WBC heavyweight eliminator against Malik Scott (36-1-1, 13 KO’s) at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. As you can see, John Medieiros described Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora’s fights last Saturday night as being boring, and it’s hard to disagree with that.

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Deontay Wilder vs. Malik Scott to be a WBC heavyweight eliminator bout on 3/15

deontay4444By Scott Gilfoid: #3 WBC Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) will be fighting Malik Scott (36-1-1, 13 KO’s) in a WBC heavyweight eliminator bout next month on March 15th on the undercard of the Danny Garcia vs. Mauricio Herrera fight at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

What this means for Scott and Wilder is that the winner of their fight will be facing the winner of the Bermane Stiverne vs. Chris Arreola fight for the WBC heavyweight title this year. Stiverne and Arreola will be fighting for the vacant WBC heavyweight title in the next couple of months.

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Deontay Wilder: I’m stronger and more athletic than Malik Scott

deontay5465By Scott Gilfoid: While his important fight against Malik Scott (36-1-1, 13 KO’s) is still two months away, unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) is already discussing the March 15th match-up with him scheduled at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The 6’7″ Deontay has already sparred with Malik in the past in getting IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko ready for one of his important fights against Mariusz Wach.

Deontay got a feel for Scott’s power, and he came away impressed with his skills, but also feeling like he had the edge in the power and hand speed department,. Deontay freely admits that Malik had more skills than him, but he feels that his advantages in speed and power more than offset Malik’s sills advantage.

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