By Scott Gilfoid: American promoter Bob Arum says the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury fight will be a much bigger fight than the heavyweight match in the UK between IBF/WBA/WBO champion Anthony Joshua and Alexander Povetkin. The Fury-Wilder fight was announced last Saturday night after Fury defeated Francesco Pianeta by a 10 round decision at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury announced on Saturday that they have agreed to a heavyweight showdown later this year. The announcement was made in Belfast immediately following’s the undefeated Fury’s shutout decision of Francesco Pianeta.
By Jim Dower: Deontay Wilder says he’s going to cripple challenger Dominic Breazeale when the time comes for him to defend his WBC heavyweight title against him in the future. Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) says the 32-year-old Breazeale (19-1, 17 KOs) is going to get what’s coming to him.
By Trevor McIntyre: Showtime Sports president Stephen Espinoza says WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and former unified champion Tyson Fury are close to having a fight done for November 10 or November 17 on Showtime pay-per-view, according to ESPN.
By Scott Gilfoid: Having failed with his flat fee offer of $15 million to WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder to face his golden goose Anthony Joshua for April 13, British promoter Eddie Hearn is now offering the ‘Bronze Bomber’ $5 million to face fringe contender Dereck Chisora in the UK or $7 million to $8 million to face #1 WBC Dillian Whyte in the U.S in a fight that would likely be streamed on DAZN.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury says negotiations for a fight between him and World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder are ”very close” to being done for this December. Earlier on Monday, Fury’s promoter Frank Warren revealed the news that he’s confident he can make the Fury-Wilder fight for November or December.
By Scott Gilfoid: Frank Warren believes he can negotiate a mega-fight deal for former unified heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury to challenge WBC champion Deontay Wilder before the end of the year in November or December, according to Talksport.
By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) is saying he could be … read more
By Scott Gilfoid: After turning down a world title shot against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) in 2015, unbeaten #5 WBO, #13 IBF Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) could now be fighting him in March of 2017. Hughie and Wilder’s team are reportedly in talks for a fight in March.
This is interesting news, because I figured that Hughie would wait two or three more years before he fights for a world title. If he’s serious about wanting to get inside the ring with Deontay now, then he must really see some flaw in his arsenal that he thinks he can take advantage of. in fact, Hughie is yapping about seeing flaws in Deontay’s game that he believes he can exploit.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former Commonwealth heavyweight strap holder Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KOs) was standing on his hind legs today in yapping at WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) from the safety of his computer many miles away from the hard hitting Wilder in calling him out for a fight that Fury presumably would like to see take place in 2015.
Fury says he wants to face the 6’7” Wilder and he sees himself tearing the unbeaten American apart if given the chance.