Wilder vs. Liakhovich

Deontay Wilder could face Arreola-Mitchell winner if he beats Liakhovich

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wilder52By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) could be taking a significant jump up in competition in the near future if he gets past his opponent for tomorrow night Sergei Liakhovich in their fight this Friday night at the Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino in Indio, California.

According to RingTV, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer wants to match Deontay against the winner of the September 6th fight between former heavyweight title challenger Chris Arreola and Seth Mitchell. This would be a pretty big step up from Liakhovich, if Deontay were to fight Arreola.

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Deontay Wilder ready to unleash the beast on Liakhovich tomorrow night

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wilder33By Scott Gilfoid: America’s #1 heavyweight Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) will be fighting this Friday night on National television on Showtime against a very tough Sergei Liakhovich (25-5, 16 KO’s) in a fight scheduled for 10 rounds at the Fantasy Springs Casino, in Indio, California, USA.

Deontay is chomping at the bit to tear Liakhovich apart tomorrow night, and he can’t wait to get him in the ring to put on a show for the U.S fans watching the fight on Showtime.

Deontay has been training hard for this fight, and he plans on taking Liakhovich out quickly to register his 29th consecutive knockout as he marches forward towards a title shot and to eclipse the record for consecutive knockouts of 44.

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Deontay Wilder looking for his 29th consecutive KO against Liakhovich

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wilder991By Scott Gilfoid: American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) will be looking for his 29th straight knockout this Friday night against Sergei Liakhovich (25-5, 16 KO’s) on Showtime at the Fantasy Springs Casino, in Indio, California, USA.

The thing is, Deontay, 27, didn’t start his career looking to break the all-time record for consecutive knockouts, but because of his right hand power is so incredible, he’s kind of stumbled into a competition to break the record.

Deontay’s trainer Mark Breland said “Honestly, we did not anticipate the knockouts. In fact, we are trying to get him to box and move more, which he’s beginning to do. He’s got good power in his right hand and a great 1-2 punch. So we’re trying to develop his jab. But his power is just overwhelming right now.”

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McCline: Deontay Wilder is the hardest puncher I’ve ever been in with

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wilder7 - CopyBy Scott Gilfoid: 6’6” Jameel McCline (41-13-3, 24 KO’s) just spent time helping out unbeaten heavyweight talent Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) with sparring to help him get ready for his fight next Friday night against former WBO heavyweight champion Siarhei Liakhovich (25-5, 16 KO’s) on August 9th at the Fantasy Springs Casino, in Indio, California, USA.

McCline came away from the sparring session mighty impressed with Deontay’s power. Jameel say Deontay is the biggest puncher that he’s ever been in the ring with, and he’s been in with some ferocious punchers during his time.

It’s a huge compliment that Jameel sees the 6’7” Wilder as the biggest puncher he’s ever mixed it up with.

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Deontay Wilder’s clash against Siarhei Liakhovich one week away

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deontay32By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) has just a week to go before his crucial bout against former WBO heavyweight champion Siarhei Liakhovich (25-5, 16 KO’s) on Friday, August 9th at the Fantasy Springs Casino, in Indio, California.

This is going to be a good scalp for Deontay, because Liakhovich has got a name and is well known among both hardcore and casual boxing fans.

What makes this fight so important for the 6’7” former 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Deontay is that if he looks really good in blasting through Liakhovich, it’ll give him a big push up in the heavyweight rankings.

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Deontay Wilder rated America’s #1 heavyweight

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deontay7By Scott Gilfoid: American boxing fans have spoken in rating who the most talented heavyweight is in the United States at this time. Fightnews conducted a poll and unbeaten Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) has come out on top by a wide margin at 40% compared to the runner up Tony Thompson at 25%, Bryant Jennings at 13%, and Chris Arreola at a mere 10%.

This really doesn’t surprise me too much that Deontay has captured the number 1 spot for American heavyweights, because he has true one-punch power. I mean, Deontay is the textbook version of a classic knockout artist at heavyweight.

There hasn’t been quite a puncher like him that has come along for many years in the sport and it’s great that he’s emerged in this era to bring some excitement. The last great American heavyweight knockout artist Mike Tyson stopped fighting in 2005, and he hadn’t really been a force to be reckoned with since the late 80s.

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Deontay Wilder now ranked #6 WBA, #7 WBO

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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

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

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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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