Wilder vs. Washington

Wilder-Washington card averages 1.76M viewers on PBC on Fox

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By Jeff Aranow: Last Saturday night’s Premier Boxing Champions on Fox card headlined by IBF heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder vs. Gerald Washington averaged 1.76 million viewers, according to Dan Rafael. The numbers are a slight dip from the 1.81 million viewers Wilder’s fight against Chris Arreola averaged on July 16 last year.

It’s not all that surprising that the Wilder vs. Washington didn’t bring in better numbers than the Wilder-Arreola fight, because Washington was a replacement opponent. Arreola is a better known heavyweight, who has been around for a long time and fought for a world title years ago against Vitali Klitschko.

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Breazeale wants Deontay Wilder fight

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By Jim Dower: #11 WBC Dominic Breazeale (18-1, 16 KOs) is targeting a title shot against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (38-0, 27 KOs) after surviving a grueling fight against #9 IBF #10 WBO Izuagbe Ugonoh (17-1, 14 KOs) last Saturday night at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Parker: I can adapt to Deontay Wilder’s style

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By Jeff Aranow: WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker was at ringside for Deontay Wilder’s title defense of his WBO belt against Gerald Washington last Saturday night at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Parker wanted to take a good look at the 6’7” Wilder, because the two of them could be facing each other this year. Parker has to win his next fight against Hughie Fury for him to be able to face Deontay in a unification fight.

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Wilder smashes Washington, targets Parker next

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder got his replacement opponent Gerald Washington out of the way last Saturday night via a 5th round knockout in front of a large crowd of 12,346 of his supporters at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Wilder now has his sights set on fighting a unification match against WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker later this year if he can get past his next opponent Hughie Fury.

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Deontay Wilder vs. Gerald Washington – Results

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By Jeff Aranow: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) overcame a bad start to come back to stop previously unbeaten challenger Gerald Washington (18-1-1, 12 KOs) in the 5th round on Saturday night on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox TV at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Purses: Wilder $900K, Washington $250K

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By Jim Dower: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze” Bomber” Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) will be getting a purse of $900,000 for his title defense tonight against Gerald Washington (18-0-1, 12 KOs) at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Washington will be getting a little less than Wilder with his purse being $250,000. That’s not bad money for a challenger with no big fight experience.

Wilder’s paydays should go up after the Washington fight. He could face Anthony Joshua next. Wilder I 31 now, and he needs to upgrade the level of his opposition for him to get the big money that we’re seeing from Joshua. The knock on Wilder is he’s been playing it safe in taking easy voluntary defenses of his World Boxing Council title since he captured the belt in January 2015.

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Deontay Wilder: I’m back tonight on Fox TV

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By Scott Gilfoid: Tonight on free television on Fox TV, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) will be looking to successfully defend his title for the fifth time against undefeated Gerald Washington (18-0-1, 12 KOs) on Premier Boxing Champions at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.

Wilder is really looking forward to getting inside the ring with big 6’7” Washington, because this is a trial run for how things are going to be for Deontay when he faces the 6’6” IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a fight that could happen in 2017.

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Deontay Wilder vs. Gerald Washington – Official Weights

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By Jeff Aranow: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) weighed in at 222 pounds on Friday for his title defense against the unbeaten Gerald Washington (18-0-1, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham. Alabama. Washington outweighed Wilder by 17 lbs. in weighing in at 239 lbs. That’s a little lighter for Washington compared to what he usually weighs in for his fights.

Washington weighed in at 243 lbs. for his last fight against Ray Austin last July in beating him by a 4th round knockout. Washington came in at 239lbs for his fight against Eddie Chambers last year in April. He dominated Chambers in winning a one-sided eight round unanimous decision.

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Joshua lectures Deontay Wilder about his opposition

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua got on his soapbox today to lecture WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) about the level of his opposition he’s fighting. It seems that Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) wants Wilder to raise the bar of the opponents he’s facing by taking on better fighters than the likes of #8 WBC Gerald Washington (18-0-1, 12 KOs), who he faces this Saturday night on February 25 on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox from the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Wilder-Washington fight will also be televised on Sky Sports in the UK. Washington, 34, is a replacement opponent for Wilder, as his previously scheduled challenger Andrzej Wawrzyk was replaced after he tested positive for a banned substance.

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Gerald Washington believes he’ll beat Deontay Wilder on Sat.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Gerald Washington (18-0-1 12 KOs) will be coming in as a replacement opponent to face WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) on Saturday night, but he believes he’s going to get the victory over the 6’7’” champion. Washington is so confident that he’ll win the fight that he’s already dreaming of fighting in the UK in a large stadium.

Washington, 34, says he’s fought in front of 90,000 fans in the past when he played college football for USC in Los Angeles, California. Washington’s mentioning of wanting to fight in a stadium in England gives the boxing fans a big hint that he has his mind on fighting IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in the future if the two of them win their next fights.

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