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By Scott Gilfoid: Luis Ortiz doesn’t like Anthony Joshua’s chances against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder when the two eventually face each other in the future. The talented Cuban sees Deontay knocking IBF/WBA/WBO champion Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) out by the third round. … Read

By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Joshua has given Deontay Wilder a six-month deadline of January to sign the contract for the $15 million flat fee offer given to him for a fight on April 13, 2019 at Wembley Stadium in London, UK. Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) has a fight that he needs to get out of […]

By Scott Gilfoid: Dominic Breazeale (19-1, 17 KOs) is hoping to put a wrench in the plans for a big money unification fight between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) and IBF/WBA/WBO champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs). Breazeale, #2 WBC, figures to be Wilder’s next opponent now that Joshua has […]

By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn once again is saying that he WON’T be improving the $15 million flat fee offer to WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) to face Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) next year on April 13 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Hearn says that even though Wilder is getting […]

By Allan Fox: Deontay Wilder hasn’t given up on a big unification match with Anthony Joshua despite his British promoter Eddie Hearn standing firm with his flat fee $15 million offer. Wilder believes the fight can happen, but it’ll need to be a 50-50 deal that he’s asking for before it will get done.… Read

By Scott Gilfoid: Not only is Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn not willing to increase the $15 million flat fee offer that he previously made to WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder to face Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) on April 13, but he’s now saying that he thinks the American fighter should receive a […]

By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn still insists that Deontay Wilder is the number one option for Anthony Joshua to fight early next year on April 13 at Wembley Stadium in London, England, but if he chooses not to ink the contract, then Matchroom Boxing stable fighter Dillian Whyte will be the one that faces AJ […]

By Scott Gilfoid: In a what purely comes across as a public relations move, IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) will be signing his half of the contract for a unification fight against WBC champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) for a unification fight on April 13 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. […]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s manager Shelly Finkel says Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn never seriously wanted to make the Joshua-Wilder fight next for September. Finkel says Hearn had a two-fight deal for Wembley Stadium in London, and he was just looking for a way out of having to make the Joshua […]

By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn explains how WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder can make $50 million by agreeing to a $5 million tune-up fight followed by a $15 million flat fee to face AJ, and if victorious in that fight, a $30 million payday in the rematch. This is not […]