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(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Dan Ambrose: It took WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) a little longer than fans expected it would take him to dispatch #8 WBC challenger Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) last Saturday night in their fight on Showtime.  → read full story

(Photo credit: Ed Diller/DiBella Entertainment) By Jim Dower: In a sign of how closely contested last Saturday’s title fight between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) and Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) was as far as punches thrown in the fight, Deontay only had a small 12 punch advantage in punches landed in […]

(Photo credit: Ed Diller/DiBella Entertainment) By Tim Fletcher: #1 WBC mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) was in attendance last Saturday night to watch WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s title defense against Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  → read full story

(Photo credit: Ed Diller/DiBella Entertainment) By Listen: Deontay Wilder (36-0 35KO’s) ended his Heavyweight title defense last night with an emphatic counter right hand knockout, stopping a tough, Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) in the 9th round.  → read full story

(Photo credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Scott Bells: Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) made the third defence of his WBC Heavyweight title last Saturday night with a devastating one-punch knockout against a game challenger Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) in a 9th round knockout at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  → read full story

(Photo credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Scott Gilfoid: Britain’s Tyson Fury crashed the talented WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s fight against Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) on Saturday night, showing up inside the ring moments after Deontay had smashed Spilka into the canvas after knocking him unconscious with a peach of a right hand in round […]

(Photo credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) NEW YORK (Jan.  → read full story

By Dan Ambrose: Fighting in front of a huge crowd of 12,668, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) scored a devastating 9th round knockout win over #8 WBC challenger Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) to retain his WBC title in a close fight on Showtime Championship Boxing at the Barclays Center […]

By Jim Dower: In a show of his incredible punching power, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) ended a close fight by knocking out a highly motivated Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) in round 9 tonight in a very tough fight for Deontay at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  → read full […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLvEtHtCQAc For the first time in boxing history, two heavyweight world title fights will be streamed live on YOUTUBE as SHOWTIME Sports® offers this Saturday’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader on the video-sharing site beginning at 10 p.m.  → read full story