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Tag: Deontay Wilder

  • Wilder and Mbilli Prevail in their Friday Features

    Deontay Wilder and Christian Mbilli headlined two different Friday night main events with contrasting story lines. Wilder, the 39 year-old former WBC heavyweight titlist once headlined cards at The Kingdom Arena, T-Mobile Arena, MGM Grand, Barclay Center and the Staples Center. Last night he fought the unknown Tyrrell Herndon at the obscure Charles Koch Arena…

  • Possible, Postponed, PED’s, and Rejected: Boxing News May 2024

    While 2024 is shaping up to be an exciting year for boxing, May has begun with a mix of news stories both positive and negative. Artur Beterbiev the WBC, WBO, and IBF light-heavyweight champion was slated to meet WBA champion Dmitry Bivol on June 1 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia headlining a loaded card. It has…

  • Boxing Rumors: Major Heavyweight Card in December

    Social media boxing circles and tabloid press have been discussing a rumored mega fight card from Saudi Arabia in December of this year. I cannot find a reputable source reporting this as signed and finalized and it feels too good to be true. However, as a fight fan this would be the best news of…

  • Rumor: Deontay Wilder to face Robert Helenius in Comeback

    Stories are circulating throughout the boxing media about Deontay Wilder’s comeback opponent and it is believed to be Finnish heavyweight Robert Helenius. The target date is October 15th at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York on PBC PPV. For the thirty-six year old Wilder this will be his first fight since losing the trilogy…

  • Three Year Anniversary of Deontay Wilder’s KO of Dominic Breazeale

    From the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, NY May of 2019 I share this as a personal memory as a boxing fan who attended this fight three years ago. This KO win is probably Deontay Wilder’s high water mark as he was coming off the awesome first fight with Tyson Fury where he nearly knocked him…

  • Deontay Wilder Retirement?

    Ring Magazine just ran a story about Deontay Wilder speaking on the topic of retirement. Across the front page of Google are various articles discussing a possible retirement from the sport for the Bronze Bomber. Wilder did an interview with comedian Kevin Hart and to paraphrase said that he accomplished what he set out to…

  • Tyson Fury Knocks Out Deontay Wilder in a Great Night for Boxing!

    Boxing has been living on the fringes of the American sports universe for some time now but the performance that Wilder and Fury put on has come front center for the sports world. A trilogy fight that many fight fans saw as a roadblock to total unification and a foregone conclusion after the second fight…

  • Think Violently With a Calm Mind-Deontay Wilder

    Deontay Wilder took part in an interesting interview with the PBC Podcast crew today in the lead up to his October 9th rematch with WBC Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury. I am recommending this interview on my blog as it is a great insight to Wilder’s mentality heading into this fight and has some touching discussion…

  • Boxing Rumors: Fury vs Wilder III Postponed? Canelo vs Beterbiev?

    Sources close to Tyson Fury’s team are hinting at a COVID-19 outbreak threatening to postpone the Wilder fight according to ESPN. This fight has been viewed as an inconvenient roadblock to the Fury vs Joshua total unification at heavyweight. A delay here would only further interrupt the biggest fight in the heavyweight division and a…

  • Boxing News Round Up Week 4 June 2021: Results, Predictions, & Opinions

    Gabriel Rosado scores destructive KO over Bektemir Melikuziev in 3! Bek “The Bully” as he is referred to as entered this fight 7-0 with five knockouts and hungry for a big fight. The Uzbek super middleweight lost out on a big fight against Sergei Kovalev last year when Kovalev tested positive for a banned substance.…