Deontay Wilder win over Ortiz make him No.1 heavyweight in division?

01/02/2018 Rob Smith

Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) will place himself as the No.1 heavyweight in the division with a win over Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz (28-0, 24 KOs) on March 3 in this writer’s opinion. The fight isn’t final yet, but it’s expected to be announced soon for 3/3 on Showtime Boxing from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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Joshua wants all 5 Heavyweight titles in 2018

01/01/2018 Andy Brooks

IBF/IBO/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) has his main goal for 2018 in looking to win the last 2 heavyweight titles not already in his possession currently.

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Wilder – Ortiz probable slug-fest looking good for March: Can “King Kong” defeat the “Half Human, Half Hybrid!”

12/31/201712/31/2017 James Slater

Heaven knows what the tag-line will be for this one! Reports, originating from RingTV.com, say a Deontay Wilde-Luis Ortiz rumble is close to happening – again – this time on March 3 in New York. Fans know all about the hows and whys that went into seeing that this match-up fell apart back in November – Ortiz testing positive for a banned substance, the WBC later accepting his plea of taking nothing but medication for high blood pressure – but it now looks to be back on.

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Wilder, Ortiz agree on 3/3 fight

12/31/201712/30/2017 Rob Smith

Luis Ortiz and WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder have an agreement in place for them to meet on March 3rd on Showtime Boxing at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York. RingTV is reporting the news. The fight has been talked about for weeks now for March 3, but now it looks like it’s been agreed on.

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Anthony Joshua is the A-side in Wilder fight says Mayweather

12/23/2017 Andy Brooks

Deontay Wilder needs to realize he’s not the A-side for the Anthony Joshua fight, according to Floyd Mayweather. The A-side guy is Joshua in this heavyweight unification fight, says Mayweather. Joshua is the one that’s bringing in the big viewing numbers and the high pay-per-view results over England.

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Fights we need to see in 2018

12/23/2017 James Slater

There are already a few fights we can look forward to in 2018, these bouts being either officially announced or heavily suggested: Errol Spence-Lamont Peterson, Keith Thurman-Jessie Vargas, Jeff Horn-Terence Crawford and Deontay Wilder-Luis Ortiz (suggested for the spring but not yet official).

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Wilder says to Joshua: “Give me the belts or fight”

12/22/2017 Rob Smith

WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder thinks that IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s promotional teams is protecting their “gravy train” fighter by not willing to put him in with a risky fight against himself, and by focusing on matching him against beatable opposition that present no risk to their money train.

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Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz in the works for 3/3

12/21/2017 Andy Brooks

Deontay Wilder will be defending his WBC title against Luis Ortiz on March 3 if the fight can get negotiated. The two heavyweights are planning on fighting each other Showtime Boxing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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They don’t get any respect

12/19/2017 Christopher Jason Young

We are heading in to a new year and boxing awards are about to be handed out for fight of the year, knockout of the year, fighter of the year etc. Throughout the year fans and some boxing pundits have been highly critical of certain boxers this year. Some might be warranted and some are not. Here is a few boxers here that may received the Rodney Dangerfield award “I Don’t Get No Respect.”

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Wilder vs Ortiz appears to be back on; for good or for bad

12/10/201712/09/2017 James Slater

It appears as though WBC heavyweight king Deontay Wilder has his next fight, if not signed and sealed, then at least delivered. Luis Ortiz was of course to have challenged “The Bronze Bomber” in November but came up positive for an illegal substance; the results being announced to the world quite literally at the eleventh hour – but now Ortiz is back where he was a couple of months ago.

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