Who will emerge as THE man at heavyweight at the end of 2018?

01/16/201801/16/2018 James Slater

In an ideal world, the winners of the fast-approaching world heavyweight title fights – between defending WBA/IBF champ Anthony Joshua and WBO ruler Joseph Parker, and between WBC king Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz – will meet up and fight before the year is out. And it is this ideal world Wilder hopes he lives in.

Wilder, who has given Cuban dangerman Ortiz a second chance (the big southpaw’s November 2017 shot at the WBC belt ruined by his own failed drugs test) has told Sky Sports how he aims to face the Joshua-Parker winner in a Mega-Fight once he has dealt with Ortiz.

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Three potential heavyweight slugfests set for this March: Joshua-Parker, Wilder-Ortiz, Whyte-Browne

01/15/2018 James Slater

Things are set to hot up in the heavyweight division this March. There are three fights, two of them world title fights, that will go down over a four-week span: Anthony Joshua Vs. Joseph Parker in a March 31 unification clash that will see the winner emerge with three belts, Deontay Wilder-Luis Ortiz in a March 3 WBC defence by Wilder, and Dillian Whyte-Lucas Browne in a March 24 elimination bout

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Deontay Wilder given 60-hours community service for marijuana possession

01/12/2018 James Slater

Just a week after news came out about how former heavyweight king Mike Tyson is to open a cannabis ranch in Death Valley, comes a 60-day community service sentence for reigning WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder due to his possession of marijuana. Wilder, who was pulled over in his tinted-windowed car back in June, has been sentenced to carry out his 60 hours at a local YMCA, reports say.

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Deontay Wilder vs Anthony Joshua: A modern day Foreman-Lyle!?

01/06/2018 James Slater

What took place inside the erected boxing ring at Caesars Palace on the 24th of January 1976 rocked, thrilled, shocked and stunned fight fans the world over. To this day, fans and experts point to the battle heavyweight contenders George Foreman and Ron Lyle put on as THE heavyweight slugfest to end all heavyweight slugfests. Both hunting another shot at the coveted world title, these two tough guys went at it in simply crazy fashion; the pair caring nothing for defence as they traded leather – and knockdowns.

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Marciano’s 49-0, Mayweather’s 50-0, Foreman’s record as oldest heavyweight champ – Wilder says he can break ’em all!

01/06/2018 James Slater

WBC heavyweight king Deontay Wilder is in a mood to not only break opponents, and their bones, but also world records. Wilder, currently unbeaten with impressive 39-0 numbers (all but one of his wins coming via stoppage) says he can “easily” top Floyd Mayweather’s astonishing 50-0 pro record; Floyd actually besting heavyweight immortal Rocky Marciano’s magic 49-0 number this year (some say with an asterisk firmly placed alongside the 50-0 due to the fact that Mayweather picked up his “final” win against a boxing novice).

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This March could prove to be a most interesting, and exciting month for the heavyweights

01/02/201801/02/2018 James Slater

Things should hot up in the heavyweight division this year, this March in fact. There are two fights that, while not yet 100% done and dusted, are very much in the works; in fact almost definite for March: Anthony Joshua Vs. Joseph Parker in a unification clash that will see the winner emerge with three belts, and Deontay Wilder-Luis Ortiz in a WBC defence, arguably the toughest yet for “Bronze Bomber” Wilder.

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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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