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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Deontay Wilder losing patience with Joshua, is open to fighting both Povetkin and Ortiz next year

12/07/2017 James Slater

Though the big fight he really wants is a mega, three-belt unification with Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder is losing patience – to the extent that the reigning WBC king is talking about other fight options that are open to him.

Wilder recently said how the fight between he and Joshua will only happen if there is a 50/50 purse split; this being something Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn is dead set against. So in the meantime, unbeaten KO King Wilder is looking at alternative fights that excite him. Speaking with ESPN, Wilder, 39-0 (38) spoke about his desire to still face both Alexander Povetkin and Luis Ortiz in 2018.

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Luis Ortiz gets benefit of the doubt from WBC, still allowed to fight for the title despite failed drugs test

12/01/2017 James Slater

It seems there is a chance, if a small one, that we could still see Deontay Wilder defend his WBC heavyweight crown against Cuban Luis Ortiz. As fans know full well, Ortiz tested positive for a banned substance shortly before his scheduled November 4 challenge of Wilder, the fight being scrapped – much to the annoyance of Wilder, who saw yet another big fight/payday crumble due to no fault of his own.

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James Toney arrives in UK for “exhibition bout,” gives his take on Joshua and Wilder

11/22/2017 James Slater

All-time great James Toney has seen it all, done it all and he’s fought ’em all, yet he’s still trying to keep on keeping on. Here in the UK on business – Toney will fight 2-0 light-heavyweight Sam Pomphrey in Bristol on Saturday night in what is either an exhibition bout or a white collar fight, depending on the way things go ahead on Saturday – and Sky Sports caught up with him.

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Video: Who is the best heavyweight? Joshua, Wilder, or Fury?

11/18/201711/17/2017 Rummys Corner

The heavyweight division has started to become interesting again. And there are three heavyweights in particular that have a lot of fans talking. We have unified IBF/WBA world champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs). Then we have WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs). And off the radar, but perhaps back in the picture, we have the man who ended Wladimir Klitschko’s long streak of dominance, Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs).

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Jarrell Miller open to fighting Dillian Whyte next, wants it to be a final eliminator for either Joshua or Wilder

11/16/2017 James Slater

Unbeaten New Yorker Jarrell Miller says he is ready and willing to take on Britain’s Dillian Whyte (who was recently elevated to the number-one position in the WBC heavyweight rankings) in an Eddie Hearn show in the US next April. As fans may know, Miller and Whyte have been going back and forth on social media for some time now, with both contenders vowing to KO the other.

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Sulaiman: Wilder vs. Joshua needs to take place

11/15/2017 Andy Brooks

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman wants to see the unification fight between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder and IBF/WBA champion Anthony Joshua. Sulaiman doesn’t want to see economics keep the Wilder-Joshua fight from going down in 2018.

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Joshua expects to be grouped with Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson if he beats Wilder and Parker

11/15/2017 Andy Brooks

IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is ready to put himself in the same class as boxing greats Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson if he can beat champions Deontay Wilder [WBC] and Joseph Parker [WBO] next year. Joshua feels he’ll be mentioned with those greats when/if he defeats Parker and Wilder.

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