If recent reports are to be believed, then we should be expecting an announcement no later than the end of the month that WBC Heavyweight Deontay Wilder has successfully one-upped rival Anthony Joshua by landing a fight with Tyson Fury. Both Wilder and Fury have both come out to say that negotiations are ongoing, Fury going as far saying the fight is practically a done … [Read more...]
Howard’s End: Usyk’s Odyssey
When Oleksandr Usyk entered the World Boxing Super Series at Cruiserweight, he was taking a tremendous risk that very few fighters would have taken in a similar situation. Usyk, then 12-0, was going to run the gauntlet of facing the best Cruiserweights in the world in hopes that he could unify titles in a division very few people outside of the most hardcore of boxing pundits … [Read more...]
Anthony Joshua Passes on Deontay Wilder
Though all parties involved were optimistic that a Heavyweight unification match between undefeated champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder could be finalized, Joshua has left Wilder at the altar according to reports and will defend his title against Alexander Povetkin in the fall. In a profanity-laced rant on social media, Wilder blasted Joshua and his promoter Eddie … [Read more...]
Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder Negotiations at Critical Mass
According to Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times, Deontay Wilder's team have received a contract from Anthony Joshua which may determine if the Heavyweight champions will collide at the end of the year. Both Joshua and Wilder have been angling for the fight which would crown the division's first undisputed champion since Lennox Lewis nearly 20 years ago and the first to hold … [Read more...]
Howard’s End: A Controversy of Convenience
When the news broke last week that Luis Ortiz had failed another drug test, therefore rendering his upcoming fight with Deontay Wilder dead in the water, there was sure to be plenty of people within Wilder’s team that sighed in relief. Though he is a former Olympian and the reigning WBC Heavyweight champion of the world, Wilder is also the most coddled and protected fighter of … [Read more...]