Showtime kicked off its 2016 season of boxing coverage with a January 16 heavyweight doubleheader live from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. In the main event, Deontay Wilder celebrated his one-year anniversary as a heavyweight titlist with a 9...
It wasn't always pretty. The scores that had accumulated didn't reflect the fight in the ring. Deontay Wilder should have been losing. In fight sports, none of that has to matter. Football players can't overcome a two-touchdown deficit on one Hail...
Although Arthur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) lost by vicious knockout to WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the Polish couldn't expected Wilder to be a much bigger puncher based on h...
NEW YORK - American heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder defended his WBC title for the third time with a devastating ninth round knockout of Polish challenger Artur Szpilka on Saturday night, live on SHOWTIME in front of 12,668 fans at Barclays...
NEW YORK - American heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder defended his WBC title for the third time with a devastating ninth round knockout of Polish challenger Artur Szpilka on Saturday night, live on SHOWTIME in front of 12,668 fans at Barclays...
NEW YORK - American heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder defended his WBC title for the third time with a devastating ninth round knockout of Polish challenger Artur Szpilka on Saturday night, live on SHOWTIME in front of 12,668 fans at Barclays...
by Thomas Gerbasi - BROOKLYN - Poland's Artur Szpilka appeared to be perilously close to upsetting WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder before 12,668 fans at Barclays Center Saturday night, but 'The Bronze Bomber' always has the equalizer, and he...
The pre-fight tension continues to exist between Deontay Wilder and Artur Szpilka ahead of what has quickly become a grudge match. The bout headlines a card pitting a pair of heavyweight title fights - the first of is kinds to be staged in Brooklyn s...
The heavyweight landscape looks intriguing for 2016. In Tyson Fury, we have a new undisputed Heavyweight champion recognized by both Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) and The Ring Magazine (alphabet titles ignored). The new champ also ha...
Boxing fans have become accustomed to watching Wladimir Klitschko in a world tile bout over the last decade or so. Not that it was a bad thing. Not only did Klitschko show dominance in the division during this time, but he can be appreciated for t...
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If life mimics art, Artur Szpilka's world heavyweight title shot this Saturday sure bears some uncanny parallels to the 1977 academy award winning flick Rocky. And since Sylvester Stallone penned the screenplay loosely based on former fringe contende...
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Polish heavyweight contender Artur Spzilka (20-1, 15KOs) says that he trained for the fight of his life. Later tonight, Szpilka will challenge heavy favorite Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34Kos) for the WBC heavyweight title at the Barclays Center in Brookly...
by Cliff Rold - Some have called it the first major card of the year in the US. Just because Saturday’s show is on premium cable (Showtime, 10 PM EST/7 PM PST), and features two different heavyweight belts on the line, doesn’t make it major. If an up...
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