Former four-division world champion and must-see attraction Adrien “The Problem” Broner will end his two-year hiatus from boxing when he faces Jovanie Santiago in a 12-round super lightweight bout Saturday, February 20, live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m.
A weight-drained-looking Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner (33-3-1, 24 KOs) made weight on Friday, coming in at 146 pounds for his adjusted weigh-in for his bout against unbeaten replacement opponent Jovanie Santiago (14-0-1, 10 KOs) at the Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Conn.
An interesting heavyweight match-up has been made for February, with the return of “bad boy” Adrien Broner also in the works for the same card.
Despite being blown away by Deontay Wilder in May of last year, Dominic Breazeale is not shying away from the big fights.
WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder delivered the 40th knockout of his career in devastating fashion Saturday night, sending mandatory challenger Dominic “Trouble” Breazeale flat on his back with a trademark right hand in front of a raucous crowd at Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™, in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Deontay Wilder may have opened the door for his hoped for fights with Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury with his first round destruction of Dominic Breazeale on Saturday night.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bombder” Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) poleaxed mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale (20-2, 18 KOs) scoring a beautiful highlight reel first round knockout on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
This Saturday night Deontay Wilder and the World Boxing Super Series returns on Showtime and DAZN. Wilder defends his WBC heavyweight strap versus mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale.
WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder scaled 223 ¼ pounds and mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale tipped the scales at 255 ¼ pounds for their long-awaited grudge match that airs tomorrow live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
As fans may have read by now, the WBC will hold a hearing some time soon, to look into the controversial, some say utterly disgraceful, words Deontay Wilder has come out with, and has been coming out with (for some months now) in regard to his next opponent, Dominic Breazeale.