Deontay Wilder: “I’ll easily get to 50-0”

Deontay Wilder: "I'll easily get to 50-0"

Just days after the birth of his daughter, American heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder met with members of the Southern California media on Thursday as he prepares to defend his WBC Heavyweight World Championship against fellow-undefeated challenger Luis Ortiz Saturday, March 3 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.

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Wilder-Ortiz, Charlo, Thurman, Garcia, Broner & More! – Quotes

Wilder-Ortiz, Charlo, Thurman, Garcia, Broner & More! - Quotes

SHOWTIME Sports and Premier Boxing Champions unveiled the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING television lineup for the first half of 2018 in an unprecedented, first-of-its-kind Boxing Upfront at Cipriani’s in New York City on Wednesday.

Legendary ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. introduced the matchups of 10 marquee events featuring 12 world champions, 14 undefeated fighters and 12 World Championship fights across the first six months of 2018. Among the fighters in attendance included Deontay Wilder, Danny Garcia, Jermall Charlo, Jermell Charlo, Mikey Garcia, Erislandy Lara, Adrien Broner, Keith Thurman, Leo Santa Cruz, Abner Mares and Errol Spence Jr.

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Jermall Charlo vs Centeno on Wilder Ortiz Undercard

Jermall Charlo vs Centeno on Wilder Ortiz Undercard

Undefeated WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder will face his toughest opponent to date when he meets hard-hitting Cuban southpaw Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz Saturday, March 3 from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™ and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.

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

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

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

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

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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Wilder – Ortiz probable slug-fest looking good for March: Can “King Kong” defeat the “Half Human, Half Hybrid!”

Wilder - Ortiz probable slug-fest looking good for March: Can “King Kong” defeat the “Half Human, Half Hybrid!”

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

Wilder, Ortiz agree on 3/3 fight

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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Wilder vs Ortiz appears to be back on; for good or for bad

Wilder vs Ortiz appears to be back on; for good or for bad

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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