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The Deontay Wilder and Ortiz purses for last night’s WBC heavyweight world title bout that took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Wilder ultimately was made earn his money last night, as was Ortiz, in a fight that started off slow but finished very, very fast. Both men stood and traded in […]

Sergey Kovalev stopped Igor Mikhalkin at the end in the 7th round as the referee and ringside doctor had seen enough of the bloody mess that was ensuing. A trademark – bone crunching performance from Kovalev really. Painful memories of his losses to Andre Ward now seemingly distant memories for the 34-year-old Russian who looks to have

Russian Dmitry Bivol knocks out Sullivan Barrera to extend his unbeaten record and continue to make his claim as one of the best fighters in the light-heavyweight division today. Fighting on the same bill as fellow countryman Sergey Kovalev Bivol was clearly keen to impress on the big stage at Madison Square Garden. Bivol retained his

The former heavyweight champion had been in the media recently following comments Wilder made about Mike Tyson but Lewis has paid tribute to the WBC champion tonight. Those comments pertained to Wilder originally saying he thought he would have beaten a prime Mike Tyson back in the day. Something Lewis and other boxing greats of

Up until the knockout the fight had been very competitive with many believing challenger Ortiz was ahead on the cards. However that didn’t matter in the end. Deontay Wilder didn’t let it. He made sure that the bell would not hear the final round with a bone crunching finish in round ten, so kudos to

Deontay Wilder’s KO of Luis Ortiz tonight in New York reminded one of why heavyweight boxing can be so good at times. After a shaky start to the fight, it warmed up nicely. It had a bit of everything. Knockdowns, big exchanges, both men displaying heart to survive moments after been badly hurt and ultimately,

Deontay Wilder knocked out Luis Ortiz in round 10 of their WBC heavyweight title fight tonight in New York and man, did he do it in some style. Ortiz has put Wilder in the deepest trouble of his career just a few rounds prior but somehow, some way, Wilder found a way to win with