LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deontay Wilder has blamed his heavyweight title defeat against Tyson Fury on the three-stone costume he wore to the ring to celebrate Black History Month. Confirming that he intends to activate his rematch clause against newly-crowned WBC heavyweight champion Fury, Wilder revealed that he had no energy left in his legs following…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Deontay Wilder was rushed to hospital after losing to Tyson Fury in their heavyweight title rematch amid concerns of a burst eardrum. After four rounds of Sunday morning’s mega Las Vegas contest, blood was seen coming out of the American’s left ear. Each break in the fight saw Wilder’s camp tend to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Defeated champion, Deontay Wilder, has congratulated the Gypsy King, Tyson Fury, after he was knocked out in Round 7 of the much-anticipated bout. Wilder, furious with his corner for throwing in the towel, saying he was a warrior and would have preferred to fight on even though he had blood on his…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Britain’s Tyson Fury became world heavyweight champion for the second time after stopping Deontay Wilder in a thrilling bout in Las Vegas this morning of Sunday, February 23, 2020. Fury knocked his opponent down in the third and fifth rounds before Wilder’s corner threw in the towel in the seventh. The Briton…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The highly anticipated rematch between undefeated heavyweight champions Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury has officially been set for Feb. 22 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Wilder and Fury first met in December 2018, and the fight ended in a split draw. Since then, both Wilder and Fury have won…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deontay Wilder let rip at Andy Ruiz Jr after the Mexican-American lost his heavyweight world titles to Anthony Joshua. The American, the WBC heavyweight champion, had been hoping to eventually unify against Ruiz Jr as they both fight under Al Haymon’s PBC banner but was furious to see him relinquish the belts…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua landed safely in Saudi Arabia ahead of his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr on December 7 and the Briton is promising to produce a performance to remember when the pair enter the ring. Joshua, who was handed his first professional defeat by Ruiz Jr earlier this year at Madison Square…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unbeaten Deontay Wilder landed a devastating right hand to knock out Luis Ortiz in the seventh round and retain his World Boxing Council heavyweight title. The 34-year-old Wilder remains on course to achieve his goal of unifying all four heavyweight belts despite being largely outboxed by Ortiz before the explosive one-punch finish…