This Week in Boxing History: February 27-March 5
This week in boxing history, PBC highlights two of our own champions, honors two Fights of the Year, recaps the final chapter of a four-fight rivalry and celebrates a four-division world champion.
Wilder starts slow, finishes strong with fifth-round TKO of Washington
Deontay Wilder didn’t come out with his usual ferocity early on against Gerald Washington, but it didn’t take the champ long to end things once he got rolling.
Hurd claims vacant 154-pound world title with stoppage of Harrison
Jarrett Hurd’s first world title fight started with a whimper. Thankfully for him, it ended with a bang.
Wilder’s master plan: dispose of Washington, then clean out heavyweight division
After nine months of adjusting to a revolving door of opponents and rehabbing a surgically repaired right hand and biceps, Deontay Wilder isn’t just anxious to once again rev up his career engine. The heavyweight champ is determined to kick that engine into overdrive.
Amid similarities, Harrison, Hurd looking for ‘legacy’ win in 154-pound title bout
The parallels between Tony Harrison and Jarrett Hurd are many. Maybe not quite to the dimensions of the Abraham Lincoln-John F. Kennedy commonalities, but certainly enough to make for an intriguing 154-pound world title fight.
Heavyweight prospect Ugonoh ready to fight his way into the hearts of American fans
The stories. As much as the action in the ring itself, it’s the stories that have drawn people to the sport of boxing for more than 100 years. And few stories are as compelling as that of Izuagbe Ugonoh.
PBC Jabs catches up with Wilder, Plant before stacked Saturday night on FOX, FS1
This week in PBC Jabs, host Jordan Hardy previews an action-packed Saturday night as she checks in with Deontay Wilder before his heavyweight title defense against Gerald Washington on FOX and chats with unbeaten 168-pound prospect Caleb Plant, who headlines the FS1-televised portion of a hard-hitting undercard.
Wilder eager to resume pursuit of greatness in hometown title defense
Deontay Wilder has aspirations to be the greatest heavyweight of his generation. So who better to model himself after than the Greatest Of All Time?
