This Saturday night March 3rd 2018, Premier Boxing Champions will bring to you what will be potentially the biggest Heavyweight fight of the year, as Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KO’s) will defend his WBC World Heavyweight title against Luis “King Kong” Ortiz (28-0, 24 KO’s). The fight will take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn New York, and will be live on ShowTime Championship Boxing at 9pm ET. In the co-feature, Andre Dirrell (26-2, 16 KO’s) and Jose Uzcategui (26-2, 22 KO’s) will go at is in a 12 round Super Middleweight bout, after their first fight ended in disqualification. Also on the card, Sergiy Derevyanchenko (11-0, 9 KO’s) and DaShon Johnson (22-22-3, 5 KO’s) will go at it in an 8 round Middleweight bout. Here is the breakdown and prediction:
DEONTAY WILDER
-Record: 39 – 0 – 0, 38 KO’s
-Weight Class: Heavyweight
-Height: 6′ 7″
-Reach: 83″
-Notable Fights
- Bermane Stiverne #1 — Win, Unanimous Decision (12), 1/17/15. (Won WBC Heavyweight title)
- Artur Szpilka — Win, KO 9th round (12), 1/16/16.
- Chris Areola — Win, TKO 8th round (12), 7/16/16.
LUIS ORTIZ
-Record: 28 – 0 – 0, 24 KO’s
-Weight Class: Heavyweight
-Height: 6′ 4″
-Reach: 84″
-Notable Fights
- Bryant Jennings — Win, TKO 7th round (12), 12/19/15.
- Tony Thompson — Win, KO 6th round (12), 3/5/16.
- Malik Scott — Win, Unanimous Decision (12), 11/12/16.
PREDICTIONS:
Sergiy Derevyanchenko — def — DaShon Johnson — via — KO 1st round
Andre Dirrel — def — Jose Uzcategui — via — Decision
Deontay Wilder — def — Luis Ortiz — via — TKO 11th round
-David Jukic, INSIDE RINGSIDE