Unbeaten heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder returns home to defend his belt against once-beaten Polish challenger Andrzej Wawrzyk on February 25 at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Wilder vs. Wawrzyk fight will headline the first prime-time installment of Premier Boxing Champions in 2017 set at fight time of 8 p.m. ET, FOX.
Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) known as “The Bronze Bomber,” has never fought since breaking his right hand and tearing his right biceps muscle in an eighth-round stoppage of challenger Chris Arreola last July.
He marks his fourth defense of his WBC title in his home state for the Tuscaloosa native.
Wawrzyk (33-1, 19 KOs) from Krakow, Poland, has only career loss at the hands of Povetkin in 2013, a third-round TKO. He has won all six fights since then, all by stoppage, including a third-round TKO of 40-year-old journeyman Mike Sheppard on a Wilder undercard in Birmingham in September 2015.
Who do you think will this exciting boxing matchup between Deontay Wilder and Andrzej Wawrzyk?
The Wilder vs. Wawrzyk fight will headline the first prime-time installment of Premier Boxing Champions in 2017 set at fight time of 8 p.m. ET, FOX.
Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) known as “The Bronze Bomber,” has never fought since breaking his right hand and tearing his right biceps muscle in an eighth-round stoppage of challenger Chris Arreola last July.
He marks his fourth defense of his WBC title in his home state for the Tuscaloosa native.
Wawrzyk (33-1, 19 KOs) from Krakow, Poland, has only career loss at the hands of Povetkin in 2013, a third-round TKO. He has won all six fights since then, all by stoppage, including a third-round TKO of 40-year-old journeyman Mike Sheppard on a Wilder undercard in Birmingham in September 2015.
Who do you think will this exciting boxing matchup between Deontay Wilder and Andrzej Wawrzyk?
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