Deontay Wilder's Unstoppable Funk Returns For Johann Duhaupas: GIF Spotlight

I think we've covered how unstoppable the funk of Deontay Wilder really is, and it did not stop when he faced European heavyweight champion Johann Duhaupas, of France in September 2015. Wilder was defending his major world heavyweight title against the large Frenchman. A wild fest of sluggery aired on the PBC broadcast that night. Wilder was lifting himself up off the ground with his own final punches to force referee Jack Reiss to stop the fight.

Duhaupas took a terrible beating but landed a surprising amount of leather himself. He went on to beat Robert Helenius and seems to be scheduled to fight three times this year against unannounced opponents. Wilder is still defending his claim and recently annihilated Bermane Stiverne into a meme, and is about a month away from facing arguably his best opponent yet in Luis Ortiz. I've wanted that fight for some time and am glad it looks to be happening now.


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Deontay Wilder, much like Tyson Fury, has never run out of head-scratching fun in front of the camera.


From this pleasantly bizarre promo for Deontay Wilder VS Johann Duhaupas. As it says, PBC on NBC:

Address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5hggw4jQjg


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Chris Arreola Seals It With A Kiss: GIF Spotlight

Although Chris Arreola looked as close to the end of his career as I've ever seen him, in his last match with relative unknown Curtis Harper; he has been a mainstay of the heavyweight division for several years and still plies his trade for the television audience. As the durable, jiggly, heavy-handed contender with fun interviews and fun brawls, he's picked up many fans who figured he'd probably never be at the top, but appreciated him anyway. Here he is forcing a first-round stoppage on ESPN2 over southpaw slugger Joey Abell, in 2011.

Arreola must have been pumped knowing he was going to get the kind of fight he loves with Abell and pounded him out, stayed in his face, refused to let Referee Tony Crebs usher him aside and planted a smackeroo right on his cheek for good measure! In typical Arreola fashion, if he gets the slightest hint you can't take his punches, he's on you like Jim Inhofe on a snowball. Ask the bizarre choice for Deontay Wilder's first title defense, Eric Molina, who was also stopped in the first by Chris. Now, I don't recall Molina getting kissed, but he's apparently got some kind of luck from somewhere to get a world title shot at random. Maybe Arreola kissed him for good luck when I wasn't looking. Either way, I'd like to predict a Wilder KO1 outcome. Shannon Briggs might even get salty.



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Kevin Johnson On Deontay Wilder: Quote Spotlight

In an interview with Behind The Gloves, for his upcoming bout with Anthony Joshua, Kevin Johnson was asked about several of today's heavyweights and dropped an interesting piece of history with a current major heavyweight titlist in Deontay Wilder:

"Can't say nothing bad about Deontay, can't say nothing good. Because, uh...Well, I can't even say nothing bad like that, because, that guy, back when he live in Alabama, and I lived in Georgia, back when both of us couldn't get no work, that guy come right up to Georgia, on Saturday and Sunday, me and him sparred thirteen rounds a day."

That did not sound like your usual Kevin Johnson hustle talk. It sounds like a respect for Wilder's dedication that was not on display during his "rip" on Wilder's skills, which was almost certainly Kevin Johnson's usual hustle talk. It's hard to disregard that kind of dedication, traveling like that every week to get good, consistent sparring in. That sounds like championship work ethic and hunger to hone your craft. Amusingly, it seemed that Johnson talked himself out of going on some kind of rant against Wilder or whatever he could do against Wilder, for the camera, and went ahead and said this instead. It shows a little respect for a guy he'd probably rather try to talk himself into a payday against, I'd say.



Full interview here: 

Direct page address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_Gi6i4aQIQ

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You rarely ever get to see anything quite like this, ladies and gentlemen. The Hall of Fame heavyweight champion showing the future WBC heavyweight champion how to jab the Lennox Lewis way. I love it. Great stuff.


Here is the actual video:

I don't know who first recorded this video but this is where I have seen it and thanks to whoever recorded and/or posted it for capturing the moment.



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Quote Spotlight: Bermane Stiverne Did Not Want To Address Future Opponent In Post Fight Interview

In Call-out Central there were no phones ringing after Stiverne's hard night in taking out Chris Arreola to win the only major world heavyweight title that does not rest in the heavyweight champion, Wladimir Klitschko's hands.


ESPN's Bernardo Osuna: Deontay Wilder is your mandatory but Wladimir Klitschko once again reiterated, he wants to unify the title that was once his brother's. What's next?

Bermane Stiverne: Listen, with all due respect, I don't give a damn about Wilder or Klitschko, right now. Right now, it's about what I won. You know what I'm saying?

Why spotlight? Stiverne seemed to want to make it clear that he's going to enjoy the moment so fans get to see no hunger or concern for a unification. I can certainly understand after the night he had if he didn't want to talk about fighting again soon but when a man earns a major title in a division headed by someone else who said he wants him and he doesn't want to address that at all, it is disappointing for the sport. But I do hope Stiverne enjoys what he did work hard to earn and a unification can take place by late 2014 or early 2015, no matter who is holding the belts, whether it's Klitschko and Stiverne, Pulev (we can't forget him, he's not just an opponent) and Stiverne, or even Pulev and Wilder, etc. Anything can happen but unification is always the greatest victory over boxing politics we can realistically hope for.


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