Leading up to this fight, Deontay Wilder has done all he could to hype the bout up. Now, the time for talk is over. Wilder will look to be a man of his word as he defends the WBC Heavyweight Title against Dominic Breazeale. The bout will be taking place inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. Wilder (40-0-1) is looking for his ninth title defense in a row, but looking for a true win. His last fight against Tyson Fury was a split decision draw. After months of attempting a rematch, Fury signed with Top Rank and Wilder remained with PBC and Showtime. Now, he looks to settle a personal rivalry with the man from Glendale, California. Breazeale (20-1) is on a three-fight win streak. He last fought for a title back in 2016, losing to Anthony Joshua for the IBF Heavyweight Title. Both fighters have animosity towards one another based off of claims regarding Wilder’s family. Wilder himself has even stated that he is still “looking for a body” when facing Breazeale. In the co-main event, Gary Russell Jr. will face off against Kiko Martinez for the Featherweight Championship. Ruseell Jr. (29-1) is on a five-fight win streak and will look to defend his title for the fourth time. Martinez (39-8-2) is 3-1-1 in his last five bouts. FIGHT SPORTS brings you live coverage of Wilder v. Breazeale, with the main card starting at 9 p.m. ET! WBC Heavyweight Championship: (c.) Deontay Wilder def. Dominic Breazeale via round one knockout (2:17 into round one) WBC Featherweight Championship: (c.) Gary Russell Jr. def. Kiko Martinez via referee stoppage by way of TKO (2:52 into round five) Juan Heraldez and Argenis Mendez fought to a majority decision draw (97-93, 95-95, 95-95) WBC Featherweight Championship: (c.) Gary Russell Jr. v. Kiko Martinez Round One: Russell starts off strong in round one, being the aggressor. Martinez tries a few shots but Russell is not budging. Russell throws some jabs while Martinez is showing no answer. Both end round one fairly even, with Russell having the advantage. Round Two: Russell once again being the aggressor as round two begins. He attempts some power jabs but Martinez is showing some solid defense, landing an uppercut on Russell. Russell responds with some combination shots of his own. Russell hits a side shot and continues to work the body of Martinez. Russell is just punishing Martinez here with a flurry of punches. Round two ends like round one, with Russell having the advantage. Round Three: Russell hits a pair of combination shots to the face of Martinez. Now Russell appears to be getting more momentum. Martinez is trying to reach for his shots, with several of them not landing. Russell is landing a multitude of uppercut shots. Martinez playing it close to the vest, trying to break Russell. Russell hitting unprotected head shots as the round comes to an end. Russell with another round won. Round Four: More of the same from Martinez, as Russell is showcasing his overall ability. After a few combination shots, Russell manages to land a shot to the face of Martinez, busting him open right above his eye. Martinez is not blocking anything as round four comes to an end. Round Five: Russell is aiming for the cut above Martinez’s eye. Jab and hook combinations by Russell are landing. Martinez is trying to land but repeatedly misses key shots. Russell with another hit to the body. Martinez attempts a comeback, but Russell avoids serious hits. As the final seconds count down, the referee calls off the fight due to Martinez’s cut. Russell retains his title. Official Result: (c.) Gary Russell Jr. def. Kiko Martinez via referee stoppage by way of TKO (2:52 into round five) to retain WBC Heavyweight Championship: (c.) Deontay Wilder v. Dominic Breazeale Round One: Both fighters with an intense staredown to start. Wilder starts off strong, pushing Breazeale back. Wilder tries an uppercut along with a body shot. Breazeale acting tough coming closer to Wilder. Wilder lands a wild shot, and pounds away at Dominic. Combination shots land and Breaezle is in trouble. Wilder hits a short left to stun Breazeale and lands a vicious right hook after to knock Dominic down. Official Result: (c.) Deontay Wilder defeated Dominic Breazeale via knockout (2:17 into round one) to retain<doc-sep>It’s a big night for boxing at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Tonight (Saturday, May 18th) sees WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KOs) defend his title in a grudge match against Dominic Breazeale (20-1, 18 KOs). This is Wilder’s first fight since his thrilling but controversial draw with Tyson Fury, and with the rematch not happening any time soon, he’s taking on his mandatory challenger Breazeale. These two have a personal beef that dates back a couple of years when they had a hotel altercation following Wilder’s win over Gerald Washington. Hopefully no one dies. Showtime is live streaming the prelims at 6:30 PM ET/3:30 PM PT if you’re into that sort of thing;just click the video player below. Then flip to the main Showtime broadcast at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT, or go to TSN2 if you live in Canada, or Sky Sports Main Event in the United Kingdom. We will have results updates for this card and a results post for the main event. This is your place for live discussion, too. The card is as follows: Preliminary Card (6:30 pm ET) Robert Alfonso vs. Iago Kiladze ends in split draw (75-77, 76-76, 77-75) Gary Antuanne Russell def. Marcos Mojica by KO at 2:14 of round 4 Richardson Hitchins def. Alejandro Munera by RTD at 3:00 of round 3 Showtime Main Card (9:00 pm ET)<doc-sep>His only blemish was a draw last time out against Fury in a highly competitive fight where the Brit was dropped twice but battled back to take Wilder the distance. For his part, Breazeale has a rather polished record himself. His only loss in 21 fights came in 2016 when he was stopped inside seven-rounds by Joshua in London. Currently riding a three-fight win streak, all by stoppage, Breazeale has a massive opportunity to make himself a star this afternoon. TAB odds: Deontay Wilder - $1.14 for the win Dominic Breazeale - $6 for the win Draw - $26 Pre-fight banter: Deontay Wilder's threat to Dominic Breazeale before heavyweight clash Unbeaten American heavyweight boxer Deontay Wilder has issued a threat to opponent Dominic Breazeale before their heavyweight clash in New York on Sunday (NZ time). Wilder is aiming to defend his WBC championship belt and extend his unbeaten professional record to 41-0-1, after his controversial draw with Tyson Fury in his last outing. The 'Bronze Bomber' is known for his trash talk, but the 33-year-old took things to a new level, when he channeled his inner Ivan Drago from Rocky IV, saying; "If he dies, he dies." In the movie, Drago (played by Dolph Lundgren) showed no remorse, after pummelling Apollo Creed to death in a Las Vegas showdown. The warning to Breazeale is obvious. "His life is on the line for this fight... and I do mean his life," Wilder told USA Today Sports. "I'm still trying to get a body on my record. This is the only sport where you can kill a man and get paid for it at the same time. "It’s legal. Why not use my right to do so? "I didn't go seek him, he sought me, so if [death] comes, it comes. This is a brutal sport, this is not a gentleman's sport. "I keep saying this is not a gentleman's sport. We don't ask to hit each other in the face, but we does anyway. "You can ask any doctor around the world and he'll tell you the head isn't supposed to be hit. Anybody can go and in this particular time, we have bad blood against each other." The rivals first tangled two years ago, when they got into a scuffle in a hotel, after fighting on the same card. Wilder claimed that Breazeale made intimidating comments to his family, which sparked the melee. Breazeale told CBS Sports that he was left "upset" by Wilder's comments. "You never want to hear an individual - and I don't care what sport it is, but especially in the sport of boxing - who has the ability to put someone else in a bad state of mind or hurt them physically [talk like that]," he said. "I don't think he understands what he's saying. He's just not all there, if that makes sense. "Both he and I have knocked out individuals with shots where I am like, 'Oh God, I hope he is going to be OK from this'. "But that's just my ring gentlemanship and having a care for life. Because of it, he is going to have to pay. "He was going to pay anyways and I was going to have sportsmanship behind it, but now, when I put this beating on him, and I hurt him and punish him, I'm not going to shake this man's hand. "I'm not going to tell people I feel sorry for him, if he's hurt. It is what it is and he has comeuppance coming his way." Newshub.<doc-sep>Deontay Wilder and Dominic Breazeale are set to let the bombs fly in tonight’s Showtime main event, with Wilder’s WBC heavyweight title at stake, and in the co-feature, Gary Russell Jr defends his WBC featherweight title against Kiko Martinez. Here’s a look at how the big boys size up against one another in the main event: Generally speaking, Wilder in his career is the taller man, but that hasn’t been the case in either of his last two fights. In December, Tyson Fury was actually a couple inches taller, an here, Breazeale can look him right in the eye. Wilder has an inch-and-a-half in reach on the Californian, but Breazeale will have just over 30 pounds on Wilder. That is nothing new for Deontay, though, and in fact he came in over 10 pounds heavier here than he did against Wilder, perhaps looking to negate some of Breazeale’s strength advantages if they get in the clinch. One thing really stands out: Wilder is 8-0-1 in title fights, Breazeale is 0-1. His only loss came to Anthony Joshua just under three years ago at London’s O2 Arena. The last time he stepped up to this level is the time Breazeale lost. And now a look at Russell-Martinez: This doesn’t necessarily deserve any extra look, but I resolved to do these for all world title fights, and Russell is defending the WBC featherweight title, so here we are. As you can see, he’s top five for everyone, and arguably the only reason he isn’t No. 1 in the division is because he fights so infrequently, and then too frequently against inferior opposition. The veteran Martinez is a former titleholder at 122 pounds, winning the IBF belt in 2013 with an upset of Jhonatan Romero, and then defending successfully against Jeffrey Mathebula and Hozumi Hasegawa before losing the belt to Carl Frampton. He then lost another 122-pound title fight to Scott Quigg in 2015, and a featherweight title shot against Leo Santa Cruz in 2016. Since losing to Santa Cruz, he’s gone 4-1-2 and won the European featherweight title, which is realistically about his level. There’s a lot of ground between beating Marc Vidal and competing with Gary Russell Jr.<doc-sep>
Wilder vs Breazeale start time: What time will Deontay Wilder fight Dominic Breazeale? Deontay Wilder defends his WBC world heavyweight title against Dominic Breazeale at the Barclays Center. The fight marks Wilder’s first encounter since controversially drawing against Tyson Fury in December. Breazeale was awarded the fight as the mandatory challenger and is the underdog, despite his only professional loss coming against Anthony Joshua in June 2016. There is bad blood between the pair, stemming from a hotel fight in February 2017, which both men blame the other for igniting. BOXING TONIGHT: WHO IS IN ACTION THIS WEEKEND? Wilder has been a man possessed in the build-up, expressing his desire to get a “body on my record” while saying he would feel no remorse for rendering Breazeale to a hospital bed. The Bronze Bomber weighed in at 223lb for the showdown while Breazeale tipped the scales at 255lb. "There's nothing more that needs to be said for tomorrow is judgement day," Wilder said yesterday. "When we get in the ring we're both going to see red and this is what makes a great fight. Our words that we speak, our actions that we're going to display in the ring this is what makes great fights, don't you all want great fights? Wilder vs Breazeale start time: What time will Deontay Wilder fight Dominic Breazeale? "At this point of time in my career I want to show everything. I'm going to look the part and be the part as I always do. I'm just happy to be part of the heavyweight division. It's so exciting right now, it's on fire right now and I can't wait for Saturday night." Breazeale has remained quietly confident throughout, seemingly unfazed by his adversary’s words. “It's fight time, nothing else needs to be said, it's time to fight,” Breazeale asserted. “[The acrimony] motivated me during camp. Coming into the fight though, I'm going to act like a professional and put my professional performance on and give the fans what they want to see, that knockout win. Here comes trouble." Wilder vs Breazeale start time: What time will Deontay Wilder fight Dominic Breazeale? Trending Wilder vs Breazeale: Boxers face off ahead of fight