On February 25, 2017, Deontay Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs), the heavyweight WBC champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Gerald Washington (18-0-1, 12 KOs).
Deontay Wilder is coming in to the fight on a 37-fight win streak with a 97% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round RTD victory over Chris Arreola, 7 months and 9 days ago. Gerald Washington is on a 2-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round KO win over Ray Austin, 7 months and 9 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Deontay Wilder at 99-1 winning odds. Gerald Washington really doesn't have much to present against Wilder.
Deontay Wilder stopped Gerald Washington via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title. Wilder improves his record to 38-0 (37 KOs), while Washington adds a loss to his record at 18-1-1.