WBC President: Deontay Wilder ‘Deserves An Opportunity’

Deontay Wilder deserves another opportunity at the WBC heavyweight title.

That’s according to WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman who was speaking about the former champion’s current situation.

Wilder was expected to face current WBC king Tyson Fury in a trilogy fight only for the rematch clause to expire.

With both sides failing to agree to various terms as well, Fury ultimately decided to move on and face Agit Kabayel in December instead with a title unification clash against Anthony Joshua in sight for 2021.

That seemed to be the plan as Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn later declared that Wilder wouldn’t get a title shot until 2022 if Fury ended up facing Joshua.

However, Fury now only expects to compete in 2021 after Wilder’s team initiated a mediation process over their disputed third fight.

And as far as the issue goes, Sulaiman is hopeful things will get resolved soon.

“There is an issue that we are aware of that Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder have some sort of mediation process going on and that’s the only thing, but we don’t have any details,” Sulaiman told Sky Sports.

“We’re just hoping that everything gets resolved and everybody is happy and we see great fights inside the ring.”

As for Wilder’s chances of getting a WBC title shot in the future, Sulaiman revealed the American has the organization’s full support.

“Wilder is a tremendous, important element,” Sulaiman added. “He was five years champion of the WBC. Extremely loyal. The greatest knockout ratio. The percentage is unbelievable and he is a very dear fighter, a champion in the WBC and he deserves, of course, another opportunity.

“He gave Tyson Fury the opportunity and Tyson Fury beat him, knocked him out, and, of course, Wilder is in the mix. He deserves an opportunity and we will see how things evolve in the coming year.”

It will certainly be interesting to see how things develop in the coming weeks.

What do you make of the current heavyweight situation?