Word has it that WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) will return to the ring on February 25 at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama, in a voluntary defense against WBC #12 Andrzej Wawrzyk (33-1, 19 KOs). Wawrzyk has mixed in moderate company, his only loss in 34 was to Alexander Povetkin in 2013, his more notable wins came against former WBC title challenger Danny Williams and a faded Franz Botha.. Wilder suffered multiple injuries in his win over Chris Arreola last July, this will be his first active appearance in 7 months... Wawrzyk has won six straight by KO since his sole loss in May 2013. Deontay won his crown from Bermaine Stiverne in January of 2015 and has made 4 successful defences against reasonable opposition, in Molina, Duhaupas, Spilka and Arreola.. the Arreola defence came about on short notice following the collapse of the Povetkin fight, due to the Russians drug test failure for the substance Meldonium.
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