Wilder starts slow, finishes strong with fifth-round TKO of Washington
Deontay Wilder didn’t come out with his usual ferocity early on against Gerald Washington, but it didn’t take the champ long to end things once he got rolling.
Wilder’s master plan: dispose of Washington, then clean out heavyweight division
After nine months of adjusting to a revolving door of opponents and rehabbing a surgically repaired right hand and biceps, Deontay Wilder isn’t just anxious to once again rev up his career engine. The heavyweight champ is determined to kick that engine into overdrive.
For Washington, an upset of Wilder would provide an avenue to affect social change
As the product of an African-American father and a Mexican-American mother, heavyweight contender Gerald Washington hopes to use boxing as a force for solidarity.
Unbeaten Washington to now challenge Wilder for heavyweight title on February 25
It seems like it's becoming more difficult for Deontay Wilder to find clean opponents than it is to knock them out.
Gerald Washington learning plenty from disappointing draw with Amir Mansour
Four months after the fact, the disbelief in his voice remains as thick as one of his pony keg-sized biceps.
Gerald Washington deadlocks with Amir Mansour in 10-round heavyweight clash
Gerald Washington knew he brought unassailable assets into Tuesday’s heavyweight tilt against Amir Mansour in the form of a massive five-inch height advantage, a 25-pound weight advantage, a chasm-wide eight-inch reach advantage, and just for good measure, a 10-year youth advantage.
Gerald Washington not afraid of ‘scary’ Amir Mansour prior to their heavyweight clash
He may be a nice fella in person, but Amir Mansour is a frightening dude to behold, with biceps that bulge like croquet balls stuffed into a gym sock and the perpetually agitated air of a man who woke up on the wrong side of a bed of nails. He looks like the kind of guy a dark alley would cross the street to avoid. All of this has Gerald Washington very, very stoked.
Gerald Washington celebrates his roots in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month
I love my background. When I was little growing up in church, I used to shy away from it a little bit being the only black kid, but now I embrace it. I feel like I’m like the true meaning of an American. We all came here and we’re all mixed together.
