Deontay Wilder may just be Alabama’s proudest son. The world heavyweight titleholder defended his WBC belt for the second time in Birmingham, and both before and after this fight, as he has with every...

Amid the chaos that was University Boulevard on Friday afternoon, a gold Rolls-Royce emerged from the clutter and pulled onto the set of ESPN College GameDay. Out stepped a 6-foot-7-inch behemoth who...

BIRMINGHAM -- Welcome to Alabama.For one night only, the biggest sporting event in the state so famed for college football wasn’t the Iron Bowl. There was no ‘Roll Tide,’ or ‘War Eagle’ or even...

Jay Deas has followed boxing his whole life. His brother, Tommy, used to write for various national boxing publications and his father would take them to all the fights within 100 miles. While attending...

Deontay Wilder, the WBC heavyweight champion of the world, stepped into SKYY Boxing Gym in Northport on a rainy Thursday afternoon for his media workouts. Wilder is preparing for his World Boxing Council...

Deontay Wilder is what boxing in this country needs. When Wilder beat World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne Saturday night, he became the first American heavyweight champion since...

Tuscaloosa is, by all means, a football town. Anyone who has ever heard of the place knows that.As a teenager, Deontay Wilder knew that as well. In 2004, he graduated from Central High School in Tuscaloosa...

When Cameron Carver heard a rumor circulating among the students in Shelby Hall about his chemistry professor, he went to the professor's office hours to investigate. Carver had recently taken up boxing,...

“60 seconds!” Jay Deas shouts from inside a boxing gym in Northport, Ala. Heavyweight Deontay Wilder unleashes a flurry of punches at the heavy bag hanging from the ceiling. The first thing that stands...