Heavyweights battle in Brooklyn in titles double bill


  • Boxing
  • Friday, 15 Jan 2016

Oct 26, 2013; Atlantic City, NJ, USA; Deontay Wilder (bronze trunks) celebrates after knocking out Nicolai Firtha (not pictured) during their WBA Continental Americas Heavyweight title bout at Boardwalk Hall. Wilder won via fourth round TKO Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A wide-open scramble among heavyweights is underway, illustrated by a pair of world title fights in boxing's glamour division in an historic night for the sport in Brooklyn on Saturday.

American Deontay Wilder puts his WBC title on the line against Artur Szpilka of Poland, and Ukrainian Vyacheslav Glazkov takes on American Charles Martin for the vacant IBF crown in a glittering Barclays Center fight card.

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