WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) will fight replacement opponent Gerald Washington (18-0-1, 12 KOs) on February 25 at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.
Washington, a U.S Navy veteran and former college American football player for the University of Southern California, gets the chance to challenge his fellow American after Wilder’s original opponent Andrzej Wawrzyk tested positive for a banned substance.
Wilder returns from injury after he suffered a torn right…