WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs) will defend his title against Artur Szpilka (20-1, 15 KOs) on January 16 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The unbeaten American will make the third defence of the belt he won by outpointing Bermane Stiverne last January, when he takes on the 26-year-old southpaw from Poland.
Wilder, 30, became the first American heavyweight world champion since Shannon Briggs lost the WBO belt in 2007. In his first two defences he stopped…