American boxing fans have been crying out for a heavyweight to get behind, and the Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua card could be set to feature a US star that has been labelled as the future of the division.
The United States’ heavyweight drought could soon become the longest time that the nation has ever gone without a world champion – that currently being the 7 year and 7 month period between Shannon Briggs’ 2007 loss of the WBO crown and Deontay Wilder’s 2015 WBC title win.
In February 2020, Wilder lost his throne to Fury and the United States has not reclaimed a heavyweight belt since; meaning that the current record will be broken if an American has not captured a heavyweight belt by October next year.
Whilst Wilder and Jarrell Miller are hoping to intervene with that statistic, there is a new emerging heavyweight hope in Da’Mazion Vanhouter, who Zuffa Boxing CEO Dana White has declared could be the ‘next superstar of the heavyweight division’.
Speaking at the Zuffa Boxing 12 press conference, following his latest knockout win, Vanhouter appeared to confirm reports that he will appear on Fury and Anthony Joshua’s undercard, as captured by Seconds Out.
“Yeah, he [Dana White] has never lied to y’all. So, if they say that is where I am going to be fighting then that is where I am going to be fighting.”
Vanhouter has registered 11 stoppages in his 14 career wins to date, with the 21-year-old’s last three victories coming in the opening round despite continuously stepping up the level of his opponents.
The Fury vs. Joshua event takes place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Friday 11 December, with an full announcement on the undercard expected soon.
