Tag: WILDER
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Tyson Fury promises to knockout Wilder in trilogy fight
Tyson Fury vowed to knockout Deontay Wilder when the two meet for the third time on Saturday in Las Vegas with the Briton’s WBC heavyweight title on the line. The undefeated Fury (30-0-1), who battled Wilder (42-1-1) to a draw in 2018 before taking the belt from the American 20 months ago, was the aggressor…
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Tyson Fury sends warning to Wilder, Joshua
Tyson Fury believes he will never lose his unbeaten record, despite the looming threat of fights against dangerous punchers such as Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua. Fury defends his WBC belt against Wilder on October 9, which could finally set up an undisputed world title showdown against Joshua. Joshua risks his world titles against Oleksandr…
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Fury-Wilder Heavyweight Fight Postponed – WBC
Tyson Fury’s heavyweight title defence against Deontay Wilder has been postponed after the champion and members of his camp contracted Covid-19, the World Boxing Council confirmed on Friday. In a brief post on Twitter, the WBC confirmed the July 24 bout had been postponed but did not say when the trilogy fight would be rescheduled.…
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Tyson Fury, Wilder agree to third fight
Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder have verbally agreed to a third fight, ESPN reported Thursday night, days after an arbitration ruling halted fight talks between Fury and British champ Anthony Joshua. After the independent arbitrator ruled Monday that WBC heavyweight champ Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) must face Wilder, plans for a unification fight between Fury…
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Mike Tyson identifies Fury, Wilder Andy Ruiz; omits Joshua in list of top five boxers
Mike Tyson named Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in his top five favourite current boxers but didn’t include two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Fury, who recently claimed the WBC heavyweight title in a rematch with Wilder, has always earned the respect from Tyson since his comeback in 2018 and the former American heavyweight said he…
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Fury not yet champion, he fought a ”zombie” not me – Deontay Wilder
Dethroned world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder said he still does not see his conqueror Tyson Fury as the true titleholder. The American told a Premier Boxing Champions podcast on Wednesday that the real “Bronze Bomber’’ had not shown up for their last fight. He likened his performance on the night to that of a zombie.…
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Fury won’t dump Wilder for Joshua yet
Tyson Fury’s camp has had no conversations with Deontay Wilder about stepping aside to allow for a clash with Anthony Joshua. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has previously revealed that his client would be ‘extremely interested’ in taking on WBC champion Fury in an undisputed fight with the IBF, WBA and WBO titles on the line.…
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Wilder to face Fury for another rematch in July
Tyson Fury and dethroned world champion Deontay Wilder will stage the next leg of their fight trilogy in July at the Las Vegas venue where their rematch took place. Wilder officially exercised his right to another fight against Fury and plan is to have it on July 18 at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino…
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Knock outs: Wilder speaks on rematch against Fury
Former WBC Heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder has said he will trigger the clause in his contract with the new heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury for a rematch. If that happens, it will be the third time the fighters will engage themselves in a boxing contest. Fury stopped Wilder in the seventh round on Sunday to claim…
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I’m coming for you, Joshua tells Wilder
Anthony Joshua would “love” the opportunity to unify his world heavyweight belts in a clash with Deontay Wilder, but insists he will not rush into any fight having seen off Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. The Brit boxer, 30, reclaimed the WBA, IBF and WBO titles he lost to the Mexican-American on…