Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
World Boxing Council Mauricio Sulaiman believes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury can reach even higher limits in his weight class. Fury captured the world title back in February, when he scored two knockdowns and stopped Deontay Wilder in seven rounds at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says that he wants to enter into a deal with WBC champion Tyson Fury with a clean slate. Right now Fury is contractually obligated to move forward with a trilogy fight against Deontay Wilder.
Tyson Fury added some trash talk while delivering a positive message to his 3.7 million Instagram followers Tuesday. Fury offered details about his daily workouts, explained how that intense training has helped him both physically and mentally during the COVID-19 pandemic and made a prediction for his third fight against Deontay Wilder in a short video posted to his Instagram account.
Bob Arum remains hopeful that the third Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder fight can happen in November or December. Fury’s co-promoter is a lot less optimistic about Fury-Wilder III taking place in the United States, where their first two fights were held. Arum told BoxingScene.com on Tuesday that their third WBC heavyweight championship match “probably” will be staged outside of the U.S. because COVID-19 restrictions could prevent crowds from attending sporting events there through the end of this year.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has shot down circulating reports that Deontay Wilder revealed that he wants a step-aside fee of $10 million - in order to move away from a contracted trilogy fight. Fury captured the WBC world title in February, when he stopped Wilder in the seventh round at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Bob Arum isn’t the least bit surprised George Foreman reached out to Deontay Wilder after Tyson Fury defeated Wilder in their heavyweight championship rematch. Arum remembers how tough it was for Foreman after Muhammad Ali knocked him out in the eighth round of “The Rumble In the Jungle.” The previously unbeaten knockout artist was a 4-1 favorite to beat Ali in Zaire.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury says he was fully confident of taking down Deontay Wilder after dealing with his feared power for twelve rounds in their December 2018 encounter. The contest, which saw Fury go down twice and nearly stopped in the twelfth, ended in a controversial twelve round split draw.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says an agreement to face WBC champion Tyson Fury would likely have to be a two-fight agreement.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has no interest in paying Deontay Wilder a step-aside fee. Over the last few months, there has been a lot of chatter regarding a scenario where Fury pays Wilder a step-aside fee in order to go directly to a full division unification with WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO champion Anthony Joshua.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte will refuse any possibility of having his WBC heavyweight title shot pushed back. The World Boxing Council ordered last year, that Whyte would get his title shot no later than February 2021.