Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Dillian Whyte has shot down Deontay Wilder's claim that his ring outfit, which apparently weighed 40-pounds or more, weakened his legs last Saturday night. Wilder was dropped twice and stopped in seven rounds by Tyson Fury in their anticipated rematch at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Former world champion Carl Froch is not convinced that Deontay Wilder was hindered by his elaborate ring walk outfit on Saturday, for the rematch with Tyson Fury at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Fury dropped Wilder twice, before eventually stopping him in the seventh round to capture the WBC heavyweight title.
At the moment, it appears that Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will collide in a trilogy fight in the summer. They first met in December of 2018, with the contest ending in a controversial twelve round split draw at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
LAS VEGAS – The result might not have indicated it, but Tyson Fury feels he faced an improved Deontay Wilder on Saturday night. Their WBC heavyweight championship rematch wasn’t nearly as competitive as their first fight 14 months earlier. Fury still acknowledged afterward that Wilder was better in some ways than when they fought to a controversial split draw in December 2018 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Tyson Fury commended Kenny Bayless for the job that the veteran referee did during his rematch with Deontay Wilder on Saturday night. Wilder wasn’t nearly as complimentary. The former WBC heavyweight champion criticized Bayless during an extensive interview with BoxingScene.com on Monday for allowing Fury to “fight dirty.” Wilder believes Bayless should’ve done much more to prevent Fury from hitting him on the back of his head and neck, and from holding his head while leaning on him during a rematch Fury won by seventh-round technical knockout.
Two days after suffering his first defeat, Deontay Wilder was still trying to figure out why Mark Breland threw in the towel Saturday night. Wilder has always instructed Breland, his longtime assistant trainer, and head trainer Jay Deas to never throw in the towel when he’s fighting. Deas also told Breland not to do that when Breland mentioned it as a possibility in Wilder’s corner while the former WBC heavyweight champion was taking unanswered punches from Tyson Fury during the seventh round.
Former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has confirmed that he will indeed exercise his immediate rematch clause, to face Tyson Fury for a third time. Wilder was stopped in seven rounds on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, with Fury walking away with the WBC world title.
Brand-new WBC Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury wasn’t the only fighter whose stock rose dramatically with his dominant seventh-round stoppage of Deontay Wilder Saturday night. By virtue of his strong performance against Fury last September, Sweden’s IBF #15-ranked Otto Wallin (20-1, 13 KOs) must now be considered a serious force in the big man’s division.
John Fury, the father for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, would like to see his son retire from the sport. Fury will pulled off a seventh round stoppage of Deontay Wilder at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday night, after they had fought to a controversial twelve round split draw in December 2018.
Former two division world champion Andre Ward was ringside on Saturday night when Tyson Fury stopped Deontay Wilder in seven rounds to capture the WBC heavyweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Wilder was dropped in the third and fifth, before his corner threw in the towel in the seventh.