Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Frank Warren, promoter for Tyson Fury, believes the upcoming rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is widely viewed as a much closer fight than it was the first time around. When they met in December 2018, Fury was only in his third fight after snapping a layoff of two and half years. He was a heavy underdog with most experts and he was expected to become a knockout victim.
Frank Warren, promoter for heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, does not expect Anthony Joshua to become a sparring partner in his fighter's ongoing training camp. Fury is scheduled to fight WBC world champion Deontay Wilder on February 22nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is looking to apply pressure on Deontay Wilder, the WBC champion, to meet him in the ring for a five belt unification clash in 2020.
The hype has already begun on the ESPN side of the promotion, but at least the necessary steps are being taken in efforts to make the heavyweight title fight rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury as big an event as possible. News of the fight being officially signed and sealed was revealed on the final Friday of 2019, with their anticipated sequel to take place February 22 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Pay-Per-View event will be a joint effort by ESPN and Fox Sports, with the two sports-based powerhouses leading many to believe that the final returns will far exceed that of their first fight last December, where Wilder and Fury fought to a draw atop a Showtime PPV card which garnered 325,000 buys.
The road to heavyweight championship lineage will continue to go through Tyson Fury. With the announcement of his February 22 rematch with long-reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder (42-0-1, 41KOs) comes so much more than an alphabet belt at stake. As they are recognized by most outlets and ratings boards as the two best heavyweights on the planet, their forthcoming sequel will restore championship lineage for the third time in the 21st century while crowning a new heavyweight king for the 45th time in boxing history.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is not exactly sure if his superstar boxer will make good on a recent statement - where Joshua offered up his services as a sparring partner for domestic rival Tyson Fury. Fury is preparing for a scheduled rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder on February 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
IBF, WBO, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is very confident that he would take down WBC champion Deontay Wilder in six rounds of action. A potential unification between the two is viewed as the biggest fight in boxing. Wilder will make a world defense on February 22, in a rematch with Tyson Fury, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Promoter Eddie Hearn was shocked at the recent news that Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury would not come together for a media tour to promote their scheduled rematch. Wilder will defend his title against Fury for a second time on February 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The bout, which took place at Staples Center in Los Angeles, saw Wilder and Fury battle for a controversial twelve round split draw.
More than a year later, Tyson Fury still can’t fully explain how he made it to the final bell in his first fight with Deontay Wilder, even if he unquestionably believes he deserved to win the fight. The unbeaten British heavyweight continues to draw accolades over the manner in which he recovered from two knockdowns in last December’s 12-round draw with Wilder (42-0-1, 41KOs), two sequences which would’ve knocked out nearly any other fighter on the planet. Fury arose from a 9th round knockdown after outboxing Wilder to that point, but the dramatic fashion in which he beat the count following a right hand and clean-up left hook midway through the 12th round continues to serve as a conversation piece.