Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Ruiz (34-2, 22 KOs) and Wilder (42-2-1, 41 KOs) both held all of the championship belts from June to December 2019. Ruiz collected the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO titles after shockingly knocking out Anthony Joshua, but he failed to defend the titles six months later against Joshua.
John Fury, father and trainer of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has revealed that his son was forced to undergo surgery in the aftermath of his October win over Deontay Wilder.
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has urged both Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder to continue fighting. Earlier this month, Fury and Wilder traded punches in one of the best heavyweight fights in the last few years.
This past Monday, former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder underwent a 90-minute surgery in Atlanta to repair the metacarpal bone on his right hand, nine days after suffering his knockout loss to Tyson Fury in their trilogy fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Malik Scott, the head trainer of former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, says his boxer's equilibrium was never the same after the third round. Wilder went down in the third and he was on unsteady legs for the rest of the round.
Former two division champion Ricky Hatton believes Tyson Fury will not retire until he scores a knockout victory over Anthony Joshua. Earlier this month, Fury retained the WBC heavyweight title with an eleven round knockout of Deontay Wilder in their trilogy clash at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
John Fury, father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has taken a few swings at Anthony Joshua, who last month suffered a twelve round unanimous decision loss to Oleksandr Usyk. The defeat derailed any possibility of Fury facing Joshua in the first half of 2022.
In a sport that’s very foundations were built on hyperbole it’s easy to get swept up in the aftermath of a big fight. When Tyson Fury finally vanquished Deontay Wilder in their thrilling trilogy decider earlier this month, plenty were fast to crown Fury as one of the greatest of all time and they were certainly claiming the third Fury-Wilder fight was one of the best heavyweight title contests of all time.
UFC commentator Joe Rogan used the word "incredible" to describe last Saturday's trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Fury retained the WBC heavyweight title with a knockout of Wilder in the eleventh round.