Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
By Keith Idec - LAS VEGAS – Pay-per-view sales from the Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder rematch weren’t commensurate with the time and money that the promoters and television networks invested in marketing it.
Malik Scott Video Interview - (video by Ryan Burton) - Fighters competing on the stacked undercard leading up to the highly anticipated Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III heavyweight title trilogy showdown previewed their respective showdowns before they enter the ring this Saturday, October 9 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Tyson Fury Video Interview - (video by Ryan Burton) - Fighters competing on the stacked undercard leading up to the highly anticipated Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III heavyweight title trilogy showdown previewed their respective showdowns before they enter the ring this Saturday, October 9 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS – Tyson Fury fought about as effectively as imaginable at 273 pounds during his rematch with Deontay Wilder. That hasn’t stopped him, according to his trainer, from packing potentially another 20 pounds on his 6-feet-9 frame in advance of his third heavyweight title fight with Wilder. Fury, however, wouldn’t commit during an interview with BoxingScene.com even to approximating what he’ll weigh when he steps on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale Friday afternoon at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
LAS VEGAS – Jared Anderson attempted to put the rampant rumors to rest Thursday. The emerging heavyweight prospect disputed widespread speculation that he knocked out Tyson Fury during a sparring session before Fury was supposed to fight Deontay Wilder a third time July 24 at T-Mobile Arena. Persistent gossip within the boxing industry suggested that Fury’s difficulty in sparring, primarily against Anderson, was his motivation for postponing his third fight with Wilder for 2½ months.
LAS VEGAS – Everything Malik Scott has seen during his time training Deontay Wilder over the past year and a half leads the retired heavyweight to think Wilder will be the dominant fighter this time around against Tyson Fury.
Deontay Wilder altered how he has handled virtually everything during the buildup toward his third fight against Tyson Fury on Saturday night. The former WBC heavyweight champion limited the amount of time he has spent promoting their ESPN/FOX Sports per-per-view event because those countless commitments were “draining” before their rematch in February 2020. Wilder hasn’t made himself nearly as available to the media, either, as he was throughout his five-year reign as champion.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury believes Deontay Wilder is making the biggest mistake he could possibly make ahead of their upcoming trilogy clash. He explains that Wilder has been unable to come to grips with the outcome of their second fight.
Former two division world champion David Haye is a bit surprised that most observers that he's spoken to are completely writing off Deontay Wilder in the upcoming rematch with Tyson Fury.
By Cliff Rold - Jersey Joe Walcott. If former WBC heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KO) is looking for extra inspiration heading into this Saturday (FOX PPV, 9 PM EST), it’s a name he might want to look back to. Wilder is attempting to defeat Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KO) for the first time in three tries this weekend. A victory would make Wilder history’s heavyweight champion of the world, an honor Fury has denied him in both their contests.