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Shelly Finkel, co-manager of former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, says his boxer undergo surgery on the injury that he suffered to his hand on Saturday night. Wilder was knocked out in the eleventh round of his trilogy fight with Tyson Fury at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS – Tyson Fury purposefully composed himself before he attempted to get up from each of the two fourth-round knockdowns he withstood Saturday night.
Frank Warren, co-promoter for Tyson Fury, would love to stage his boxer's next fight in the UK. Fury's last five fights have taken place n the United States. He last fought in the UK in August of 2018 - when he picked up a decision win over Fracesco Pianeta.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is expecting his rival, Deonay Wilder, to have "excuses" for the outcome of Saturday's fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In their third meeting, Fury knocked Wilder out in the eleventh round to retain the title.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Deontay Wilder got what he had coming. Sort of. Though a devastating right hand from Tyson Fury crashed unabated into the left side of his skull, rendered him competitively limp and careening toward the ring floor at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday, his never-say-die credo was left intact.
Deontay Wilder has been discharged from the hospital, though not with a clean bill of health. The former WBC heavyweight titlist was officially diagnosed with damage to his right hand suffered during his brutal third fight with lineal/WBC champion Tyson Fury. Alabama’s Wilder (42-2-1, 41KOs) scored a pair of fourth-round knockdowns but was dropped in rounds three, ten and eleven—the last of which prompted an immediate stoppage at 1:10 of round eleven in their Pay-Per-View main event Saturday evening at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, was very surprised that Deontay Wilder looked so tired after a few rounds had passed in the trilogy fight with Tyson Fury.
Malik Scott, the head trainer of former WBC heavyweight Deontay Wilder, says his boxer is not planning to retire in the aftermath of Saturday's loss.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte believes Deontay Wilder took way too much punishment on Saturday night, in the trilogy fight with Tyson Fury at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS – Tyson Fury felt the devastation when he landed the crushing right hand that emphatically ended his third fight against Deontay Wilder.