Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has shot down the recent statements of rival promoter Eddie Hearn, who guides the career of WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA world champion Anthony Joshua. In several interviews, Hearn indicated that he's had several positive conversations with respect to a year-end unification clash between Fury and Joshua.
Former world champion Andy Lee, who serves as a co-trainer for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, would advise Deontay Wilder to avoid an immediate trilogy bout. Last month at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Fury stopped Wilder in the seventh round to capture the WBC title.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum says that Tyson Fury’s claims that he will retire after two more fights should be taken with “a grain of salt”. Fury’s US promoter says that while the WBC heavyweight champion might be genuine when saying he wants to quit, such decisions were “subject to change”.
Former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather had a Q&A with fight fans at the York Hall in London, and gave his take on the red-hot heavyweight division. Fury shook things up last month, when he stopped Deontay Wilder in the seventh round to capture the WBC heavyweight strap. They are now set to compete in a trilogy fight in the coming months.
Dillian Whyte would love to challenge Tyson Fury for the WBC heavyweight title in London. With Fury contractually committed to a third bout with former champion Deontay Wilder, however, Whyte has taken yet another difficult fight while waiting for his long-overdue title shot. Assuming his May 2 fight against Alexander Povetkin happens as scheduled, Whyte will have fought Joseph Parker, Dereck Chisora, Oscar Rivas and Povetkin all after moving into the number one position in the WBC’s heavyweight rankings.
Paulie Malignaggi respects the extreme competitor within Deontay Wilder. Malignaggi remembers how difficult it was to accept his first professional loss – a physically grueling, unanimous-decision defeat to Miguel Cotto in June 2006 at Madison Square Garden. The former two-division champion’s pride hurt as much back then as the facial fractures he suffered while legitimizing himself as a top junior welterweight contender in that memorable bout.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has maintained that he plans to fight two more times - and then intends to retire from the sport of boxing. Last month, Fury made a big statement when he dropped Deontay Wilder twice and stopped him in the seventh round to capture the WBC world title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte does not expect to get a crack at Deontay Wilder in the near future. Whyte, who holds the WBC's interim title, is owed a mandatory shot at the full title by February 2021. Wilder had been the champion for the last five years, until suffering a seven round TKO defeat at the hands of Tyson Fury on February 22 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas,
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has made it clear that he's never lost the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles in the ring. He captured those belts in November of 2015, when he traveled to Germany and shocked the sport by winning a twelve round decision over Wladimir Klitschko, who had ruled the division for a decade.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is ready to finalize a deal right now for a unification with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. Joshua is scheduled to face IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev on June 20, while Fury has to face Deontay Wilder in a trilogy fight in the coming months.