Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
COSMOPOLITAN, LAS VEGAS - Bob Arum expects the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury rematch to do big numbers. So big in fact that he previously told BoxingScene.com that he believes the fight can do 2 million pay-per-view buys.
COSMOPOLITAN, LAS VEGAS - Now that Deontay Wilder held up his end of the bargain, his rematch against Tyson Fury on February 22nd will be formally announced next week. Wilder stopped Luis Ortiz last Saturday with a big right hand at the end of the 7th round. Prior to the single punch knockout, Wilder had lost most of the rounds against Ortiz.
Heavyweight contender Tyson Fury is slated to return on February 22nd, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, in a rematch with WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. They fought to a controversial twelve round split draw in December 2018, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
AHEAD OF HIS HUGE RETURN on December 21st Tommy Fury has assured fans that he is 100% ready to get back in the ring. At a media workout at the Henrietta Street Gym in Birmingham he said it was “all systems go” for his return and rubbished any idea that he might have stayed away from boxing for good.
DEONTAY WILDER DID what he always does and pulled out a peach of a shot to get himself out of bother against Luis Ortiz and retain his WBC world heavyweight title for the 10th time. Most importantly he came through unscathed and now we can get on with the process of making the rematch against Tyson Fury for February official.
Deontay Wilder will be back in the ring Feb. 22 against Tyson Fury, thirteen weeks after demolishing Luis Ortiz to retain his WBC heavyweight title. The turnaround may be a quick one considering the magnitude of the fight, but neither the Alabaman fighter or his trainer, Jay Deas, are concerned. Deas has circled Dec. 31 as the date to kick off training camp for Wilder’s rematch against the lineal heavyweight champion of the world, the trainer told BoxingScene.com.
LAS VEGAS – Deontay Wilder won’t have much time to rest if his rematch with Tyson Fury isn’t pushed back from its tentative date of February 22. That date hasn’t been announced, but Wilder and Fury have publicly stated that they’re supposed to fight again that night. That would afford Wilder only 13 weeks between his seventh-round knockout of Luis Ortiz in their rematch and his second showdown with Fury.
Tyson Fury was not impressed with the performance from last Saturday night by WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder. Wilder retained his title with a seventh round knockout of Luis Ortiz in their rematch at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The fight is than two weeks away. Anthony Joshua will attempt to reclaim his world titles on December 7th in Saudi Arabia, when he challenges IBF, WBO, WBA, IBO heavyweight world champion Andy Ruiz. Back in June, Ruiz shocked the world when he dropped Joshua four times to secure a seventh round stoppage at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Some historians are tabbing Deontay Wilder as the biggest heavyweight hitter since a 80s version of Mike Tyson. This past Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Wilder retained his WBC heavyweight crown with a one-punch seventh round knockout of Luis Ortiz in their pay-per-view rematch.