Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, is confident that his fighter will defeat WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. Fury is slated to challenge Wilder in a rematch on a date of February 22. According to Arum, the fight will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS – If Kenny Bayless were the referee for his draw with Tyson Fury, not Jack Reiss, Deontay Wilder feels there’d be no need for their upcoming rematch. The WBC heavyweight champion implied during a post-fight press conference Saturday night that Bayless would’ve waved an end to his fight against Fury once Fury went down hard during the 12th round last December 1 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Reiss was widely applauded for affording Fury a chance to get up from Wilder’s vicious right-left combination because Fury somehow reached his feet and came back to land hard shots on Wilder before the final bell sounded
Shelly Finkel, the co-manager of WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder, is confident his boxer will put away Tyson Fury in their highly anticipated rematch in 2020. The second bout is being targeted for a date in February, and Finkel expects the contest to be announced soon.
LAS VEGAS – Luis Ortiz thinks Tyson Fury will suffer the same fate as him in Fury’s upcoming rematch against Deontay Wilder. The dangerous Cuban contender suspects Wilder won’t respect Fury when they fight again, presumably because Fury doesn’t punch as hard as Ortiz hits. That’ll likely lead, according to Ortiz, to Wilder finishing the job this time against the lineal heavyweight champion.
Ben Davison Interview - MGM Grand, Las Vegas - WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (42-0-1, 41 KOs) was patient, but it only took one punch to knock Luis Ortiz (32-1, 27 KOs) out in the seventh round.
Tyson Fury has continued to bait WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, who on Saturday night scored a seventh round knockout of Cuba's Luis Ortiz to retain his world title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS – Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury did their best to build their first fight into a commercial success. The trash-talking heavyweights taunted one another in virtually every way imaginable and were about as accessible as possible prior to their showdown nearly a year ago. Their efforts resulted in their dubious draw producing slightly more than 300,000 buys in what was the pay-per-view debut for both boxers.
MGM GRAND, LAS VEGAS, NV - A rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury is penciled in for February 22nd in Las Vegas. Their first fight took place last December and ended in a split draw. Fury was up on points on two cards going into the last round when a knockdown that almost stopped Fury pulled out a draw for Wilder.
Ben Davison, the head trainer of Tyson Fury, was a very interested observer as he sat ringside to watch WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder score a one-punch knockout of Luis Ortiz in their rematch at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
LOS ANGELES – If Luis Ortiz is bothered by Deontay Wilder signing a contract for another rematch before they even fight, Wilder’s upcoming opponent isn’t letting on. The Cuban contender dismissed the deal for Wilder and Fury to fight again February 22 as meaningless. A second Wilder-Fury fight obviously is contingent on Wilder overcoming Ortiz in their own rematch Saturday night at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.