David Higgins, the manager for former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker, says Deontay Wilder should take some high step-aside money to allow the unification between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Fury made a statement last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, when he stopped Wilder in the seventh round of their rematch to capture the WBC heavyweight crown.
AN IMPRESSED Daniel Dubois has declared that Tyson Fury is “definitely the best right now” after The Gypsy King’s career best performance against Deontay Wilder on Saturday. The 22-year-old unbeaten Heavyweight lauded Wilder v Fury 2 as a “great event” and heaped praise on the new WBC Champ Tyson.
LAS VEGAS – As satisfying as it felt for Tyson Fury to stop Deontay Wilder in their rematch Saturday night, the new WBC heavyweight champion knows he can do better. England’s Fury feels more time working with trainer Javan Steward will enable him to master Steward’s aggressive style for future fights. Steward trained Fury for about seven weeks after replacing defensive-minded Ben Davison as the British star’s chief second.
Deontay Wilder knows people don’t understand why he has stated numerous times that he “wants a body on his record.” The hard-hitting former WBC heavyweight champion doesn’t expect people to understand, either, his insistence on going out on his shield, even if it means dying in the ring. But that’s the way Wilder feels.
The Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder rematch was the most-watched heavyweight pay-per-view fight in the United States in more than 17 years. Their heavily hyped showdown did not, however, reach the expectations of its optimistic organizers. BoxingScene.com has learned that the event is projected to have produced slightly more than 750,000 pay-per-view buys in the U.S., the highest rate for a heavyweight fight through that platform since Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson in June 2002. Lewis’ eighth-round knockout of Tyson generated roughly 1,970,000 buys, the second-highest total for a heavyweight fight in pay-per-view history.
LAS VEGAS - Deontay Wilder's co-trainer Mark Breland has received some flack for throwing in the towel in the 7th round of the fight against Fury on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Former unified champion Andy Ruiz was impressed with Tyson Fury's performance on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Fury captured the WBC heavyweight title when he scored two knockdowns, and eventually stopped Deontay Wilder in the seventh round.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte says Deontay Wilder would be making a very big mistake if he fires his co-trainer, Mark Breland. Last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Tyson Fury stopped Wilder in the seventh round to capture the WBC heavyweight title.
Back in 2018, former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew called for a heavyweight clash with Tyson Fury. Fury had just returned to the sport in June of that year, after two and a half years away from the ring. Bellew had already moved up to heavyweight in 2017, and blew away former champion David Haye in the fifth round of their rematch in May of 2018.
Veteran referee Kenny Bayless admits that he was very close to stopping the rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury in the seventh round, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight was stopped in the seventh after Wilder's co-trainer, Mark Breland, threw in the towel. Wilder had been down in the third and fifth, and he was bleeding from the mouth and ear.