The “Gypsy King” dropped Wilder twice before finishing him via seventh-round TKO to complete a thorough beating at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night. With the victory, Fury (30-0-1, 21 KIs) snatched the WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles, adding the hardware to his own lineal title. After scoring two knockdowns earlier in the fight, Fury punctuated his dominant performance by smothering Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs) against the ring post with punches until referee Kenny Bayless recognized the request from Wilder’s corner to stop the fight and ended it right there in the seventh round.
“The king has returned to the top of the throne!” Fury declared during his postfight interview before singing “American Pie” in the ring.
The thorough beating the “Gypsy King” gave Wilder was nothing short of dominant. Fury fully avenged their controversial December 2018 split draw, which many pundits felt Fury should have won.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury could fight rival Deontay Wilder for the third time on Oct. 3 in Las Vegas, according to a report from The Athletic. A person with knowledge of the planning said that could be the date, but added that nothing is close to being finalized.
Fury (30-0-1, 21 knockouts) beat Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs) by seventh-round knockout on Feb, 22 at MGM Grand Garden in the rematch of their controversial split draw in December of 2018. Wilder exercised a rematch clause built into the fight’s contract days after the only loss of his career.
Fury will earn 60 percent of the revenue generated from the third fight. Wilder will earn 40 percent. The two evenly split the revenue from the second fight, which generated between 800,000 and 850,000 pay-per-view buys.
