Royal from start to finish: arrived at MGM Grand with a crown on his head, Tyson Fury left, seven rounds and a show of force later at the expense of Deontay Wilder, with the WBC heavyweight belt on Saturday in Las Vegas. Fourteen months after their first epic clash in Los Angeles where a draw, already miraculous enough for Wilder, had decided between them, Fury kept the promise he had made to finish with the American.
Certainly not in two rounds as he had sworn in recent weeks, but in seven, when the referee logically ended his opponent's ordeal. Fury, who became world champion a little more than four years after taking the WBA, WBO, IBF belts from the Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko and having overcome depression, alcohol and drug problems, was ultra-dominant all the way.
The Wilder team throws in the towel! Fury is WBC heavyweight world champion! A one-way fight. pic.twitter.com/UWlJKdZbX7
- CANAL + Boxing (@CanalplusBoxe) February 23, 2020The American on the carpet several times
After accompanying two large Wilder straight lines in the first round, he quickly took his measure of his opponent. Statistics also testify to this superiority: the “Gypsy King” (the gypsy king) hit 82 times, “The Bronze Bomber” only 34 times. In fact, it is with a direct from the left in the face and then a violent jab of the right to the ear that Fury first sent the mat to his opponent on the 3rd recovery.
Deontay Wilder who travels to the carpet for the first time in his career! At the limit of knockout in this 3rd round!
Tyson who is furious from the start of this fight. pic.twitter.com/OTKUHa7fy2
Heroic, but completely helpless, even rocking on his stool between the 6th and 7th times, Deontay Wilder did not logically last longer. He may have briefly challenged the arbitration decision, it is a miracle if he did not finish knockout. "I'm fine," Wilder first reassured after the fight, before being taken to hospital as a precaution. At 34, he conceded his very first defeat in 44 fights (42 victories, including 41 before the limit, 1 draw).
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The "Gypsy King", supported by a huge British colony in an enclosure where 15,816 spectators took place, remains him undefeated in 29 fights (28 victories including 21 before the limit, 1 draw). "I hit him with a dry right that lifted him up and sent him to the ground. Not bad for an old fat man who can't knock, huh? I can tell you that the king has returned to the throne, ”said the Briton.
If a "Fury-Wilder III" is possible, all boxing fans are now waiting for Fury to challenge his compatriot Anthony Joshua, champion IBF, WBA and WBO, to follow in the footsteps of these legends.
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