It’s set. Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury will fight again on February 22, according to ESPN.com.
The fighters signed the deal months ago but it became official after Wilder knocked out Luis Ortiz on Saturday in Las Vegas, according to the report.
The site of the rematch has not been determined, although representatives of both fighters said the MGM Grand in Las Vegas – the site of Wilder-Ortiz II – is the likely venue.
The fight will be televised jointly by Fox (Wilder) and ESPN (Fury) on pay-per-view.
“We’re going to have an announcement before Christmas, but the fight is happening Feb. 22. You can go to sleep on that,” Bob Arum of Top Rank, which promotes Fury, told ESPN.com.
Arum said that Feb. 22 as the ideal date because of marketing opportunities.
“Everybody involved factored in that, it was the big date they could get the most bang and publicity for the event,” Arum said. “The college football season is over, the NFL season is over, the playoffs haven’t started yet in the NBA, and March Madness is a month away.”