HEAVYWEIGHT KING TYSON FURY AND DEONTAY WILDER ARE SET TO DO BATTLE A THIRD TIME ON PAY-PER-VIEW SATURDAY NIGHT FROM T-MOBILE ARENA IN LAS VEGAS.
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TYSON FURY (30-0-1, 21 KOs) VS. DEONTAY WILDER (42-1-1, 41 KOs)
- Date: Saturday, Oct. 9
- Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
- Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
- TV/Stream: Pay-per-view (available on all TV PPV platforms)
- Cost: $79.99
- Division: Heavyweight
- At stake: Fury’s WBC title
- Pound-for-pound ranking: Fury No. 8
- Odds: Fury 2½-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
- Also on the card: Efe Ajagba vs. Frank Sanchez, heavyweights; Robert Helenius vs. Adam Kownacki, heavyweights; Edgar Berlanga vs. Marcelo Esteban Coceres, super middleweights; Julian Williams vs. Vladimir Hernandez, junior middleweights
- Prediction: Fury UD
- Background: They fought to a disputed draw in December 2018. Fury sensationally stopped Willder in seven rounds in the rematch 14 months later. On Saturday, they’ll do it one more time. Fury was on track to face British rival Anthony Joshua for the undisputed championship in August but an arbitrator ruled that Fury was bound by a rematch clause in their contract for the second fight, which forced The Gypsy King to fight Wilder again even though their original rematch was conclusive. Fury imposed his size advantage on Wilder by fighting aggressively, which was out of character for the gifted boxer but resulted in a one-sided victory. One more victory would solidify Fury’s position as the true heavyweight king, particularly after cruiserweight-turned-heavyweight Oleksandr Usyk upset Joshua to win three of the four major belts on Sept. 25. Wilder fired trainer Mark Breland after the setback against Fury and has been working with former heavyweight contender Malik Scott, with whom he seems to have good chemistry. It remains to be seen whether the 35-year-old former champ can make the necessary adjustments to turn the tables on Fury from one fight to the next. The fight, which had been scheduled for July 24, was pushed back after Fury contracted the coronavirus.
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