Slugfest sees British world champion retain his heavyweight crown
Deontay Wilder, right, and Tyson Fury box during their WBC/Lineal heavyweight championship boxing match at T-Mobile Arena in in Las Vegas, the US. Picture: JOE CAMPOREALE/USA TODAY SPORT
After losing the WBC belt to Fury 20 months ago in a one-sided bout, Wilder was the aggressor early, using his jab to back up the larger Fury while seizing every opportunity to throw his powerful right hand. From there, Fury took control and bludgeoned Wilder, knocking him off his feet in the 10th round before ending the brutal affair with a clean right hand to the side of his head that sent Wilder face-first into the canvas.
“It was a great fight tonight, it was worthy of any trilogy in the history of the sport,” Fury said on Saturday. “Deontay Wilder’s a top fighter, he gave me a real run for my money. I always said I’m the best in the world and he’s second best.”The battered Wilder reportedly went to hospital immediately after the fight.
Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk holds the other three titles and the winner of a fight between the two would lead to the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis 21 years ago.
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