The Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III fight is a highly anticipated one. Read our article to get all the details on the Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III fight.
The fight for the WBC heavyweight championship will be decided in a few days as the Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III match takes place. It will be the third time they face off against each other. It may also be the final time they lock horns. It has been a very long and twisty path to get to this point. The trilogy was set to take place last summer. But Deontay was recovering from an injury. So, the match got postponed to December. But there was no chance of capacity crowds due to the coronavirus pandemic. Thus, the match was shifted again. Tyson Fury got miffed and tried to create a new fight with Anthony Joshua, the unified champion at that time. A two-fight deal was set to be finalized, and Tyson also hinted at that. This was despite Deontay going to arbitration to state the clause for the third bout to happen.
Deontay got what he wanted when the arbitrator ruled in his favor. This paved the way for the trilogy to happen successfully. The contest between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua was postponed indefinitely. The Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III match was set to take place in July. But some weeks before the fight, Tyson Fury got infected with the coronavirus for the second time. Due to that reason, the match was again pushed back to the current date. Tyson stated in a press release, "I'm going to knock Deontay Wilder spark out, and it's going to be even quicker than our last fight. If he couldn't beat me after three years out of the ring and 10 stone weight loss, he's never beating me. None of them will. They're just hyped-up bums. All of them. Wilder, Joshua, Usyk. They're all bums. Compared to me, they're no good."
The first Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder fight happened some years ago in December. Tyson won the boxing factor of the match. But Deontay Wilder showed why he has got some of the most dangerous hands in the sport. He sent Tyson crashing down a couple of times, including the final round, where it seemed that Tyson had been knocked out. But, he somehow managed to get back on his feet before the final bell and got a split draw. Then, Tyson and Deontay took interim fights. They fought again a couple of years ago in February. But this was not like the first match. Tyson took the fight to Deontay and battered him badly in the match. Tyson dropped Deontay more than two times to get a TKO win after Mark Breland, Deontay's co-trainer, threw in the towel during that time.
This was the first defeat in the career of Deontay. He also lost the WBC belt. The excuse started coming from him, and he felt that his co-trainer should not have thrown the towel. He also felt that his ring outfit was pretty heavy, Tyson's gloves were loaded, and his water was spiked. Deontay said, "Hopefully, Fury is confident enough to go through with this fight because I'm going to be a reinvented Deontay Wilder on October 9. This training camp has rejuvenated me. It refreshed me. The key to victory in this fight is having a violent mind but approaching it with calmness. I have all the right people around me, and we're looking forward to October 9. I just hope Fury is ready to put on a show for the fans and make history once again."
Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III Background
After the second fight, Tyson had won the WBC belt. Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III was written in the contract. This was because they wanted a trilogy. But there would be several turns and twists in the way before getting to the final fight. In the period following the bout, Deontay said that he would choose the option of a third fight. He also said that his previous performance was disturbed due to the heavy costume he wore during the entrance to the ring, which weighed more than 30 pounds. Deontay officially exercised his right to the final fight earlier last year. The match was scheduled to be held in July last year. But the fight did not happen for more than half a year. The Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder II was one of the final top sporting events before the planet got consumed with lockdowns during the peak of the pandemic. It put any plans of the match on pause.
In the previous year's fall, there was a discussion of a date in December for the match at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. But football and other factors led to the match being postponed again. A month later, Deontay used social media to urge Tyson to be a man and honor his word. When this match was in doubt, Tyson and Anthony Joshua tried to put together a title unification bout as well. In early June last year, these two tried to create a contract for a two-fight deal. Even after the second match between Tyson and Deontay, fans and the boxing world wanted Tyson and Anthony to face off against one another.
In March of this year, more than a year had elapsed since the second fight. Tyson and Anthony officially signed the deal for their fight. It looked like the sport would get its first unified champion since Lennox Lewis more than 20 years ago. The date for the match was set in August. But further proceedings of the match collapsed a few months later. A court ruled that Tyson and Deontay would have to abide by their contract and fight by September this year. Within a week, the two agreed to a fight in July at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Anthony went off to fight mandatory challenger Usyk. It has now created doubts whether a match between Tyson and Anthony will ever happen. But there was another twist waiting to happen a few weeks from the bout.
In July, the fight was delayed after Tyson contracted the coronavirus. Following that, Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III was set for its current date in October. Anthony's fight against Usyk was fixed for a few weeks before Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III in the same week. In that match, Anthony was dominated by Usyk, who got a unanimous decision and won more than two world titles. This has dashed the hopes for a unification super-fight between Tyson and Anthony. But the latter has a rematch clause against Usyk that he is looking to use. Meanwhile, Usyk will closely watch the Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III match to fight the winner in a unification match.
Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III Details
Date: Saturday, Oct. 9
Time: 9 p.m. ET / 2 a.m. BST
Main event: 11:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 a.m. BST
The Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III fight will take place on October 9th, 2021. The match will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Tyson last fought there a few years ago when he won by the judges' decision against Otto Wallin. Deontay will also be fighting at the arena for the first time. He has fought in Las Vegas many times in the past. His match against Tyson was also held in the city. Both Tyson and Deontay are going to make their ring walks around 11.30 PM ET. But it will also hinge on the length of the bouts of the undercards. The bout can be watched on ESPN+ PPV and Fox Sports PPV through your satellite and local cable provider. In the UK, the match can be seen at the BT Sport Box Office. In Switzerland, Austria, and Germany, the Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III fight will be streamed on DAZN. Full details and confirmation are going to come in some time.
Tyson Fury Bio and Record
Nationality: English
Born: August 12, 1988
Height: 6-9
Reach: 85 inches
Total Fights: 31
Record: 30-0-1 with 21 knockouts
Deontay Wilder Bio and Record
Nationality: American
Born: October 25, 1985
Height: 6-7
Reach: 83 inches
Total Fights: 44
Record: 42-1-1 with 41 knockouts
Tyson Fury Vs. Deontay Wilder III Fight Card
- Tyson Fury (c) vs. Deontay Wilder, 12 rounds for Fury's WBC Heavyweight title
- Frank Sanchez vs. Efe Ajagba; Heavyweight
- Adam Kownacki vs. Robert Helenius; Heavyweight
- Vladimir Tereshkin vs. Jared Anderson; Heavyweight
Conclusion
Will Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III see a repeat performance of what happened in the second match? Or a new set of trainers will help Deontay to overcome his daunting opponent? We will get the answer in a few days in the Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III fight.