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NEW YORK, NY – March 2: MANDATORY CREDIT Bill Tompkins/Getty Images Deontay Wilder speaks to the press during the weighin for his upcoming Heavyweight fight against Luis Ortiz at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New Yorkon March 2, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Bill Tompkins/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY – March 2: MANDATORY CREDIT Bill Tompkins/Getty Images Deontay Wilder speaks to the press during the weighin for his upcoming Heavyweight fight against Luis Ortiz at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New Yorkon March 2, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Bill Tompkins/Getty Images)
Deontay Wilder will take on Tyson Fury on October 9. The heavyweight bout will take place for The Ring magazine and WBC heavyweight titles. Fury will look to defend his belts for the first time, after winning them off Wilder last year.
Deontay Wilder will want to avenge his loss to Fury on October 9. Tyson Fury dealt Wilder with the first loss of his career, bringing his record to 40-1-1. Wilder got dominated the last time these two heavyweights clashed in the ring. This time around, Wilder seems a tad bit more confident.
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Deontay Wilder on Tyson Fury's COVID postponement: "They're trying to run away from it, I'm running to it. I don't believe he had COVID… I know he wasn't doing well in camp. The young guys were piecing him up. I had a young guy from my camp who was piecing him up." [PBC Podcast]
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“They’re trying to run away from it, I’m running to it. I don’t believe he had COVID… I know he wasn’t doing well in camp. The young guys were piecing him up. I had a young guy from my camp who was piecing him up.” Wilder claimed on the PBC podcast.
Deontay ‘The Bronze Bomber’ Wilder claims that many young boxers are causing problems for Tyson ‘The Gypsy King’ Fury while sparring. Wilder also promised fans they would see ‘a reinvented Deontay Wilder’. When asked about how his sparring was going on, Wilder replied, saying, “Sparring has been amazing. I can’t say names but just know there have been a lot of people on the canvas.”
The war of words between the two camps and fighters has begun. Last time around, Fury looked like he had gotten into Wilder’s head because of which Wilder was not able to let his punches fly in their 2nd fight.
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Tyson Fury is already thinking ahead of Deontay Wilder
Even before his fight against Wilder, Fury seems so confident that he will win, that the WBC champion has already scoped out his next fight. Fury wants to fight Dillian Whyte in December, even though the fight has not been finalized yet. Fury seems pretty confident that his promoter Frank Warren will secure the fight.
Fury initially looked to fight Anthony ‘AJ’ Joshua for the remaining belts in the Heavyweight division. However, an arbitration hearing in favor of Wilder gave him the rematch he was looking for. Will Fury be able to beat Wilder again and move on to challenge his fellow Brit Anthony Joshua?
