Tyson Fury eliminates Deontay Wilder to retain WBC title in heavyweight fight for the ages



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“I have been in this business for 57 years promoting fights and I really have to say that I have never seen such a magnificent heavyweight fight like this,” boxing promoter Bob Arum told reporters after the conclusion of the third part of the trilogy of the two boxers. meetings.

After putting Wilder on the canvas in the third round, Fury found himself on the ground twice in the fourth.

In a brutal roller coaster fight in front of 15,820 fans, the 33-year-old Briton regrouped and put Wilder in 10th before delivering two huge right hands to win the fight by knockout.

Fury was put on the canvas by Wilder in the fourth round.

“Hits like that end a career,” Fury told reporters. “I just hope he’s okay. Because he took a lot of punishment tonight.

“Never doubt me,” Fury said. “When the chips fall, I will always deliver. I give him the glory of winning. He’s a tough man – he took some big hits tonight.

“It was a big fight tonight as well as any trilogy in history.”

Referee Russell Mora lifts Fury's arm as he celebrates his win over Wilder

Fury and Wilder shared a controversial draw in Los Angeles in 2018, before the Briton got a seventh round knockout in the second fight 20 months ago.

“We fought like two warriors in there,” Fury said of Saturday’s fight. “And I went to shake his hand and say thumbs up and he said ‘No, I don’t respect you.’

“I was like ‘How can you tell I cheated when you know in your heart you’ve been beaten fair and square?’

“Is he a sore loser or what?”

“But I’ve acted like a gentleman throughout my career and that’s all I can do.”

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