Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder III: WBC Heavyweight Boxing Championship – Live! | sport

Here’s a look at how Fury and Wilder measure up ahead of tonight’s main event. The Gypsy King will get benefits of two inches in height and reach in addition to weighing 39 lbs more, the smallest difference in weight of their three fights.

For their first meeting in December 2018, which ended in a draw, Wilder came in at 212½ pounds, 44 pounds less than Fury’s 256½ pounds. For the rematch, Wilder hit a career high of 231 pounds and Fury tipped the scales at 273 pounds, claiming he ate six meals and drank eight liters of water a day in search of an edge. strong against the lighter American. The tactic paid off as Fury spent most of the night stepping forward and physically leading Wilder, who seemed slower than in their first fight as if compromised by the extra ballast.

Here’s a look at tonight’s order of play. We only have one undercard fight left before the main event with Efe Ajagba and Frank Sanchez having to enter the arena for their 10-round heavyweight discard at any time. Then it’s Chapter Three of Fury and Wilder, who are set to tour shortly after the hour begins.

Here’s a look at the preliminaries that are in the books. They included a minor upset as Mexican Vladimir Hernandez won a split decision over Philadelphia’s Julian Williams, who did not this long ago, defeated Jarrett Hurd for the unified junior middleweight title to lose the belts in his first defense.

• Robert Helenius DQ 6 Adam Kownacki, 12 laps, heavyweights
• Jared Anderson TKO 2 Vladimir Tereshkin, eight rounds, heavyweight
• Edgar Berlanga UD 10 Marcelo Esteban Coceres, 10 laps, super middleweight
• Vladimir Hernandez SD 10 Julian Williams, 10 laps, junior middleweight
• Robeisy Ramirez UD 10 Orlando Gonzalez, 10 rounds, featherweight
• Bruce Carrington UD 4 Cesar Cantu, four rounds, featherweight
• Viktor Faust KO 3 Mike Marshall, eight rounds, heavyweight

Hello and welcome to the Las Vegas Strip for tonight’s Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder clash for the WBC Heavyweight Title. We are in the front row of the T-Mobile Arena for the third fight in 34 months between this very strange couple, which should only punctuate the fifth trilogy between champions of the prestige division of boxing after Patterson-Johansson, Ali-Frazier, Ali-Norton. and Bowe-Holyfield.

When they first crossed paths in December 2018 for the WBC title then held by Wilder, Fury spent most of the evening boxing the heavy-handed Alabaman’s ears with erratic feints and skillful moves. of his upper body belies his imposing 6-foot-9 frame. Even after suffering knockdowns in the ninth and twelfth rounds, the latter apparently leaving him unconscious on the descent, Fury came out of the ground each time and finished the round by gaining the upper hand on the rally before settling for a draw. shared disputed.

Fifteen months later, Fury delivered the final result their first encounter failed to produce with a masterclass of violence to come, dropping Wilder in rounds three and five before paying the punishment until the corner of the champion throws in the towel in the seventh.

“You are a weak man and you have been knocked out,” Fury said at Wednesday’s last press conference. “Your legacy will be in tatters. Torn to pieces. Finished.”

Said Wilder, who mostly kept quiet during the swing: “I’m in a great place, a great state of mind. There is nothing to prove at all. Here it is redemption, retaliation and retribution.

It’s just after 7 p.m. in Las Vegas and the undercard is swimming. The main event is expected to start in about an hour. Lots to come by then.