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World heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and former world champion Tyson Fury finalized their deal on Friday night, and the first boxing champions announced that the fight would be held on December 1st.
It was a very unusual announcement with a press release touting that "the contracts are signed and the fight is launched", and that the fight would be televised à la carte. However, he did not specify that it would be Showtime PPV, the broadcaster who would lead the fight, and that there was also no site announcement.
Many sources told ESPN that the site had not been finalized and that the fight would be held either at the Staples Center in Los Angeles or the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
The announcement of the announcement, in addition to his coming on a Friday night, was also unusual on the eve of the defense of the title of world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua against Alexander Povetkin, which will take place Saturday at Wembley Stadium in London. Joshua and Fury are both from England, but Saturday's major fight figures completely obscured Wilder-Fury's announcement.
The press release indicated that Wilder and Fury would undertake a three-city tour to promote the event. It will be launched in London on October 1, followed by stops in New York and Los Angeles on unspecified dates.
"More details on the location, location and information on the tickets on sale for the heavyweight championship battle will be released next week," the statement said.
Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs), 32, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was hoping to meet Joshua this fall for the undisputed world heavyweight championship and he had agreed to a $ 15 million package to travel to the UK . However, Joshua and his promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing, have finally chosen to make an agreement with Povetkin, one of Joshua's mandatory challengers. Joshua-Povetkin is a fight that takes place in comparison to the public interest and money that a fight with Wilder would engender.
"I just signed my part of the fight between Wilder and Fury, which is officially the case, ladies and gentlemen," Wilder said in a video posted on his Instagram page. "This fight is definitely on and I can not wait, man, it's going to be an exciting fight, it's going to be an explosive fight, it's going to be a fight for the legacy, definitely a fight for my legacy, you have the WBC heavyweight champion. of the world against the champion of the straight line.
"It's going to be a pleasure: the two best heavyweights face it – the best fight the best, giving people what they want, and that's what we do." I just beat , in my opinion, one of the best heavyweights to Luis Ortiz [by 10th-round knockout on March 3], and now I'm going for the next best in the heavyweight division. "
Fury has also made his own Instagram video and is addressing Wilder.
"Well, s — just got serious, I just signed the end of the contract and the contract for the Battle of Wilder, it's signed, sealed and delivered," said Fury. "Deontay Wilder, you'll get it, buddy, you have big problems, I've never met a man I could not beat in a ring or outside. that you have a big punch I know you're tall, I know you have a big mouth and I know you want to win but you do not want it like me You can not beat me I'll force you to go That you resign, I promise you. "
Wilder, a 6-foot-7, 220-pound defenseman, will make his eighth title defeat when he faces Fury (27-0, 19 KOs), 30, who is considered by many to be the straight-line champion because he never lost his belts in the ring.
After Fury beat Wladimir Klitschko to win three major world championship belts and the straight-line title in November 2015, Fury has not fought for 31 more months. During this time, he was stripped of his titles and dealt with many personal issues, including drug addiction and alcoholism – he was tested positive for cocaine during two drug tests that forced the drug. Klitschko cancellation – and mental health problems.
The 6-9, 260-pound Fury has won two fights since returning to the ring, stopping the cross between the weight of cruiser Sefer Seferi in a joke on June 9, followed by a shutout decision on Francesco's former challenger Pianeta. August 18
Wilder and Fury have a story together. After Wilder eliminated Artur Szpilka in the ninth round to retain his title in January 2016 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Fury jumped into the ring and faced Wilder in WWE fashion.
For the fight with Pianeta, Fury went to the ring to the song "Sweet Home Alabama", a homage to Wilder's homeland, and after the fight, Wilder, who was part of the ring, came on the scene. were fighting and he would win by knockout.
"Oh, we're ready now, this fight is going to happen, it's on! It's gone! This fight is official. It's over, baby," roared Wilder.
Fury replied, "You know, we are two men who will fight anybody." This man tried to fight with each other [Joshua]. They called, I answered. I said send me the contract, they sent the contract, I said yes. And now he has the chance to fight the world heavyweight champion. I've had my rounds here tonight, 10 rounds, but one thing I promise … is that I knock you out!
Wilder then replied, "I can not wait to fight you, because I'm going to stun you, what I promise you, every victim who went into the ring, I knocked them out in a devastating way. have never been knocked down, but you will feel the experience, what it feels like to be hit by the "Bronze Bomber". "
Fury promoter Frank Warren also said that night in the ring that the fight was going to take place, adding that it would take a few days to fix everything. It took more than a month, during which a member of the Fury management team told ESPN that there were internal discussions on Fury that could have another fight before doing a big step forward against Wilder.
However, Fury has always maintained that he was going to fight Wilder and that he did not need another fight first, and on Friday they finally got the l '. agreement.
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