‘I can’t believe it’: Tyson Fury wins insane fight against Deontay Wilder
Tyson Fury has dropped Deontay Wilder four times in an instantly-iconic fight that the world will be talking about for years to come.
The world has just witnessed history.
The Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder trilogy blockbuster is being viewed as one of the greatest fights in the history of combat sport after the two titans put on arguably the best show of boxing seen this century.
It took just seconds after Wilder’s 11th round TKO victory was made official for the fight to be compared to the immortal fights that featured Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.
Fury on Sunday afternoon defended his WBC heavyweight world championship belt inside Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, but it could have so easily gone the other way.
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The Gypsy King had the fight stopped deep in the 11th round when he landed an uppercut and followed it up with a right hook that dropped Wilder to the floor for the fourth time.
Wilder was barely able to stand in the minutes prior to the stoppage, but left the world stunned as he continued to land his own punches despite standing on drunken legs.
The TKO victory means the Fury-Wilder rivalry is over with Fury now cementing his legacy as an icon of the sport. His undefeated record now stands at 31-0.
The fight was absolute insanity as Fury came back from being knocked down twice in the fourth round before taking control of the fight from the middle rounds.
Wilder has earned immense respect from the boxing world as he showed incredible heart to hang on despite Fury landing savage blows in almost all of the later rounds.
There were moments early in the fight when it seemed Fury was done for. There was also controversy heading into the fifth round with boxing legend Lennox Lewis declaring Fury was given more recovering time than he should have been allowed while being given a standing 10-count in the moments when Wilder dropped him.
The scorecards show just how dramatic the swings of momentum were in the fight.
Scorecards. Your welcome. pic.twitter.com/v3LCMhDtab
— Carl Moretti (@CarlMoretti) October 10, 2021
Boxing commentator Brian Kenny said: “This is going to go down in history as one of the greatest heavyweight title fights in history”.
Former heavyweight world champion Lewis was shocked when interviewed after the fight.
“It has to go down in history. I’ve never seen so much excitement in a heavyweight world title fight,” he said.
“It was back and forth, back and forth. We never knew who was going to win.”
Boxing guru Dan Rafael posted on Twitter: “I can’t believe it. I am humbled by these warriors”.
Their first fight back in 2018 was a draw, then Fury dominated their second fight en route to a seventh-round knockout that emphatically ended Wilder’s five-year reign as WBC champion.
Now Fury is the undisputed force of the heavyweight division despite Oleksandr Usyk still holding the other championship belts outside of the WBC belt Fury just defended.
Round by round updates
Round 1: Wilder surprises with a really active opening round, throwing long-range left jabs. Fury content to stay outside the range and take his time, despite taking a lot of body shots. Fury comes from nowhere to land the best shot of the round with a high right hand in the final 10 seconds of the round.
Round 2: An even round. Fury and Wilder both land some good counter shots. Wilder was again the most active.
Round 3: Wilder lands his dangerous right hand for the first time. However, it is a right hook from Fury that drops Wilder cold. Wilder gets back to his feet with 15 seconds remaining.
Deontay Wilder puts Fury down on the canvas TWICE.
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) October 10, 2021
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Round 4: Fight turned on its head with Fury being dropped twice. He survives to the bell with boxing legend Lennox Lewis declaring Fury was lucky to hang on because he was given long standing-10 counts — giving him more time to recover. Fury finishes the round wobbly on his feet.
Round 5: Wilder continues to press the attack. Fury struggles to avoid shots.
Round 6: Fury takes the round with a sweet uppercut. Wilder takes a knee, but his fall is not counted as a knock down. Wilder appears to be tiring after the early fireworks.
Round 7: Absolute insanity! Wilder lands heavy shots early before Fury leaves his opponent wonky on his feet with another upper cut. Wilder looked like he was about to throw in the towel. “It looked like it was goodnight there,” ESPN’s Max Kellerman said.
Round 8: Fury takes another rollercoaster round where Wilder appears to be injured. Wilder isn’t throwing his right hand and it is speculated his hand could be broken. The ringside doctor speaks to Wilder at the end of the round before allowing the fight to continue.
“I can’t believe these two are standing,” boxing guru Dan Rafael posted on Twitter”.
Round 9: Tyson Fury wins the round with Wilder again struggling to throw his right hand.
Round 10: Wilder is knocked down for a third time with 75 seconds left in the round. Fury’s overhand shot catches Wilder off balance. Wilder is left on all fours but gets back to his feet. At the end of another bonkers round, Wilder lands a hook at close range which causes Fury to stumble.
Round 11: It’s all over! Wilder is finally beaten into submission when Fury drops him for a fourth time. Wilder was barely able to stand right from the start of the round and stumbled into Fury’s body at several times in the 11th round. While struggling to stay upright, Wilder was dropped for the final time with just under two minutes left in the 11th round. Fury’s overhand right hook sent Wilder crashing forward face first. The referee stopped the contest on the spot without even beginning his count to 10.
Late chaos as Wilder refuses to leave dressing room
Deontay Wilder was late in getting prepared for the fight and left broadcasters high and dry.
It emerged after the national anthems had been played that Wilder was having issues with his gloves.
However, a TV presenter from inside the Wilder dressing room said there did not appear to be any issue with the fighter’s preparation and suggested the delay may simply have been an attempt to throw his opponent off his natural rhythm.
The former heavyweight champion’s gloves have been a big talking point after his late decision to abandon his normal gloves in order to switch to gloves that are covered in a combination of padding and horse hair.
His late switch came after he had complained about Fury also using horse hair.
The fight was ready to commence at 2.30pm (AEDT) following the national anthems, but the broadcast on Main Event in Australia then had to announce a delay because of Wilder’s troubles with his gloves.
The live broadcast showed Tyson Fury all ready to walk out, while Wilder was having a technical difficulty with his gloves — as reported by Yahoo’s Kevin Iole.
Dark detail in Wilder’s costume revealed
Deontay Wilder’s walk-out costumes have created as much drama as his hands have inside the ring in his rivalry with Tyson Fury — and it’s about to happen again.
A leaked clip of the costume Wilder will wear as he enters the ring was revealed this week, showing the “Bronze Bomber” sporting a terrifying suit, complete with red glowing eyes and streaking lazers.
American sports presenter Heidi Androl said on Sunday the costume is the result of Wilder undergoing an ancestry test, which showed his lineage dating back to the Edo tribe of Nigeria.
A first look at Deontay Wilder’s new ring walk costume for his third fight with Tyson Fury #FuryWilder3pic.twitter.com/X3s5cD0E01
— The Fite Zone 🥊🤼â€â™‚ï¸ (@TheFiteZone) October 6, 2021
Designers Cosmo & Donato have said the outfit will not cause Wilder to fatigue as it was claimed 18 months ago when he wore an 18kg suit before his TKO loss to Fury in February, 2020.
The designers say their new costume won’t make the same mistake, but claim it will be just as intimidating as the previous outfits they have produced.
“It’s red and black from the Nigerian tribe. The red means funeral — it’s going to be Tyson Fury’s funeral the next fight,” Cosmo Lombino told TMZ.
Controversy as undefeated weapon dropped
There have been jeers from the Las Vegas crowd as Edgar Berlanga survived the biggest scare of his career in a unanimous judges decision victory on the undercard of the Fury-Wilder fight.
It was just the second time in Berlanga’s 17-fight career that he had gone beyond the second round.
Marchelo Esteban Coceres was fighting with a badly swollen right eye, but still delivered the most significant strike of the fight when he landed a clean right hand that put Berlanga on the ground in the ninth round.
Despite the knockdown, Berlanga was handed the victory via a unanimous scorecard (96-93 x3) after he had appeared to win most of the middle rounds.
The crowd was unhappy with the scores after seeing Berlanga rocked late in the fight.
The win means Berlanga has now added the WBO’s NABO (North American Boxing Organisation) super middleweight title to his collection.
Late gloves drama explodes
Wilder has complained about rival Tyson Fury’s gloves ahead of Saturday’s trilogy fight in Las Vegas.
WBC heavyweight champ Fury has been accused of cheating multiple times by Wilder after their 2020 rematch fight.
One of the accusations included Fury’s gloves being tampered with, The Sun reports.
On Friday, Wilder’s team raised concerns with the Nevada State Athletic Commission over Fury’s gloves having horse hair in them.
Wilder claims if Fury pushes and squeezes his gloves together, it will reduce the amount of padding.
Wilder told 78SportsTV: “We had a little situation with the gloves.
“I already got word of some funny stuff going on in the back of the gloves.
“When I got into the room I immediately asked about the gloves and was telling them about certain things that happened in the first event with his gloves being funny, how they were bending and folding, even showing certain clips of it.
“You can cut open a glove all day and look inside and still not know what’s going on.
“What happened was Fury’s glove that he’s chosen, which is the same thing he had last time, had little to no padding.
“The rest of it was horse hair, we thought horse hair was illegal and out of the question but they said it was [OK], so we said cool.
“They opened up my glove and my glove padding is at least two to three inches thick.
“His glove looks like they’ve already been used, already folded, bended, like they’ve been thrown in the trash and got back out and say, ‘we’re gonna reuse these’.
“My argument was that this is not enough padding in these gloves.
He said horse hair could be manipulated over time to spread unevenly across the gloves, leaving some areas of the padding thinner than others.
Weird messages flow before showdown
Boxing icon Mike Tyson has posted a tweet to tell Fury and Wilder “The eyes of the Gods of war are upon you”.
His message came after WWE icon The Undertaker also sent a message of support to Fury after the British fighter wore the wrestler’s iconic wide-brimmed hat to his weigh-in on Saturday.
Fury also responded to another bizarre, public message of support from rap artist Drake.
Trust me @Drake, once I’m done with him he’ll be running through Alabama with his woes! God Bless You G 🤠🦉 pic.twitter.com/QMAt0G7LZr
— TYSON FURY (@Tyson_Fury) October 9, 2021
How to live stream Fury vs Wilder 3
The Fury vs Wilder 3 main card will be shown exclusively on Main Event as a pay-per-view event. It can be purchased for AU$59.95 and live streamed through the Kayo app or through Foxtel.
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However, you can watch the pre-fight coverage and preliminary bouts on Kayo and Fox Sports 7.
What time is Fury vs Wilder 3?
Coverage of the card will begin at 10am AEDT, and the main card will get underway at midday.
But don’t expect Fury and Wilder to enter the ring until approximately 2.30pm AEDT, which will largely depend on how quickly the other bouts wrap up.
Fury vs Wilder 3 card
Main card, 12pm AEDT
Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder, WBC heavyweight championship
Frank Sanchez vs Efe Ajagba
Adam Kownacki vs Robert Helenius
Jared Anderson vs Vladimir Tereshkin
Undercard, 10am AEDT
Robeisy Ramirez vs Orlando Gonzalez Ruiz
Viktor Vykhryst vs Mike Marshall
Bruce Carrington vs Cesar Cantu
Edgar Berlanga vs Marcelo Esteban Coceres
Julian Williams vs Vladimir Hernandez
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