WBC, The Ring & Lineal Heavyweight World Titles Fight
Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury
Professional Boxing Match
MGM Grand Garden Arena
Paradise, Nevada, USA
Saturday, 22 February 2020
Deontay Wilder will defend his WBC heavyweight world title for the 11th time on Saturday when he takes on Tyson Fury.
The previous match ended in a draw on the 1st of December 2018 and they are now set to fight for the vacant The Ring and Lineal heavyweight titles.
Nicknamed Bronze Bomber, Wilder scooped bronze at the 2008 Olympic Games and he has go on to become a successful professional boxer.
Wilder has discussed how he plans to defeat Fury with the two heavyweights undefeated.
"What I’d do different this time, the biggest part of it, the most important part of it: stay calm. Stay calm and pick your shots," Wilder said in an interview with ESPN.
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"The first time, I wanted to do something that I already knew I could do – that’s knock him out.
"But I wanted to force it, and once I calmed down and settled in, it just happened. ‘This time it’s just naturally going to come on."
Meanwhile, Fury is keen to win the WBC heavyweight belt for the first time having held the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, The Ring and Lineal titles.
The British boxer is currently ranked as the world's best active heavyweight by The Ring, second by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and fourth by BoxRec.
Nicknamed, the Gypsy King, Fury has revealed that he is taking his bout with Wilder just like any other fight.
“I’m not worried about the fight. It’s just another boxing match for me,” Fury said.
“Getting punched in the face is nothing. When you’ve been to where I’ve been, I’ve been hit harder than any man has ever punched me in his life, with mental illness.
"Boxing is easy compared to that.”
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