Boxing news - Set for February showdown, Fury, Wilder hype upcoming bout
ByReuters
Updated 28/12/2019 at 02:21 GMT
Heavyweights Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder took to Twitter on Friday to hype their highly anticipated rematch at Las Vegas' MGM Grand next year, after a draw in 2018 allowed Wilder to retain his WBC heavyweight title and left scores unsettled.
Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury
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The 31-year-old is the only boxer that Wilder has faced and not defeated after the pair battled to a draw in December in Los Angeles. Fury controlled much of the fight only to be knocked down twice, including once in the 12th round that looked to be the deciding blow.
However, both men were bullish regarding their chances when they took to social media on Friday.
"After February 22nd there will be no more unanswered questions. I will finish what I started, and this time @Tyson_Fury will not be getting up off that canvas so quickly," Wilder (@BronzeBomber) wrote. "I’ve proven myself time and time again and I will do it again in February."
Britain's Fury summed up his plans: "Watch me knock out Deontay Wilder."
Each side of the Feb. 22 bout will get 50% of the purse, according to prior reports
Fury's last bout came against Otto Wallin in September when he won by unanimous decision 116–112, 117–111, and 118–110, and the 31-year-old remains insistent that Wilder missed his best chance of beating him, previously stating:
"He knows he’s missed the best chance he’ll ever have of beating me, in our first fight.
"If he couldn’t do it when I was just coming back from that long lay off, fat and out of fighting condition then he doubts he ever will.
"He also knows he’s not getting any better at 34, that he’s on the way down now and coming to the end of his career.
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