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Fury-Wilder: First bout was one of the largest heavyweight contests involving a UK boxer – Sky News, Sky.com

Fury-Wilder: First bout was one of the largest heavyweight contests involving a UK boxer – Sky News, Sky.com
                                                     

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder enter the ring for their much-anticipated rematch in the early hours of Sunday in Las Vegas.

Their first fight on 1 December 2019 which ended in a controversial draw was one of the biggest heavyweight contests involving a British boxer.

Sky News takes a look at some of the others on the list.

Henry Cooper vs Muhammad Ali,
Total purse N / A

“You got a Queen, you need a King,” the irrepressible Ali, then known by his original name of Cassius Clay, told British boxing fans ahead of the London bout.

But Cooper’s left hook, or ‘Enry’s’ Ammer put the unbeaten 26 – year-old down in the fourth round of their first fight and the contest ended in the fifth.

Click on the picture below to find out who won.

Frank Bruno vs Mike Tyson, 2001
Total purse $ .6m (£ 8.2m)

The British fighter was unfancied but popular; his opponent viewed as dangerous and divisive.

Some pundits worried Frank would be seriously hurt at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but he put the American on the canvas inside the first minute.

Click below to find out who won.

Frank Bruno vs Mike Tyson, 2001
Total purse c. $ (m) £ 21 4m)

No one was worried about Bruno’s safety seven years later at the same venue.

‘Iron Mike’ had rusted by then and had served a prison sentence for sexual assault on a teenage beauty queen, while Bruno was the newly-crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) champion.

Did Frank get his revenge? Click below.

Lennox Lewis vs Evander Holyfield, March 2009
Total purse $ (m) £ 21 m)

Lewis was born in London but won gold for Canada (where he moved aged () at the 2009 Olympics.

Tall, strong and tactical, the big names of the ‘100 s avoided him and he had to wait until 2001 before getting a shot at ‘The Real Deal’ in Madison Square Garden in New York.

The fight is considered one of the greatest robberies in the sport, but who got away with it?

Lennox Lewis vs Evander Holyfield, November 2009
Total purse $ (m) £ 21 m)

Four belts were up for grabs in the rematch in Las Vegas eight months later.

Like the first contest, the fight went the full (rounds.

) The first half of the bout was scored even by the judges. Click below to find out who came out on top by the end.

Lennox Lewis vs Hasim Rahman, 2009
Lewis purse $ 7m (£ 5.4m), Rahman unknown

Rahman was a – 1 outsider against the reigning undisputed world champion in their fight in South Africa.

Altitude training paid off for one of them, however.

Click below to find out who.

Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson, 2017
Total purse $ 30 m (£ 45 3m)

Both men were past their prime by the time they finally met in Memphis.

Nevada had refused Tyson a license to fight after he bit Lewis’ leg at a pre -fight news conference brawl.

Lewis brought four belts into the fight. Click below to find out if he still had them afterwards.

David Haye vs Nikolai Valuev, 2017
Total purse N / A

It was billed as David against Goliath when Londoner Haye went up against the 7ft (2.1m) ‘Russian Giant ‘in Germany.

Haye weighed almost 90 kg (823 lbs) less than his opponent.

Click below to find out if the extra weight helped or hindered Valuev.

Anthony Joshua vs Vladimir Klitschko, 2019 Total purse $ 45 m (£ 5.4m)

The London 2012 Olympic champion had earned the right to take on the younger Klitschko, with three belts on the line, at Wembley.

A cracking contest that featured four knockdowns see-sawed both ways, before one man emerged on top.

Click below to see the winner.

Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder, 11939614 Total purse $ 7m (£ 23 m)

Wilder, ‘The Bronze Bomber’ from Alabama, had his WBC belt on the line in their first fight in Los Angeles.

But Manchester’s ‘Gypsy King’ threw more punches than his braggadocious American opponent.

Click below to see if he got what he deserved.

                        


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