Fourteen long months after they fought to a controversial draw, Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will finally settle their rivalry tonight.
Britain’s Fury failed in his bid to snatch the belt from the champion when he was dropped twice in their bout, earning Wilder a draw despite being out-boxed for much of the fight.
He turned down the offer of an immediate rematch in order to build his profile in America – and in turn make this the most eagerly-awaited heavyweight fight in a generation.
But the time for talking has stopped – and if you can’t watch or stream the fight on BT Sport Box Office, you can follow it right here from pm, with the fighters due in the ring at 5am .
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Martin Domin is joined by George Groves and Declan Taylor to analyze tonight’s big fight
Tyson Fury’s cutman Jacob “Stitch” Duran has spoken out about how he is helping the Gypsy King prepare ahead of his huge upcoming fight against Deontay Wilder
The two heavyweight giants will go head-to-head again in Las Vegas on Saturday night in a rematch following their controversial draw in .
The legendary Duran has also worked with the likes of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko and appeared in the Creed films, and speaking to VegasInsider.com ( – year-old explained what he has done to strengthen the cut Fury received in the fight against Otto Wallin ahead of his bout with Wilder.
“Tyson has had a mesh web inserted into his soft tissue where the cut is in order to strengthen it,” Duran said. “Whenever you put a web on something it’s only going to give it that additional support. But when I first met with Tyson, we went over the cuts and I saw immediately that the surgeon that did the work did a tremendous job. ”
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Lennox Lewis claims Tyson Fury will be fired up for his rematch with Deontay Wilder because he was robbed in their first fight.
Lewis knows the anger Fury felt at the highly-controversial draw 18 months ago because he was also the victim of some disgraceful judging in his first fight with Evander Holyfield in
That fight in Madison Square Garden was scored a draw, even though virtually everyone watching felt Lewis had won.
Lewis used this controversy as motivation for the rematch nine months later at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas and he won by a unanimous points decision.
“Absolutely, Fury will be feeling that injustice,” said the former world heavyweight king. “Fury says he got ripped off. He believes he won the fight so that’s got to give him confidence.
“I felt confident after my first fight with Holyfield. I knew I had to let everyone know who the best heavyweight was. “I wanted to prove to everyone that I was the better man, and I did that.”
Tyson Fury has admitted he does not expect to face Anthony Joshua in the ring this year.
The Gypsy King is preparing for his eagerly-awaited rematch with (Deontay Wilder) in Las Vegas on Saturday for the WBC heavyweight title.
Should Fury emerged victorious, a potential unification bout with fellow Brit Joshua would be on the table.
But Fury has rejected any suggestions Joshua would be next in line , and believes he will meet Wilder again in a trilogy fight.
Speaking to Sky Sports , Fury said: “There’s too much money in the pot for him [Wilder] not to want a rematch.
“I’ll win so I’ll be having a rematch either way.
” All I do is win, win, win, no matter what. Unless it’s a draw. ”
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Tyson Fury will pocket a career-best purse of at least £ million for his rematch with
Tyson Fury has been kept in check with a stricter training camp ahead of his rematch with Deontay Wilder .
That’s according to Timothy Allcock, Fury’s close friend and adviser tasked with managing his camp ah ead of the biggest fight of his career.
Allcock has lifted the lid in the Gypsy King’s preparations ahead of his huge rematch with WBC king Wilder at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas tonight.
Speaking to VegasInsider.com, Alccock said: “The big differences have been food, particularly strictness with what is in camp – silly little things like cans of Diet Coke have gone.
“It’s been a hell of a lot more disciplined and it had to be a bit like this. The last fight was very much like Rocky III when he fought Mr T’s character. It was too much in the limelight, too much of the fakeness and we just had to go back to basics and pull the rope on certain things.
“We definitely had to rope in the food. Tyson never really stuck to the diet plan we gave him last time, he was always nipping out and eating fast food outside the camp – and all that has changed now. ”
Here, he delivers hi s scathing verdict on tonight’s fight:
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Widler’s fiancee has weighed in on her man’s fight with Fury tonight – by claiming the Brit will be knocked out cold.
Reality TV star Telli Swift had her say on Instagram when she posted a photo of Fury doing an interview on TV.
The caption read: “Told ol ‘boy he got get knocked the f out,.
” @ Bronzebomber bout to catch a body #hammerfromalabama . ”
Talk about putting it politely …
Wilder has come in a staggering lb heavier than he did for his first fight with fury – although he is still thr ee stone lighter than his challenger.
And Fury’s former trainer Ben Davison believes that could play into the Brit’s hands.
“Think Wilder coming in heavier It is an advantage to Tyson, ”he tweeted.
“ He can punch at any weight, the added weight will slow him down and fatigue him quicker, he’s an explosive type athlete, not an endurance built athlete. ”
Davison had planned to be in Las Vegas for the fight but has come down ill.
He has won the English, British, Commonwealth, European, WBA, IBF, WBO and Ring Magazine titles.
If he beats Deontay Wilder he will claim the WBC belt and become the first British fighter to hold all four major heavyweight crowns.
Yet Tyson Fury will still be annoyed he never won the Central Area title.
“After I beat Wilder I will have achieved everything in boxing and won every single belt there is – English, Irish, British, Commonwealth, European, a whole lot of intern ational and intercontinental belts, every single world title belt there is and two Ring Magazine belts, ”he said.
“There’s just about room at home for the WBC belt. I’ll get another cabinet for it, but it’ll be touching the roof. “The only belt I didn’t win, which I’m pretty pissed about, is the Central Area title. I think it’s vacant, so you never know! ”
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Tyson Fury’s new trainer has admitted his charge is not fully fit for his rematch with Deontay Wilder.
Fury appointed SugarHill steward as his chief coach for tonight’s fight after parting company with Ben Davison.
But the nephew of the late, great Emanuel Steward said: “Nobody comes into a fight per cent.
“Every fighter, if you train hard, everybody has some kind of injury, some kind of nick, and that’s just the truth. But they get on with it. ”
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Fury ditched friend and trainer Ben Davison – who had helped him back from the depths of a drink and drug-fueled depression – weeks before the biggest fight of his career.
Instead he has installed SugarHill Steward (below), nephew of the late, great Emanuel, in his corner for his sequel with the hard-hitting American.
Fury insists the split was amicable after Davison decided he did not want to share the training responsibilities.
But Betfair ambassador Haye . believes the decision could backfire.
“Tyson changing his trainer could be a disadvantage,” he told Mirror Fighting . “Sometimes it’s good but in boxing terms rarely would you change your whole team two months out of a fight, especially when you’ve worked for years with a tried and tested team who have only led you to victory.
“I think its a very unnecessary risk and an element that has led me to believe Wilder will be victorious.”
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Running order
The fights are expected to pan out as follows, with Fury and Wilder touching gloves around 5am tomorrow morning.
2am – Sebastian Fundora v Daniel Lewis
3am – Emanuel Navarrete v Jeo Santisima (WBO super-bantamweight title)
4am – Charles Martin v Gerald Washington
The fights are expected to pan out as follows, with Fury and Wilder touching gloves around 5am tomorrow morning.
2am – Sebastian Fundora v Daniel Lewis
3am – Emanuel Navarrete v Jeo Santisima (WBO super-bantamweight title)
4am – Charles Martin v Gerald Washington
Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder are just hours away from meeting in their eagerly-awaited heavyweight rematch.
With the bookies, experts and pundits all split on the outcome of the fight, there is no excuse to miss what has been billed as the biggest bout in decades .
Having been denied victory by the judges months ago, Fury has piled on the pounds and vowed to go for the early KO.
But with Wilder possessing the biggest punch in boxing, that could prove a risky st rategy.
Whatever happens there are bound to be fireworks, and you can follow all the action right here.
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