Tyson Fury’s third heavyweight title battle with Deontay Wilder has been postponed to October 9 after Fury examined optimistic for COVID-19.
The promoters introduced the brand new date for the pay-per-view present Thursday. Fury and Wilder will nonetheless battle at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and tickets already bought for the present might be honored on the brand new date.
Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) and Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs) had been scheduled to fulfill July 24 to finish their entertaining battle trilogy.
Fury, the English champion thought of the pound-for-pound greatest heavyweight on the earth, examined optimistic earlier this month together with a number of members of his camp. Fury was already within the U.S. to finish his last preparations for the bout.
Fury and Wilder fought to an exciting attract Los Angeles in December 2018. Although Fury largely outboxed his highly effective American challenger, Wilder knocked down Fury twice to separate the scorecards.
Fury then trounced Wilder of their rematch in Vegas in February 2020, flattening Wilder twice and eventually forcing Wilder’s nook to cease the bout.
Wilder, who’s from Alabama, exercised the rematch clause in his contract even after Fury’s emphatic victory. After an arbitration choose dominated in Wilder’s favor, Fury resignedly agreed to the matchup.