开演时间® To Produce And Distribute The Most Significant Heavyweight Fight In The U.S. 因为 2002 – A Blockbuster Matchup of Undefeated Champs
Wilder and Fury first met in the ring after Wilder’s KO of Artur Szpilka (一月. 2016); 信贷: SHOWTIME体育
纽约– 9月 27, 2018 - WBC World Champion Deontay Wilder will defend his title against lineal champion Tyson Fury in a blockbuster matchup of undefeated heavyweights on Saturday, 十二月 1, 住在Showtime PPV® 在 9 P.M. ET /下午6时. PT from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.
怀尔德VS. 富里以无与伦比的体型和机动性来测试维尔德的原始力量. 此后美国唯一的重量级冠军 2007, 怀尔德有 39 在击倒 40 专业的战斗, 包括在所有七次卫冕中都被淘汰. 富里是前IBF选手, WBA和WBO重量级世界拳王，至今保持不败战绩 27 职业拳击比赛并拥有拳击界令人垂涎的直系重量级冠军头衔.
The evenly matched showdown of top-ranked heavyweights pits boxing’s two largest champions against each other in the most significant heavyweight fight in the United States since Lennox Lewis vs. 迈克·泰森在 2002. In addition to physical stature – Wilder is 6-foot-7, Fury 6-foot-9 – both are among boxing’s greatest showmen, with outsized personalities and heavyweight charisma.
“Wilder vs. Fury is a throwback to the glory days of heavyweight boxing – a 50/50 matchup between two larger-than-life athletes with towering physical frames and captivating personalities,“斯蒂芬·埃斯皮诺萨说, 总统, Sports and Event Programming for Showtime Networks Inc. “Deontay Wilder has proven he’s the hardest puncher in boxing. Tyson Fury‘s size and skill set present a challenge unlike any other in the heavyweight division. No one knows what will happen when these two giants step into the ring, and that’s what makes this fight so fascinating.”
怀尔德VS. Fury 是在南部地区举行的最新大型重量级赛事, 名人堂成员乔·路易斯 (Joe Louis) 拓展了重量级拳击业已深厚的历史, 穆罕默德·阿里, 伦诺克斯·刘易斯和维塔利·克里琴科, the last of whom faced off at STAPLES Center in 2003.
门票活动, 由BombZquad Enterprises和Queensberry Promotions推广, 与 DiBella Entertainment 和 TGB Promotions 合作, 周三发售, 十月 3 在 12 P.M. PT. 门票价格从 $75, 再加上适用的费用, 并可通过 AXS.com. 怀尔德VS. 愤怒将由SHOWTIME PPV制作和发行.
“I can’t wait to fight Tyson Fury in the biggest fight in the heavyweight division and all of boxing,”怀尔德说. “I have tremendous respect for Fury for agreeing to leave England and come to the U.S. to challenge me. I’m the WBC champion, 他是直系冠军, and the winner of this fight will show the world who is ‘The Man’ in the heavyweight division. As much as I respect Fury, I fear no man and fully intend to knock him out like every man that I’ve ever faced in the ring.”
“People talk about me only having two fights since my layoff, but that doesn’t bother me at all,” Fury said. “This is the Tyson Fury show. It always has been. This is my era, and I proved that when I beat Klitschko in his own backyard. Is Wilder the biggest puncher I have faced? You don’t know that until you are on the floor. It is all about not getting hit in this fight. Until someone beats me, I am the king of the heavyweight division. Long live the king.”
“There is no better place in the world than STAPLES Center to have these two giant heavyweights, WBC champion Deontay Wilder and lineal champion Tyson Fury, clashing in an epic championship fight,” said Lee Zeidman, 总统, 斯台普斯中心. “This is the kind of match that will add to the rich tradition of Southland boxing and we are incredibly proud to host it.’’
After winning bronze at the 2008 奥运会, Wilder knocked out his first 32 professional opponents inside of four rounds to earn a shot at WBC Heavyweight Champion Bermane Stiverne on Jan. 17, 2015. 塔斯卡卢萨, 阿拉。, native defeated Stiverne via near-shutout decision, going the distance for the first time in his career to become America’s first heavyweight world champion since Shannon Briggs in 2007.
As WBC champion, Wilder has knocked out all seven of his world title challengers, including a devastating first-round knockout of Stiverne in a 2017 复赛. 在他的最后一战, Wilder survived the toughest test of his career in undefeated top-five ranked world title challenger Luis Ortiz. Wilder knocked out the Cuban slugger in a leading candidate for 2018 年度扑灭.
In Fury, Wilder will face his second consecutive top-five heavyweight in what experts have set as the closest odds of his professional career.
愤怒, who was born in 1988 and named after then-heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, competed as an amateur for both England and Ireland before turning professional in 2008. The self-proclaimed “Gypsy King” dominated the competition early in his career to earn a world title shot against Wladimir Klitschko, who had ruled over the heavyweight division for nine consecutive years.
Fury shocked the world with a unanimous decision win over Klitschko in 2015, limiting the future Hall of Famer to the worst offensive output of his professional career. Subsequent battles with drugs, mental health and weight gain, along with a failure to face his mandatory challengers, cost Fury his belts and led to a nearly three-year hiatus from the sport.
Fury was triumphant in his long-awaited return on June 9 against Sefer Seferi, leading to a second comeback fight less than 75 days later against former world title challenger Francesco Pianeta. Weighing within 11 pounds of his fighting weight when he dethroned Klitschko, Fury displayed prime movement, hand speed and footwork in a shutout decision to earn the opportunity to become a two-time heavyweight world champion on December 1.
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