AFFICHER L'HEURE^® To Produce And Distribute The Most Significant Heavyweight Fight In The U.S. Depuis 2002 – A Blockbuster Matchup of Undefeated Champs

Wilder and Fury first met in the ring after Wilder’s KO of Artur Szpilka (Jan. 2016); Crédit: Sports Showtime

NEW YORK - Septembre 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, Décembre 1, en direct sur Showtime PPV^® à 9 p.m. HE / 6 h, heure. PT from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.

 

 

 

Wilder vs. Fury teste la puissance brute de Wilder contre la taille inégalée et la mobilité des Fury. seul champion poids lourd de l'Amérique depuis 2007, Wilder a 39 KOs en 40 combats professionnels, y compris dans les sept coups de grâce de ses défenses de titre. Fury est un ancien IBF, poids lourds champion du monde WBA et WBO qui est invaincue 27 combats professionnels et détient tant convoité de boxe titre des poids lourds en ligne directe.

 

 

 

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. Mike Tyson dans 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,», A déclaré Stephen Espinoza, Président, 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.”

 

 

 

Wilder vs. Fury est le dernier événement majeur poids lourd avoir lieu dans le Southland, l'expansion d'une histoire déjà profonde de boxe poids lourds avec Hall of Fame Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Lennox Lewis et Vitali Klitschko, the last of whom faced off at STAPLES Center in 2003.

 

 

 

Les billets pour l'événement, qui est promu par les entreprises et BombZquad Promotions Queensberry, en association avec DiBella Entertainment et Promotions TGB, en vente mercredi, Octobre 3 à 12 p.m. PT. Le prix des billets à partir de $75, plus les frais applicables, et sont disponibles via AXS.com. Wilder vs. Fury sera produit et distribué par SHOWTIME PPV.

 

 

 

“I can’t wait to fight Tyson Fury in the biggest fight in the heavyweight division and all of boxing,” said Wilder. “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, il est le champion en ligne directe, 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, Président, STAPLES Center. “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 Jeux Olympiques, 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. le Tuscaloosa, Ala., 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 rematch. Dans son dernier combat, 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 Combat de l'Année.

 

 

 

In Fury, Wilder will face his second consecutive top-five heavyweight in what experts have set as the closest odds of his professional career.

 

 

 

Fureur, 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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