Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II - 22 February 2020

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He did win clearly to me as well, by about 4 points, but he still didn't get the decision which is why I think he will struggle to get a points verdict in America. He alluded to this himself in the presser this week.

Not sure why it would matter that the fight is in the United States. Americans have lost many close decisions to fighters from other countries in the United States. It's not like Wilder is some huge favorite in the United States anyway.
Depends more on what happens in the fight and who the judges are.

The first fight was horrendous and the draw was fair.

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LIVE TV presser set for Jan 25 in LA

Details were released on Wednesday regarding a second press conference featuring Deontay Wilder and British rival Tyson Fury.

Firstly, the announcement comes on the back of previous rumors there would be no pre-fight events for the heavyweight rematch.

However, the pair are ready to discuss the Pay-Per-View bout once more.

This time, Wilder and Fury will go at it live on FOX and ESPN from California.

Details of the TV broadcast were also revealed.

More verbal insults are expected as the sport gears up for one of the biggest top division battles in two decades.

Undefeated WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder and unbeaten lineal champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury will go face to face at a Los Angeles press conference. It will be televised live on FOX, ESPNEWS, ESPN Deportes and the ESPN App.

The event happens Saturday, January 25 at 1:00 PM PT. A few weeks before they continue their rivalry in the ring Saturday, February 22 in a historic, joint FOX Sports PPV & ESPN+ PPV live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

TICKETS & INFO

The long-awaited rematch of heavyweight titans is set. Undefeated WBC champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder and unbeaten lineal champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury will continue their rivalry in the ring on Saturday, February 22 live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in a historic, joint FOX Sports PPV & ESPN+ PPV.

Tickets are on sale NOW. They can be purchased at www.mgmgrand.com or www.axs.com. The event is promoted by BombZquad Promotions, TGB Promotions, Top Rank and allegedly’s Queensberry Promotions. Above all, the fight is a Premier Boxing Champions presentation.

DEONTAY WILDER vs TYSON FURY II

Wilder vs. Fury II has been highly anticipated since their first meeting. Wilder retained his title via split draw after Fury miraculously rose from a 12th-round knockdown to finish the fight. It is one of the most memorable moments in heavyweight history. Furthermore, It has raised the historical stakes heading into the rematch February 22.

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Looks like the BT matched Sky's offer as they get first dibs on the fight.

Sky apparently offered good money..

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Tyson Fury hires legendary cutman Jacob ‘Stitch’ Duran to protect eye against Deontay Wilder’s punching power in rematch

Tyson Fury has recruited legendary cutman Jacob ‘Stitch’ Duran for his rematch with Deontay Wilder next month.

The ‘Gypsy King’ will get a second shot at WBC champion Wilder at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on February 22 after their dramatic draw in December 2018.

After vowing to knock the ‘Bronze Bomber’ out inside two rounds, it seems as though Fury will adopt a more aggressive approach for the rematch after feeling he was cheated in the first fight.

And the added risk involved in that strategy is clearly not lost on Fury, who has decided to spare no cost in his preparation for the sequel in Sin City.

Having suffered a horrendous gash in his last fight against Otto Wallin which required 47 stitches and plastic surgery, Fury has hired Duran to help him if he finds himself in trouble against Wilder.

The cutman for the fight against Wallin, Jorge Capetillo was handsomely rewarded for dealing with the potentially career-threatening injury in September.

And after Wilder’s ominous threat to target the cut, Fury has decided to go with the best and bring in Duran – who celebrated their partnership with a gushing post on Instagram.

‘Stitch’ has history with Fury having worked in Wladimir Klitschko’s corner on that infamous night in Dusseldorf in 2015 when Fury took the world heavyweight titles from the giant Ukrainian.

‘Dr Steelhammer’ formed a tight relationship with Duran throughout his career, having met him on the set of Ocean’s 11 and then subsequently working with him in his last fight against Anthony Joshua in 2017.

‘Stitch’ has also worked alongside UFC legends Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Lyoto Machida, Forrest Griffin and Cain Velasquez, before he was released by the company in 2015 for comments made about sponsors Reebok.

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SugarHill Steward, the newly appointed trainer of Tyson Fury, was under the impression that he would be working alongside former Fury trainer Ben Davison before Davison and the undefeated heavyweight suddenly, yet amicably, split in December.

“I was brought in as the head trainer, but my understanding was that Ben was going to be there as well,” Steward told BS.com in an interview.

“When news came out that Ben was going to be out of the camp, that was news to me when I heard about it. It was my understanding that Ben was going to be a secondary trainer, but it didn’t turn out that way, and here we are now. I was happy with it either way.”

[Coco]

Looks like the BT matched Sky's offer as they get first dibs on the fight.

Sky apparently offered good money..

Normally Smith has me reaching for the mute button!,

Nice to hear him speaking well and intelligently

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Initially, Top Rank and PBC planned a three-fight PPV card headlined by the heavyweight title rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury for Feb. 22 with TR handling one PPV undercard fight and PBC handling the other. But multiple sources told ESPN on Friday that they've decided to add a fourth fight to the PPV, which will match a TR fighter against a PBC fighter.


Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer

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[Twinkle Toes]

What happened to the build up being something we have never seen before? - Or is this it.

This is a very odd build up - By all accounts they are struggling to shift tickets and that chat from Arum about doing 2 million PPV's is pure fantasy.

Something feels off with Fury as well.

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What happened to the build up being something we have never seen before? - Or is this it.

This is a very odd build up - By all accounts they are struggling to shift tickets and that chat from Arum about doing 2 million PPV's is pure fantasy.

Something feels off with Fury as well.

He said 2m buys overall. But it probably do 300k in the UK.

I think it will do better than the first in the US.

The tickets are priced high anyway. If they sell 10k, they’ll make a good amount and call it a success.

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PPV undercard set for Feb.22

With less than a month to go before February 22, the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury 2 rematch pay-per-view section of the undercard is set, according to @MikeCoppinger. Top Rank will have 2 fights that they’re in control of in the undercard, and PBC adding one.

These are the three pay-per-view fights on the undercard:

Emanuel Navarette (30-1, 26 KOs) faces Jeo Tupas Santisima (19-2, 16 KOs). This is the Top Rank addition to the undercard. Adding Navarette to the card is a nice move on Bob Arum’s part. #5 WBC Santisima, 23, is a good fighter, and he hasn’t lost a fight in six years. Santisima, who comes from the Philippines, has won his last 17 fights, albeit against lesser opposition. His most notable win was against journeyman Uriel Lopez in 2018.

Charles Martin (27-2-1, 24 KOs) fights former world title challenger Gerald Washington (20-3-1, 13 KOs) in an IBF heavyweight title eliminator. This is the PBC addition to the PPV section of the card. Martin, 33, is a former IBF world champion. Since losing his belt to Anthony Joshua in 2016, Martin has won 4 out of his last 5 fights. His only loss in the last 4 years was a close 10 round unanimous decision to Adam Kownacki in 2018. The 6’6″ Washington is coming off of a big win over Robert Helenius last July in Minnesota.

Sebastian Fundora (13-0-1, 9 KOs) will be fighting Daniel Lewis (6-0). This fight likely won’t last long. Fundora can punch, and Lewis will be there for as long as he can.

Junior middleweight contender Subriel Mathias could be on the undercard as well, but not on the pay-per-view portion unfortunately.

“Sources: PBC & Top Rank will go head to head in a bout set to open the #WilderFury2 PPV undercard with terms agreed to:

Sebastian Fundora (PBC) vs. Daniel Lewis (TR)

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Flores vs Conway, Romero vs Ahmetovs Set For Wilder-Fury Card

Boxing Scene has been advised that unbeaten lightweight prospect Gabriel Flores Jr. (16-0) will return to the ring on February 22nd on the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury 2 undercard. Wilder-Fury and 3 other fights will make up the entire pay-per-view card that is being distributed by ESPN and FOX from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Standing across the ring from Flores will be Matt Conway (17-1) who suffered his first career loss in his most recent fight against Francisco Esparza by split decision.

FOX and ESPN will both televise the non pay-per-view undercard with this being one of the fights from the Top Rank side. BS.com has also learned that one of PBC's fights will pit hard hitting lightweight prospect Rolando "Rolly" Romero (10-0) against Arturs Ahmetovs (5-0).

The 19-year-old Flores was in action 5 times last year while Conway went 2-1 in 2019.

Romero won all 3 of this 2019 fights via knockout while the 30-year-old Ahmetovs turned pro in March and won his first 2 bouts by stoppage.

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PPV undercard set for Feb.22

With less than a month to go before February 22, the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury 2 rematch pay-per-view section of the undercard is set, according to @MikeCoppinger. Top Rank will have 2 fights that they’re in control of in the undercard, and PBC adding one.

These are the three pay-per-view fights on the undercard:

Emanuel Navarette (30-1, 26 KOs) faces Jeo Tupas Santisima (19-2, 16 KOs). This is the Top Rank addition to the undercard. Adding Navarette to the card is a nice move on Bob Arum’s part. #5 WBC Santisima, 23, is a good fighter, and he hasn’t lost a fight in six years. Santisima, who comes from the Philippines, has won his last 17 fights, albeit against lesser opposition. His most notable win was against journeyman Uriel Lopez in 2018.

Charles Martin (27-2-1, 24 KOs) fights former world title challenger Gerald Washington (20-3-1, 13 KOs) in an IBF heavyweight title eliminator. This is the PBC addition to the PPV section of the card. Martin, 33, is a former IBF world champion. Since losing his belt to Anthony Joshua in 2016, Martin has won 4 out of his last 5 fights. His only loss in the last 4 years was a close 10 round unanimous decision to Adam Kownacki in 2018. The 6’6″ Washington is coming off of a big win over Robert Helenius last July in Minnesota.

Sebastian Fundora (13-0-1, 9 KOs) will be fighting Daniel Lewis (6-6). This fight likely won’t last long. Fundora can punch, and Lewis will be there for as long as he can.

Junior middleweight contender Subriel Mathias could be on the undercard as well, but not on the pay-per-view portion unfortunately.

“Sources: PBC & Top Rank will go head to head in a bout set to open the #WilderFury2 PPV undercard with terms agreed to:

Sebastian Fundora (PBC) vs. Daniel Lewis (TR)

Some inaccuracies in that, Lewis is 6-0 and a good boxer. Don’t think that’s a fair summation what’s written there

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PPV undercard set for Feb.22

With less than a month to go before February 22, the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury 2 rematch pay-per-view section of the undercard is set, according to @MikeCoppinger. Top Rank will have 2 fights that they’re in control of in the undercard, and PBC adding one.

These are the three pay-per-view fights on the undercard:

Emanuel Navarette (30-1, 26 KOs) faces Jeo Tupas Santisima (19-2, 16 KOs). This is the Top Rank addition to the undercard. Adding Navarette to the card is a nice move on Bob Arum’s part. #5 WBC Santisima, 23, is a good fighter, and he hasn’t lost a fight in six years. Santisima, who comes from the Philippines, has won his last 17 fights, albeit against lesser opposition. His most notable win was against journeyman Uriel Lopez in 2018.

Charles Martin (27-2-1, 24 KOs) fights former world title challenger Gerald Washington (20-3-1, 13 KOs) in an IBF heavyweight title eliminator. This is the PBC addition to the PPV section of the card. Martin, 33, is a former IBF world champion. Since losing his belt to Anthony Joshua in 2016, Martin has won 4 out of his last 5 fights. His only loss in the last 4 years was a close 10 round unanimous decision to Adam Kownacki in 2018. The 6’6″ Washington is coming off of a big win over Robert Helenius last July in Minnesota.

Sebastian Fundora (13-0-1, 9 KOs) will be fighting Daniel Lewis (6-6). This fight likely won’t last long. Fundora can punch, and Lewis will be there for as long as he can.

Junior middleweight contender Subriel Mathias could be on the undercard as well, but not on the pay-per-view portion unfortunately.

“Sources: PBC & Top Rank will go head to head in a bout set to open the #WilderFury2 PPV undercard with terms agreed to:

Sebastian Fundora (PBC) vs. Daniel Lewis (TR)

Some inaccuracies in that, Lewis is 6-0 and a good boxer. Don’t think that’s a fair summation what’s written there

It's from the press release. Didn't think he was 6-6, didn't check though. Like they're put a 6-6 boxer for a pbc vs tr fight.

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Lol, someone obviously was BoxRec-ing Lewis and mixed up his amateur record with his pro one

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Given how the end of the first fight created such great visuals and the potential for viral promotion of the rematch its so dissapointing to see how poorly this has been promoted. I don't understand. Two great talkers, invaluable clips from the first fight and a great narrative yet we get two very average press conferences. This is almost anti-promoting.

May Pac was equally as sterile and I simply dont get the rationale. For all his faults, Hearn would be promoting the heck out of this. That is for sure.

The promotion for the first fight was quite classy - the BT studio presser looked very good and had some drama, the appearances on day time TV here and the Showtime leg was very good to, on the aircraft carrier with the marching band etc.

Interesting to see what the buy rate will be for this both in the US and here.

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Some inaccuracies in that, Lewis is 6-0 and a good boxer. Don’t think that’s a fair summation what’s written there

It's from the press release. Didn't think he was 6-6, didn't check though. Like they're put a 6-6 boxer for a pbc vs tr fight.

I know it wasn’t your mistake, I didn’t realise that it was the towering inferno guy though. That’s got my attention now.

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British featherweight Isaac Lowe (19-0-3, 6 KOs), a stablemate of lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, will face a foe to be determined in one of the preliminary bouts Top Rank is responsible for on the Deontay Wilder-Fury 2 card Feb. 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, a source with knowledge of the plans told ESPN. Lowe has won decisions on Fury's previous two undercards in June and September. Top Rank, putting on the card with Premier Boxing Champions, already has its other two preliminary bouts set: Amir Imam-Javier Molina (at 142 pounds), according to Imam manager Peter Kahn, and junior lightweight prospect Gabriel Flores Jr.-Matt Conway, according to Flores manager Rick Mirigian.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer

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Isaac Lowe is like a bad smell, just following Fury around. It all started with the first Fury-Wilder bout.. and he's been on Fury's undercards still, earning like $5k-$10k per bout.

I remember he was due to rematch Ryan Walsh on an Eddie Hearn card before he pulled out and put himself in Fury's suitcase.

[danconnollyeire]

What happened to the build up being something we have never seen before? - Or is this it.

This is a very odd build up - By all accounts they are struggling to shift tickets and that chat from Arum about doing 2 million PPV's is pure fantasy.

Something feels off with Fury as well.

He said 2m buys overall. But it probably do 300k in the UK.

I think it will do better than the first in the US.

The tickets are priced high anyway. If they sell 10k, they’ll make a good amount and call it a success.

Wilder is a fool sticking with his team. He's so marketable yet he's still about as well known as a decent prospect really. AJ sold out MSG in his only US fight... I can't recall ever seeing Wilder on any of the main US chat shows (James Cordan etc.)

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He said 2m buys overall. But it probably do 300k in the UK.

I think it will do better than the first in the US.

The tickets are priced high anyway. If they sell 10k, they’ll make a good amount and call it a success.

Wilder is a fool sticking with his team. He's so marketable yet he's still about as well known as a decent prospect really. AJ sold out MSG in his only US fight... I can't recall ever seeing Wilder on any of the main US chat shows (James Cordan etc.)

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[mickey1975]

Looking at the seating chart, it’s already done a lot more than 10,000.