This is the rematch some but not all people have been waiting for.
Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury will meet for the third time in the ring after the trash talk is set to resurface.
“This week, an arbitrator ruled that Fury was contractually obligated to give Wilder a rematch. After the two men fought to a draw in 2018, Fury picked up a seventh-round TKO victory to win the WBC heavyweight title in February 2020,” per ESPN.
After an arbitration ruling that halted the negotiations between Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) and Anthony Joshua, Fury and Deontay Wilder have verbally agreed to terms on a third fight, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN.
The fight is tentatively scheduled for July 24, with a site in Las Vegas to be determined, according to a source familiar with the negotiations. An alternate date targeted for the fight is Aug. 14, ESPN’s Mark Kriegel reported earlier Thursday.
Top Rank’s Bob Arum told ESPN he expects the contracts to be signed in the coming days. Purses are split 60-40 in Fury’s favor for this trilogy fight, according to Kriegel.
Whoever wins this fight will walk away with respect since it’ll be a lot of blood drawn.
One problem with the proposed date is it is the first full day of competition at the Summer Olympics, so don’t be shocked if it is pushed back a couple of weeks.
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