Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder 3

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Tyson Fury confirms he will fight UFC champion Francis Ngannou in a ‘stand-up bang out’ once he has faced both Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua

Tyson Fury has confirmed he WILL face UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou once he has faced Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.

Yet ‘The Gypsy King’ maintains it will not be a traditional MMA bout, instead offering Ngannou the chance to box him inside the Octagon whilst wearing four ounce gloves.

Fury seemed destined to face compatriot Joshua on August 14 in Saudi Arabia for the chance to become undisputed world heavyweight champion of the world.

Yet those plans were scuppered due to contractual obligations stemming from his WBC heavyweight title fights with Wilder in 2018 and 2020, resulting in a legal battle and a scheduled trilogy bout on July 24.

Fury has never been one to comply with the norm, trying his hand out at MMA multiple times and even training with the legendary Nick Diaz ahead of a proposed debut inside a cage.

Yet the 32-year-old insists he will face UFC superstar Ngannou, but only on his terms.

“Nick looks good,” Fury told TMZ Sports. “Nick is training hard and he is making his comeback.

“He did tell me that Ngannou can’t do any wrestling anyway, so we are just looking for a stand-up bang out.

“Me and Ngannou in the small gloves, let’s make it happen.

He added: “As soon as I am done with Wilder and Joshua, I will fight Ngannou in an octagon, in the four ounce gloves and just punching.”

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/9...nthony-joshua/

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covaids strikes again

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Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder 3 is postponed after outbreak of coronavirus in Brit's camp

The long-awaited and highly-anticipated third bout between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder that was set for July 24 is now due to be postponed due to a coronavirus outbreak in the Brit's camp.

Sources close to the fight have told BBC Sport that the fight is now 'likely to happen in October,' meaning we now have three months to wait until the score is finally settled between the pair.

Shelly Finkel, Wilder’s manager, has said: “Deontay is disappointed. The fight has to be rescheduled.”

The news broke late last night, but there was still massive speculation surrounding the news. However, with Finkel's comments added to the reports, it seems like it's sadly true and the fight is sadly being pushed back.

The final fight of the trilogy is what both boxers have been training for over the past year, with neither facing an opponent since Fury’s win 14 months ago in February 2020 - making the Gypsy King the WBC heavyweight champion in the process.

Promoters of the fight Top Rank have also stated: "We continue to monitor the health status of Tyson and his team and the status of the event has not changed to date."

This is now the second fight blow Fury has had this year. He was also keen to see a deal agreed with fellow Brit Anthony Joshua for a unification fight to have happened over the course of the year, before announcing that he was contractually obliged to see out the trilogy with Wilder.

Fury remains unbeaten in his boxing career, with an impressive 31 wins to Wilder’s 42. ‘The Gypsy King’ undoubtedly dominated the last bout between the pair, wearing out Wilder and winning in the seventh round by TKO.

However, the first encounter between the fighters ended in a controversial draw, leaving it all left to fight for when they enter the ring again.

‘The Bronze Bomber’ will be adamant to make the fight nothing less than a victory, having felt hard done by with the weight of his ring-walk gear before the rematch last year, and the loss being the first in his professional career.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/boxi...cid=entnewsntp

[erics44]

Im not really arsed about this fight now

shame

[Mark TKO]

I'm in agreement. Really could not give a fuck now.

I have a feeling Joshua Fury may never come off now and part of me will be angry we never got to see it and the other will be like - serves you all fucking right tough shit for not getting it sorted.

Boxing loses

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​Joshua/Fury = Lewis/Bowe?

[TitoFan]

Fury just gave Wilder another excuse should Deontay lose. Fight postponement.

[Spicoli]

​Joshua/Fury = Lewis/Bowe?

May just make you miss them all the more exactly how they played out if anything . It's amazing how much Lewis had ahead of him and yet there he was post Razor already in a mega super-fight for the era. Olympic rivalry and all. Great times. AJ and Fury have had to scrape themselves back into the dust pan in and out of the ring a bit, have a proven rework while Lewis and Bowe had just toppled biggest threats and remain unblemished respectfully. As much as I have knocked Bowe and his career self sabotage I'm just not sure Fury isn't pulling a bit of a charade at this point and trying to extend the carnival show. At least Bowe looked the world in the eye on stage and dropped the trinket straight in the bin not wasting our time . Did sign to fight Mercer too but yeh.