Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder 3

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​Joshua/Fury = Lewis/Bowe?

[TitoFan]

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

[Master]

Hearn says Whyte is ready to replace Fury to face Wilder.

[Master]

Tyson Fury rejected second vaccine before catching Covid to force fight delay

Tyson Fury rejected his second coronavirus vaccine dose as he feared the side effects would make him too ill to fight Deontay Wilder.

But the WBC world heavyweight champion will have the second shot now, after catching COVID-19 last week.

Fury's positive test means his trilogy fight with Wilder had to be postponed from its scheduled date of Saturday 24 July.

The Brit's US promoter, Bob Arum, hopes the bout will be rearranged for 9 October with the venue, Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena, unchanged.

Arum also confirmed Fury turned down his second vaccine dose because he did not want to risk falling ill just weeks before his third meeting with the Bronze Bomber.

"He’s fine with it," Arum told BoxingScene.com of Fury having his second shot. "He got vaccinated in Miami. He got the first shot.

"And then he said he didn’t wanna get the second shot because he didn’t wanna get sick [from the vaccination] so close to the fight. So, he got COVID instead."

Arum claimed Fury was fully-vaccinated during a press conference in mid-June, but he admits he was mistaken due to a mix-up over the vaccine the Gypsy King received.

The Top Rank boss added: "I knew he had one shot, and I was hoping it was Johnson & Johnson. But it wasn’t. It was Moderna."

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is deemed fully effective after one shot, whereas Moderna, Pfizer and AstraZeneca require a second dose.

Nonetheless, Arum doubts whether a second jab would have prevented Fury catching coronavirus, as fully-vaccinated people can still contract the disease.

While vaccines reduce the spread somewhat, their main purpose is to prevent people with coronavirus falling seriously ill or requiring hospitalisation, which they are very effective in doing.

"I don’t know if the second shot would’ve meant anything because you still can get COVID after getting the second shot," said Arum.

"I don’t know if it would’ve made a difference, really. He still wouldn’t have been able to train with it."

The Hall of Fame promoter also provided an encouraging update on Fury's condition, saying he "seems much better".

"His spirits were OK," said Arum. "He had congestion in his chest [last Thursday]. But as of [Monday] morning, he seems much better."

Fury was not the only member of his camp to test positive for coronavirus, with up to 10 members of his training posse catching Covid-19.

The 32-year-old is expected to return to the UK for a few weeks before returning to Las Vegas to resume training for his heavyweight-title clash with American rival Wilder.

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

[SlimTrae]

Hearn says Whyte is ready to replace Fury to face Wilder.

I hope it happens.

[Master]

Poor ticket sales blamed for Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder 3 postponement

Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has ripped into 'low pay-per-view and ticketing figures,' after the trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder was halted due to a Covid-19 outbreak

Anthony Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn has labelled 'poor ticket sales' and 'low pay-per-view numbers' as reasons behind the cancellation of Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder's latest fight.

The bout was originally scheduled for July 24 but has now been put back to October 9.

The Matchroom Boxing promoter claimed that the ticketing situation was dire ahead of the fight, with only '25% to 30% of tickets sold' for the clash at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

And with his vocal opposition to the fight joining several others after talks for an undisputed fight with Anthony Joshua broke down, Hearn has labelled the fight as 'disastrous'.

“There was no broadcaster in the UK announced. You know he has a contract with BT? They never announced the fight. They sold no tickets," he told the DAZN Boxing Show.

“Basically, you could go online and check. I don’t know whether it was 25% or 30% of the tickets have been sold, but that’s disastrous. There was no hype. This was going to do very, very poor pay-per-view numbers.

"The whole thing stank, it is so disjointed everywhere, you have about eight people working on the fight who don't like each other.

"It's very strange for them to say it's now happening in October, especially if Bob Arum is saying Fury was vaccinated."

Tyson Fury defeated Deontay Wilder comfortably last time out, with an explosive stoppage victory over the American and it was then ruled in the contract to complete the trilogy with 'The Bronze Bomber' derailing any hopes of a mega-fight between Fury and British rival Anthony Joshua.

But after Fury tested positive for coronavirus they were left with no option but to put the fight back.

Reports have since also emerged that Fury rejected his second coronavirus vaccine, to try and prevent the side effects from causing any issues in the preparations for his ring return.

But the lineal heavyweight champion has since been spotted posing for pictures with fans in Las Vegas, amid doubts being raised over the financial security of the fight.

Despite the collapse, his chances of facing Anthony Joshua in the near future are slim, with the Briton set to face Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on September 25.

Usyk has made the switch up to heavyweight in the past year, and it will be his second fight challenging for the unified heavyweight crown at the higher weight since defeating Dereck Chisora back in October 2020.

It has been reported in the past that Fury's next three fights will aim to be getting beyond the Wilder trilogy, facing Anthony Joshua and then finalising the shortlist with an MMA crossover event with Francis Ngannou.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxin...tyson-24544309

[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.

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Tyson Fury makes explosive claim after Deontay Wilder fight rescheduled for October

Tyson Fury has vowed to "spark out" Deontay Wilder after the WBC heavyweight title fight was confirmed for October 9 in Las Vegas. Fury was scheduled to fight Wilder for the third time in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 24, but the bout was postponed after an outbreak of COVID-19 in the Briton's camp.

The much-anticipated fight has been a long time coming, with several attempts to stage it falling through due to coronavirus restrictions.

Fury, who is unbeaten in 31 professional bouts with 21 knock-outs to his name, has been frustrated by his lack of action since he won the second bout via knockout in Los Angeles in February 2020.

The 32-year-old has repeatedly spoken of his desire to fight Anthony Joshua, who holds the other three significant titles at heavyweight, but an arbitration hearing ruled that Wilder had contractual grounds for a third contest.

After the late postponement earlier this month, Fury will get his chance to put the American behind him in October.

"I wanted nothing more than to smash the Big Dosser on July 24, but I guess the beating will have to wait," he said.

"Make no mistake, I will be back and better than ever. We will fight October 9, and I will knock him spark out."

Fury's win last February is the only loss on Wilder's record, which reads: 42 wins and 41 knock-outs from his 44 fights.

His manager, Shelly Finkel said: "This is what we went to arbitration for. He just wanted what was owed to him.

"He remains ready to reclaim his world title on October 9."

A whopping 595 days will have elapsed since Fury's dramatic knock-out win in February 2020 by the time October 9 comes around.

Promoter Frank Warren believes the extended build-up will only serve to make the final fight in the trilogy more special.

"I'm glad that we could all agree a new date quickly for Tyson to defend his title," he said.

"Tyson is a fighting man and I know how frustrated he is that he can't compete this month. It's such a shame to lose a fight of this magnitude to COVID.

"That said, the extra time he gets to prepare is just going to ensure he's bigger and better than ever before.

"I've never been more certain that Tyson is going to deliver a spectacular performance and remain the number one heavyweight on the planet."

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

[Mark TKO]

Does anyone give even the slightest fuck about this any more ?

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No.

It’s unbelievable isn’t it - an undefeated British boxer against an American knockout machine. A trilogy fight after 2 bouts that gave value for money.

It should be HUGE …. But they have fucked around so much, plus the second fight was such a one-sided beat down that nobody is interested.

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Frank Warren responds to Eddie Hearn's 'conspiracy theory' over Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder

Warren and Hearn have been long-time rivals, and the Queensberry Promotions boss has slammed his opposite number as spouting "absolute nonsense"

Frank Warren has branded Eddie Hearn's theory that ticket sales were the real reason for Tyson Fury's trilogy with Deontay Wilder being postponed "a load of nonsense".

Hearn claimed only a small fraction of the 20,000 tickets had been sold, and that those sales may be playing a bigger part in decisions around the fight than the coronavirus outbreak in Fury's camp.

But Fury's promoter Warren has slammed the Matchroom Boxing boss among a number of 'conspiracy theorists' for his thought that tickets had to do with the cancellation, and rebuffed that they had already sold a massive gate in the tens of millions.

"There have been a lot of conspiracy theories floating around as to why Tyson Fury against Deontay Wilder was postponed," Warren said in his Daily Star column.

"One of those is supposedly a lack of ticket sales - that theory has been pushed by Eddie Hearn this week.

"Yet Bob Arum [Fury's American promoter] has informed me that $14m (£10.1m) worth of tickets had been sold for the July 24 date at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

"That is without UK fans being allowed to travel over because of the current restrictions on getting into the US, so anyone claiming ticket sales is the reason is talking a load of nonsense."

Warren also said that ticket sales were performing better than expected given Fury's home fans cannot curranty travel to the United States due to President Joe Biden's travel ban.

And he says high rollers in Las Vegas casinos had already snapped up the big money seats for the fight, with ticket prices starting at $500.

"US fans were buying tickets because they're desperate for big events after lockdown," Warren continued. "While the casinos in Las Vegas were snapping them up for their high rollers, too.

"Just imagine how many more tickets could have been sold on fight week when tourists from across the US were enjoying a summer break in Vegas."

Warren has also mentioned that the bout had secured a UK broadcaster, despite claims to the contrary by Hearn and other detractors, who believe the coronavirus outbreak is a distraction tactic from other failings.

"Contrary to other speculation, there was no issue getting a UK TV broadcaster," he added. "That was set to be made official until we found out the fight had to be delayed.

"Fury against Wilder has to happen next, that is what the US judge said and it will, we just have to wait a little longer and the heavyweight division remains clogged up at the top."

Fury dominated Wilder in their last outing, brutally stopping him in the seventh round after having fought to a controversial draw in their initial 2018 meeting.

Many fans felt that Fury had won the first bout, but after being put down in the 12th round, judges scored it a draw so a rematch was called for the WBC title.

Fury was scheduled to face Anthony Joshua on August 14 in Saudi Arabia, but plans for the super-fight were shelved when an arbitrator ordered a third fight between he and Wilder.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxin...earns-24552045

[Spicoli]

Way this 3rd 4th 5th Covid spike is happening they may be counting on tossing out the Oct date also. Maybe if teams and fighters are using the Covid excuse to scrap struggling events they should be required to take a test and provide results or be heavily fined. At least go back to hatching 'due to rib injury' excuses. Big goof was exposed, declared positive and next you know he's posing for fan photos and running around Vegas. TF is that? When does a commission start hitting you in the wallet.