By Miguel Maravilla
He’s back! Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury (29-0-1, 20 KOs) is ready to step back in the ring and renew his rivalry with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (42-0-1, 41 KO’s) of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Fury will square off against Wilder in a rematch taking place Saturday, February 22 in a historic, joint FOX Sports PPV & ESPN+ PPV live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
“We finally have the rematch and I can’t remember a bigger heavyweight fight in a long time. Maybe Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson was the last big one. I’m ready, I’m going to kick this motherf–ker’s ass,” Tyson Fury told Fightnews.com®. “What’s going to happen in this fight is that I’m going to get what I rightfully won last time. I’m going to get the green belt and keep my lineal title.”
Fighting to a draw in December of 2018, Fury squared off against Wilder at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Fighting to a draw as Fury hit the canvas two times in the fight giving Wilder his toughest fight to date.
“I won fair and square and we get to do it again. I hit the floor twice in the first fight, but it’s all about how you respond, I’m a fighting man. If he can’t finish me, I’m going to eat him up. To beat Tyson Fury you have to nail him to the canvas,” Fury on the first fight. “Everyone on his team can tell him he won that fight, but as a fighting man, you know when you win and lose a fight.”
Following the Wilder fight, Fury signed a promotional pact with Bob Arum’s Top Rank Promotions.
Making his Top Rank debut in June, Fury scored a stoppage over Tom Schwarz as he entered the ring doing his best Apollo Creed Rocky 4 impersonation by walking into the ring to James Brown’s, “I live in America,” wearing the Uncle Sam outfit.
Fury is coming off a very tough fight as he defeated Sweden’s Otto Wallin by decision. Suffering a nasty cut on his eye from a Wallin, There’s no question that he had issues throughout the fight. Cutman Jorge Capetillo was able to come through and step up stitching up Fury.
“It doesn’t really matter. It matters what happens on February 22,” Fury on the last fight.
There’s no question that Fury had his hands full in that fight.
Following the Wallin fight, Fury appeared on WWE as he had to settle his beef with Braun Strowman. It all began on a Smackdown episode in which Strowman threw Dolph Ziggler into Fury, causing the lineal champion to go after Strowman. Fury later got even as he defeated Strowman at the WWE Crown Jewel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Now the focus is Wilder as Fury has already begun his preparation for the rematch. Fury also has changed trainers as he will be trained by Sugarhill Steward. Nephew of the late hall of fame trainer Emmanuel Steward.
“I’m training good. Camp’s gone well. I started ten days ago,” Fury on his training camp. “I’m looking for a knockout. That’s why I hired Sugarhill. He gets you to sit down on that big right hand. That’s what I’m looking for. There’s the game plan.”
Wilder struggled in his last fight as he is coming off a devastating knockout over Cuban heavyweight Luis ‘King Kong” Ortiz in a rematch. Down on all three of the judges’ scorecards, Wilder knocked out Ortiz in the seventh as he successfully defended his WBC title for the tenth time.
“He’s got a puncher’s chance like anyone else. I’m much sharper and more fit now. I’m ready to rumble right now. I hope he trains hard and goes to bed sleeping thinking about me,” Fury commented.
In the rematch, Fury has promised to go toe to toe vowing to knock out Wilder in two rounds.
“He thinks I’m going to come out herky-jerky with my famous style, but I want him to meet me in the center of the ring and have a slugfest, best man wins,” Fury said. “I want him to meet me in the center. I want to meet him mano a mano.”
If Fury decides to engage in the center as he promises. Expect a short night because this will end by knockout and that’s what the heavyweights are all about.
“I’m going to win, that’s what I do. Deontay Wilder can make all the excuses he wants to make. I’m going to go out there give him a boxing lesson and knock him out. He’s getting KO’d in 2 rounds,” Fury vowed. “When I get him in there again, I’m going to make him feel the fury.”
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Talk is cheap. Quick talking smack and do your job in the ring! We are all bored with your BS talk that always repeats itself.
Fury always claims he will knock out his opponent, but he never does. Instead he throws his slapping punches with feather hands as he runs around the ring and goes for the UD. I would love to see nothing more than Fury going toe to toe with Wilder. But it will never happen.
Shane, well said and good assessment. I think Fury making mistake even thinking about slugging with Wilder. Fury is a boxer. He’s not a KO artist we all crave to see in boxing. Fury is simply selling tickets saying he will go toe-to-toe. In other words, cheap foreplay to a low-key climax.
Fury should go to Russia and do that slapping competition. The only way he’s gonna get a knock out.
Ok , lets see it Fury.
I have seen C level fighters that performed better than Wilder in their 1st bout.
Also, im not so sure this fight will happen on Feb 22nd. Will see
If Fury fights Wilder in the center of the ring toe to toe like he says he will get nailed to the canvas this time.
That will not happen !!!
Fury just ” exposed his hand”. He’s going to try to jab,jab,right hand then grab all night long. Wilder needs to stab the body with left jabs, alternate to the head every now and then and out of nowhere a looping right hook around the earmuffs. Lay Fury out to sleep.
Take this to the bank*** Fury will jab, and move , bust him up for 7 or 8 rounds and then __________________ ,you fill in the blanks .
Fury won almost every round against Bum Squad last time. This time he’ll be in even better shape and will box circles around the Bronze Bummer. We all know Fury should have his belt right now and this fight shouldn’t even be happening.
Berserker, I hope not! Why? Fight will be boring seeing a circling light-handed heavyweight outsmarting a heavy-handed banger. We all want to see fireworks!!!!! Boom! Boom!
Maybe I can help ( don’t watch ) then you won’t be bored.
True Berserker!!
Just as the Boxing adage go – “Legs are the first to go”. We see Fury cant rely on those legs the way he did as a young man. This is why he’s been struggling lately against b-level competition; he doesn’t have legs for that old ‘famous style’. He has to go toe to toe and hope to catch Wilder early. Or he’ll gas in the late rounds and get dropped again. At this point, Fury can save his talk. Nobody believing much of anything he says.I dont remember Fury standing in the middle of the ring and blowing anybody out.
Yep, well said statement.
fury will either win on points ….or wilder will open up the cut that fury had in his last fight
Fury in 2!
Fury beat bum Squad last time but was robbed and this was the guy who was out of the ring for almost 3 years came down from almost 400 pounds. He was at 50 to 60 percent of his full capability. Imagine what a full fledged Fury will do this time??
He’s going to KO this circus clown Wilder and finish his career, you heard it from me first.
Simple really……….Wilder lands a big right on the button it’s lights out regardless of who he’s fighting.If he doesn’t well probably Fury gets the nod but stranger things have happened !!!
Meet him in centre ring have a slug fest the guys obviously still concussed