Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren has confirmed details of the rematch clause for Saturday’s rematch between his fighter Tyson Fury and WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. “The loser has 30 days to call on the rematch and that has to be accepted,” Warren told BBC Radio 5 Live.
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This is interesting. While the betting odds are pretty even, polled heavyweight boxers young and old are overwhelmingly predicting that WBC heavyweight Deontay Wilder will defeat Tyson Fury on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Evander Holyfield – Wilder: “I’m picking Deontay Wilder based on his confidence and the fact that he does all of the right things to remain in great shape, and that he’s committed to his craft. Wilder’s not just a big guy with a right hand, but he’s also become more calculated in his approach. That’s why I’m picking him to win this second fight against Tyson Fury.”
Larry Holmes – Wilder: “Deontay Wilder will knock out Tyson Fury in the seventh or eighth round if he does what I know that he can do, which is stay on the outside, use his jab, throw that right hand over the jab.”
Adam Kownacki – Wilder: “I’m going with Deontay Wilder, and I think it’s going to be a knockout in round seven. I think it will be a rematch similar to the one with Luis Ortiz, whom he stopped in the 10th round the first time and in the seventh round the second time. Wilder will be patient, wait for his opening, and then, he will deliver. I think Wilder lands the big right hand and that, this time, Fury doesn’t get up.”
Charles Martin – Wilder: “Deontay Wilder’s gonna win by knockout. I believe that Tyson Fury will be out-boxing Wilder for most of the rounds, but then, he will get stopped by that powerful right hand in the eighth.”
Luis Ortiz – Wilder: “Deontay Wilder will win a decision over Tyson Fury, who will be coming in respecting Wilder’s power and being wary of taking a shot based on all of the evidence of Wilder’s previous fights with me, and from their first fight. Looking at what Wilder was able to do with me during the championship rounds of our first fight and also much sooner than that in our second fight, he’s going to be worrying about taking a similar shot, otherwise, there’s a locomotive coming.”
Bermane Stiverne – Wilder: “I think Deontay Wilder will knock out Tyson Fury, it’s just a matter of when he lands the right hand or the left hook and finishes him off. Wilder’s power saved him in the last round against Fury the first time, but I think that now that Fury has tasted Wilder’s power, I think that has to be in the back of his mind. Whether it’s the first or the last round, just like Fury was doing well in the first fight, I think it’s going to be a knockout for Wilder.”
Joseph Parker – Fury: “I have to side with Fury on Saturday. I like his boxing ability and what he can do in the ring as a big man, moving, jabbing, combinations. I just hope it’s a great fight again.”
Well, Joseph Parker is the only Fury fan on this list. A lot of people are pushing for Wilder since he is the wild card in the deck with “anytime” KO power. Boxing allows both boxers and bangers to make a legacy. I must admit, I love watching knockouts over a 12 round boxing match with minimal punches thrown. Your mileage may vary.
I am picking fury i think he has learned a lot of things from his first fight with wilder and will be looking more to hurt wilder and try to finish him before wilder can finish him.
Hard to favor Fury based off the last couple fights from both these guys. Fury looking to cash out and start his WWE career. Fury has a history of always letting his fans down. He cant handle what comes with being the king
The difficulty in knocking Fury out is still there. It’s a mixture of height and distance and the fact Fury fights well off the back foot. As far as Wilder touching him sooner or harder if Fury comes in with the same gameplan I don’t expect it to happen. Wilder can still win of course. Just putting the jab out there and keeping Fury from dominating rounds.
The real question here is if Fury will be content in winning a decision or wanting to be more aggressive. We’ve seen how well he boxes on the back foot. If he switches more often to his front foot this could be a great one.
Supposedly he’s been working on his power.
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It’s a hard fight to predict. I feel as though I pick a winner and close to the how’s and when’s. When my friend asked me to pick the first fight I said it’s the hardest fight I’ve ever had to pick. I could see Wilder KO fury in the 1st rnd. I could see Fury have a shutout victory. This fight is much the same. There are a few factors that changes this fight. 1. What will their weights be? Most importantly, What will Wilder’s weight be? He made an error coming in way under his normal last time out.
2. Will Fury have those knockdowns, particularly the last one on his mind.
My prediction is Wilder by decision but this could be blasted. I think Wilder is smarter but still be aggressive and land his one-two’s better and not punch himself out. Being a better weight will help. The CompuBox on the last fight had these 2 within 1-2 punches in a lot of rounds. I think Fury will run more and posture.
If Fury can keep Wilder on his back foot he may be able to take some steam off his punches and hang in the trenches. Making it ugly holding when there’s imminent danger and tiring Wilder in the late rounds. People are forgetting his fight with Ortiz was a foregone conclusion and the rematch held absolutely no weight especially being that Ortiz never took time to work on tweaking his defensive deficiencies. Wilder only has one way to win. Fury has a few ways to be victorious. I got the goofy guy by decision.
Geez that makes Fury a huge underdog. I’m going with FURY!
Not a bad pick at all. I think most will be thinking Fury fought as perfect as he could and still got blasted a couple times. Better weight from Wilder and his always being in shape just add to it. Plus Wilder may be smarter about when he throws. At the same time Fury pushes harder more in this one and never gets caught drifting back, he could win 12-0
I can tell you one thing FOR SURE…I won’t be paying $100 to watch it.
I paid 79$ I believe.
I don’t think that anyone will an IQ over 10 would dispute that pro boxing is the most corrupt of all major sports. Rematch clauses invite corruption.
That’s why we want to a decisive victory for either guy so the contracts can dictate a monetary rematch and gives us more ammo to pick at the corruption. You are right Bruce.
If Fury can make this fight very ugly like he did with Klitschko then he wins a landslide decision. If he tries to bang with Wilder then he gets KO’d. It’s the classic cobra vs mongoose matchup.
Honestly I find no reasons why a rematch clause include Fury while this right should be solely on Wilder who is the real champion and not the one with the bogus story of lineal champ.
Under no excuses, I don’t want a third fight because beside to damaging boxing credibility, this procedure is closing the doors to a maybe better and more intriguing matchups, also is highly unfair to those that have earned the rights to be on the spotlight as a challenger for the title. OK, Fury is kayoed by Wilder (is what I expect) so, his record will be one draw, one loss and rwo meaningless wins, but still, he has the right for one more try. What about Dillian Whyte or the winner of Dubois vs. Joyce, also Joshua, Ruiz, Parker, Usyk?
Don’t tell me there is a chance of a fourth fight, because it’s gona looks like the bounch of movies of the “Fast and furious ”
SMH!!
Fury is the great white hope we have all been waiting for.
Hope or hype…. Guess we will see Saturday.