It’s Tyson Fury’s world. The “Gypsy King” retained his WBC and lineal heavyweight championships against Deontay Wilder with an 11th-round TKO on October 9 at MGM Las Vegas.
Fury got a much grueling test than he saw in the rematch as Wilder dropped him twice in the fourth round. He rallied back and landed cleaner shots throughout the next few rounds before dropping Wilder in the 10th round. Though Wilder made it back to his feet, it wouldn’t be long before Fury surged forward with a thunderous right hand and the ref waved off the fight.
“Like the great John Wayne said, I’m made of pig iron and steel, baby!” Fury said. “I took some big shots but my lord and savior helped me up and kept me going. It was a great fight tonight and it’s worthy of any trilogy in the history of the sport.”
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