TYSON TO LAY DOWN LA LAW
TYSON FURY’S world title fight with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder on December 1 will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The 21,000-seater venue is home to both the Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers in the NBA.
Britain’s former world champion Fury described the contest as the “biggest heavyweight fight in modern-day boxing history.”
It will be the 30-year-old’s third since he made his comeback from a two-and-half-year absence from the ring. His first was a fourth-round stoppage of Sefer Seferi in June.
Wilder (40-0) and Fury (27-0) boast unbeaten records and the winner of their bout will be in pole position to take on WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO champion Anthony Joshua.
Negotiations between Joshua and Wilder for a fight at Wembley in April 2019 to unify the heavyweight title broke down earlier this year.