TYSON TO BRING THE FURY TO LA
A date with Wilder now agreed and set for early December
TYSON FURY’S world heavyweight title fight with WBC champ Deontay Wilder will take place in Los Angeles on December 1.
Contracts have been signed following a bidding war between the Staples Center in LA and the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The former Irish heavyweight champion will challenge KO king Wilder following the breakdown in negotiations between the American and Anthony Joshua.
Wilder took to Instagram to say: ‘Well, I just signed my portion of the contract for the Wilder vs Fury fight. This fight is definitely on. It’s going to be one for the legacy. Definitely one for my legacy.
‘It’s going to be a pleasure. The two best heavyweights competing against each other. The best fighting the best giving the people what they want. Announcement next week, baby.’
Fury is accelerating his comeback from suspension by putting his lineal heavyweight title on the line in only his third fight after two years out of the ring.
The news broke in the early hours of Joshua’s defence of his heavyweight belts against Alexander Povetkin at Wembley.
Joshua rejected a £38.2million offer for a fight against Wilder to find the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis.
Fury insisted earlier this week that he’s not facing Wilder for a quick payday. The self-proclaimed Gypsy King said he was hungry for the WBC title, which he hasn’t won before.
The 30-year-old came face to face with his American counterpart before his fight with Francesco Pianeta in Belfast last month.
The Bronze Bomber gatecrashed proceedings by shouting ‘bomb squad’ in the five-star Europa Hotel before things became heated between the pair in the lobby where they had to be separated by fans and their respective teams.
Fury insisted that it wasn’t just for show and his focus remains solely on the boxing.
Addressing Wilder, he said: ‘I know you have got a big punch, I know you are unbeaten, I know you have got a big mouth, and I know you want to win, but you don’t want it like I do. You can’t beat me, I will outheart you, I will force my will upon you until you quit and that is a promise. This chin is going nowhere, this chin will absorb all your power and I’ll detonate.
‘Whatever you bring to this fight I will counter, there is nothing you possess that bothers me. You have confidence but so do most until they have done a few rounds with me. You have experience at a glance until you examine the record and you will find out you have only had four proper fights.
‘You are a skinny heavyweight and you will feel like you have a chest of drawers on you. When you feel my power you will think, “What has just hit me?”. I’m your first real test. See how you can handle a real championship fighter.’
Fury also told his Instagram followers: ‘I keep hearing and seeing a lot of stuff saying Wilder has got the murder power and I’m taking this fight for a few quid.
‘None of it is true. Deontay Wilder has enormous power but so do all heavyweights. [Wladimir] Klitschko hit really hard – it didn’t affect me. As for cashing out on a fight, a few more million to me ain’t going to make or break me, let me tell you that boys and girls.
‘I wouldn’t lose a fight for £100million, never mind a few million that I’m gonna get for Wilder. After boxing what is left? No boxing, no life. That’s what’s Canelo [Alvarez] has said and it’s very very true. I’m in it to win it, be the best.’