FURY PUTS OFF WILDER REMATCH

TYSON FURY has pulled out of talks over an immediate rematch with Deontay Wilder.

In a hugely anti- climactic move, Fury told the WBC yesterday that he intends to take an interim fight ahead of a possible clash with Wilder in the autumn.

It follows almost three months of negotiations after the pair’s controversial draw in December and comes in the wake of Fury signing an £80million deal with American promoter Top Rank, with his fights to be screened on eSPN.

That arrangement cast doubt over the rematch as Wilder fights on Showtime and, despite the protestations of each party that a May 18 clash was close, it has now formally been shelved.

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said: ‘ It feels like someone let all the air out of the balloon.’

Wilder is now likely to defend his title against mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale.