Fury vs Wilder heavyweight bout rescheduled for October 9

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury had signed a contract in May to fight Deontay Wilder for a third time on July 24 but tested positive for COVID-19 last week.

Reuters

15 July, 2021 22:40 IST

Reuters

15 July, 2021 22:40 IST

Deontay Wilder (L) and Tyson Fury react during a press conference in London. (File Photo) | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES

The trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas, which was postponed earlier this month when Fury tested positive for COVID-19, will take place on October 9, promoter Top Rank Boxing said on Thursday.

WBC heavyweight champion Fury had signed a contract in May to fight American Wilder for a third time on July 24 but tested positive for the virus last week.

Fury first fought Wilder, 35, in 2018 and took the WBC title from him in a rematch in February 2020 with a seventh-round stoppage.

Fury, 32, had been set to face fellow Briton Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia in August in a world heavyweight unification title fight, but an American arbitrator ordered Fury to fight Wilder again before September 15.