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.
Published : Jul 15, 2021 22:40 IST
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.