Boxing news: Why only the sharpest Tyson Fury can beat Deontay Wilder – Bunce
TYSON FURY looks set to challenge for a heavyweight world title more than three years on from his famous victory over Wladimir Klitschko - but will have to be top of his game to defeat reigning WBC champ Deontay Wilder.
Deontay Wilder confirms Tyson Fury fight WILL happen
That is according to respected boxing journalist Steve Bunce.
Wilder was front row at Belfast’s Windsor Park on Saturday night, watching on as the self-styled Gypsy King dismantled Francesco Pianeta over 10 rounds before climbing into the ring to size the former champion up himself.
The pair theatrically traded barbs during a fiery face-off before Fury’s promoter, Frank Warren, declared: “The fight is on.”
A date is yet to be announced for the showdown, with nights in both November and December being considered.
A venue is also yet to be confirmed, but the fight is “certain” to take place in either Las Vegas or New York, Warren stated.
And analysing the Manchester man’s chances of becoming a two-time heavyweight champion later this year, Bunce sent a word of warning to the undefeated 30-year-old.
“On Saturday against the willing Pianeta there were genuine glimpses of the best, the trickiest and the most elusive Fury; only the very sharpest Fury has a chance against Wilder,” Bunce wrote for The Independent.
“The American is unbeaten in 40 and 39 of his victims have been bludgeoned, dropped, hurt and left in fleshy and blood-splattered piles on the canvas.
“Perhaps Wilder has accepted the fight now, knowing that Fury will only get sharper and fitter and that is a sensible move.
“Fury had thought he needed four fights before a fight like Wilder, now he believes he is ready after just two fights and he could be right; it is a huge risk, but he certainly looked almost unrecognisable as the man in the Manchester ring two months ago in the comedy romp with Sefer Seferi.”
Fury, who improved to 27-0 (19 KOs) with victory over Pianeta, was in a confident mood as he confronted Wilder in the ring.
He took Wilder’s WBC belt and held it aloft to the roar of the crowd, before telling his rival: "One thing I promise when I go to Las Vegas is I am knocking you the f*** out bum.”