Boxing: Tyson Fury’s trilogy fight against Deontay Wilder ‘will be POSTPONED due to Covid outbreak’

Tyson Fury’s trilogy struggle versus Deontay Wilder ‘set to be POSTPONED due to a Covid outbreak in the Gypsy King’s coaching camp’ with the Las Vegas bout ‘likely to be pushed back again from July 24 to September’

  • Tyson Fury’s camp has arrive down with a Covid-19 outbreak, reports claim 
  • The Gypsy King’s struggle with Deontay Wilder is now said to have been delayed 
  • The Las Vegas bout was slated for July 24 but might be pushed back again to September 
















Tyson Fury’s forthcoming trilogy struggle versus Deontay Wilder this month is established to be pushed back again to September just after a Covid-19 outbreak in the British heavyweight’s camp, according to reports.

The Gypsy King was established to lock horns with Wilder the moment once more on July 24 just after the American properly pressured him to abandon options to just take on fellow Brit Anthony Joshua next a court docket arbitration and had been coaching hard in the US as he bids to down the Bronze Bomber for a second time.

But next a coronavirus scare the bout – which was likely to be held at the T-Cellular Arena in Las Vegas – is now most likely to be delayed until September, as documented by ESPN.

Tyson Fury's fight against Deontay Wilder this month has reportedly been delayed

Tyson Fury’s struggle versus Deontay Wilder this month has reportedly been delayed 

The bout is set to be pushed back from July to September after a Covid outbreak in Fury's camp, according to reports

The bout is established to be pushed back again from July to September just after a Covid outbreak in Fury’s camp, according to reports

The report promises that with the struggle established to be a joint spend-per-see with ESPN and FOX, it will now have to be pushed back again to the tumble simply because Manny Pacquiao’s struggle versus Errol Spence Jr is slated for August 21.

Fury stunned the environment in February 2020 when he stopped Wilder in the seventh spherical of their showdown in Las Vegas – using his WBC environment title belt in the method – but has not fought considering that.

He was widely envisioned to facial area Joshua in his subsequent struggle, with negotiations among Eddie Hearn and Fury’s promoters Frank Warren and Bob Arum dragging on for months amid a struggle to nail down a internet site location and concur conditions. 

Fury battered Wilder from pillar to post when they last met in Las Vegas in February 2020

Fury battered Wilder from pillar to put up when they last satisfied in Las Vegas in February 2020

But just after the two groups eventually reached a breakthrough in talks and the mega undisputed struggle seemingly on the verge of getting declared – a US judge dominated that Wilder had the ideal to a 3rd struggle with Fury.

The Joshua – Fury struggle was swiftly dropped and Fury’s crew turned their attentions to Wilder, speedily arranging a July date, with Joshua getting pressured to just take on Oleksandr Usyk in September as a substitute.

Fury could now be fighting in the similar month if his contest versus Wilder is confirmed to be delayed.

The two fighters are hoping to arrive via their forthcoming fights unscathed and established up a very expected showdown – which had been mooted for this winter. But with the pair fighting so close to the stop of the 12 months a Spring date has also been recommended as well.

The Gypsy King was in line for an undisputed title fight against Anthony Joshua (R) before being forced to take on Wilder by an arbitration ruling

The Gypsy King was in line for an undisputed title struggle versus Anthony Joshua (R) just before getting pressured to just take on Wilder by an arbitration ruling

Fury and Wilder had been engaging in their usual trash communicate in the establish up to this struggle, with the British star vowing to ‘run him over like an eighteen-wheeler’.

‘I gave my sport system absent the initial time simply because he wasn’t excellent plenty of to do just about anything about it, I am going to do the similar issue this time,’ he said at their initial push conference – which saw the two facial area off in silence for an awkward 5 minutes.

‘Deontay Wilder is a a person trick pony, he has a person punch electric power, we all know that, fantastic. What I am going to do to him this time is operate him over as if I’m an eighteen-wheeler and he is a human getting, I assurance you it does not go previous in which it did just before. 

‘I’ve had eighteen months of practicing what I’m gonna do to him. I want to get up to 300 pounds for this struggle and I’m searching for the large knockout straight absent.’ 

Fury, now WBC world champion, has not fought since beating Wilder in February 2020

Fury, now WBC environment champion, has not fought considering that beating Wilder in February 2020

Wilder has strike back again in latest weeks and reiterated his promises that Fury ‘cheated’ in their second struggle, suggesting he had put an egg weight in his gloves, and stressed he considered Fury would attempt to cheat in their 3rd bout.

‘You feel he ain’t gonna attempt to cheat this time?’ he told 78SPORTSTV.

‘Oh they’re wondering, they’re coming up with a master system.

‘But my issue to him – man, you could not even get me out on loaded gloves and the disorders I was less than.

‘You could not knock me out, you didn’t knock me out.’ 

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