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Tyson Fury wins by seventh-round TKO!
Round 6
Another dominant round from Fury, who spends about half of it leaning on Wilder in a neutral corner and in-fighting beautifully. He’s pounding away with hooks and uppercuts to the head and body. Wilder still bleeding from his left ear and in full retreat when he’s not up against the ropes.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Wilder 9-10 Fury (Wilder 52-60 Fury)
Wilder down in round five!
Fury is landing bombs. Wilder’s legs are gone. He looks ready to fall early in the fifth. He can’t defend himself. He lunges forward with a right hand that Fury swerves easily. Wilder goes down again, a clubbing left to the body from the challenger. Fury is picking him apart and you start to wonder when the referee will intervene. Fury lands a series of blows with Wilder trapped in a corner as the bell rings. This isn’t going to last much longer.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Wilder 9-10 Fury (Wilder 43-50 Fury)
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Round 4
Wilder is down early in the fourth but the referee rules it a slip, which it was. Wilder is looking for the right hand to the point of parody. Fury traps him against the ropes and opens up but Wilder clinches. Fury lands a big left. Wilder is bleeding from his left ear, which suggests a busted eardrum. He looks completely off. A very one-sided round for Fury and Wilder is in grave trouble.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Wilder 9-10 Fury (Wilder 35-40 Fury)
Wilder down in round three!
Round 3
Fury lands a left followed by a left-right combo. Wilder tries to go over the top with a right hand but Fury sees it coming and easily moves out of the way. Fury doubles up the jab coming forward. The Gypsy King is starting to click here as Wilder’s output has grown more frugal. And down goes Wilder in the last minute of the third round! A right hand to the temple has dropped Wilder for the first time in the decade and the crowd is going bananas! Wilder beats the count and Fury comes in for the finish ... and Wilder goes down again, only referee Kenny Bayless rules it a slip. There’s the bell. What a round!
Guardian’s unofficial score: Wilder 8-10 Fury (Wilder 26-30 Fury)
Round 2
Wilder lands a lunging right hand early in the round but Fury takes it well. Chants of U-S-A! U-S-A! ring through the arena. Fury is coming forward now and Wilder is on the back foot but it’s mostly a lot of feinting as each side probes for an opening. Another burst forward by Wilder as he tries to close the distance but Fury eludes the punches. Fury lands a right hand upstairs, drawing big cheers and Wilder clinches along the ropes. And Fury catches an off-balance Wilder flush as the bell rings, sending the champion reeling backwards into a neutral corner. Wilder looks slower and the weight gain might not be to his benefit.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Wilder 9-10 Fury (Wilder 9-10 Fury)
Round 1
And we’re off! Wilder immediately comes forward and fires a pair of left jabs. He’s circling to his left quickly and pumping the left to Fury’s head. Now Wilder attacks the body, something he didn’t do enough when they last met. Wilder already more active in the first minute than long stretches of the first meeting. Wilder springs forward with a combination but both shots miss. Now Fury, who hasn’t done much, opens up with a combo that misses the target. And Fury bursts forward again with a flurry of four punches that sends the largely pro-Fury crowd into hysterics even if none of the shots landed clearly. Wilder lands to the body but Fury lands a harder shot in return. A rip-roaring first round! Very close but I’ll give it to the Gypsy King.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Wilder 9-10 Fury (Wilder 9-10 Fury)
Now it’s Deontay Wilder, dressed in an elaborate black gladiatorial armor and flanked by the rapper D Smoke as he performs Black Habits. Like Fury’s, it’s a long and drawn-out march from the tunnel to the ring. And finally the WBC heavyweight champion reaches the ring and climbs through the ropes.
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