The first meeting between the two ended in a controversial draw despite Deontay Wilder scoring two knockdowns over ‘The Gypsy King’. However, Tyson Fury completely dominated ‘The Bronze Bomber’ in their second outing at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The fight was stopped in the seventh round after Wilder had been dropped multiple times by Fury.
Deontay Wilder has now claimed that his loss to Tyson Fury has definitely made him a better person if not a better fighter. According to Wilder, he could say a lot about how the loss strengthened him but would rather prove it with his actions on October 9. Asking his fans not to blink, Deontay Wilder recently said on Fighthype.com:
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Deontay Wilder believes he won the first fight
Deontay Wilder was the undefeated defending WBC heavyweight champion when he faced Tyson Fury for the first time with 17,000 fans in attendance. Wilder went twelve rounds against undefeated challenger and former WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion.
However, ‘The Bronze Bomber’ believes he did enough to win the fight. Deontay Wilder told media in the post-fight presser:
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