In 2020 and 2021, Tyson Fury twice stopped Deontay Wilder and the Gypsy King stands today as the only man to beat him in his pro career.
The previously undefeated American was 42-0-1 (41 KOs) going into the second fight of their trilogy, with his only other blemish being the 2018 draw with Fury – which many felt he also lost.
Aside from his fights with the ‘Gypsy King’, Wilder had been an imperious champion.
He knocked out every opponent he faced with the exception of Bermane Stiverne in their first meeting.
Wilder made amends for this by flattening Stiverne within one round of their rematch.
Even the talented, technical, much-avoided Cuban Luis Ortiz could not evade Wilder’s right hand – losing to him twice despite seemingly leading on points.
Although he only holds stoppage victories over the American, in truth Fury showed two ways to beat Wilder.
In their first fight, he boxed off the back foot and simply outclassed him for the majority of the contest.
He was floored twice and the judges scored it a draw, but most felt this was harsh on the Brit.
In their rematch he vowed not to leave things in the judges’ hands and made good on this promise.
The trilogy was a similar story, though Fury was floored twice himself before winning by brutal KO.
After the rematch win, he insisted that there is just one other fighter out there besides him who might beat Wilder.
Fury said: “Deontay Wilder, barring none, even today, is the most dangerous heavyweight alive.
“He would wipe the floor with every other single heavyweight out there, apart from myself.
“And I also believe that Oleksandr Usyk would give him problems.
“They’re the only two people in the heavyweight division alive today that could give Deontay Wilder trouble.
“That’s myself and Oleksandr Usyk.
“I’m an absolute beast, warrior, legend, ‘lineal’ champion and Usyk because he’s a master southpaw, slick boxer.
“He’s had a lot of experience and he knows how to deal with power punchers…
“He would do to Whyte and Joshua what he did to Dominic Breazeale, put them unconscious in round one.
“They ain’t got the skills I’ve got, can’t touch this, this can’t be touched.
“I just wanna see them fight. They wanna call Wilder this, that and the other, but he will put them to sleep, easy.
“Soon as he touches them, they’re gone.
“They’ve got no defence and just walk into punches.
“What are they gonna do, walk him down, without a feint, without no footwork? Please.
“You won’t walk a man like that down, he’d punch holes in you.
“I’d definitely, definitely back Wilder to knock the pair out, for sure.”
Since Fury made this prediction, Usyk has successfully dethroned Anthony Joshua to become WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion.
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