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Tyson Fury gets up from two knockdowns, batters Deontay Wilder to win by KO


The RING and WBC world heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury successfully defended his world title following an eleventh-round stoppage over Deontay Wilder this Sunday morning at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, USA.

A different Wilder showed up the moment the first bell went off, throwing jabs and right straight to the body. Fury was passive in the first two minutes as he seemingly figured out what Wilder brought to the table this time around then landed a hard right straight on top before the round ended.

Fury started to let his hands go in round two that backed Wilder up. The American stuck to his guns as he tried to stay disciplined with the way he pressed forward. Wilder landed a big right hand in round three that briefly stunned his foe. Fury came back and sent Wilder crashing to the canvas with a right hand on top.

Fury did all he could to follow up in round 4 but was made to pay for it when he ate a monstrous right hand that sent him flying to the canvas. He beat the count, only to get sent for another trip to the canvas. Fury gathered himself the next round, landing stiff jabs and clean right straights at Wilder.

Fury was back on the offensive in round 6. Similar to their second match, Wilder started to breathe heavy and lost steam as Fury repeatedly landed punches at will. Wilder lost the sting in his punches in round 7. Fury upped the tempo by going to the body. Tired and hurt, Wilder barely had his legs below him with 20 seconds left in the round.

Fury stalked his prey in round 8.  A jab straight from Fury once again found its mark that wobbled Wilder to his core. Wilder was all but asleep in round 9, he threw everything he had left in his arsenal but was never able to faze the champion even for a second

Fury hit Wilder with both hands in the opening minute of round ten. A tired Wilder threw a sloppy left hook that allowed Fury to sneak his own, which dropped him for the second time. He beat the count then threw all a series of hard punches at Fury.

Wilder barely had oxygen in his lungs. With nothing left to give, Fury sent Wilder crashing to the canvas with a right hook and down for good at the 1:10 mark of round 11. Fury improved his unbeaten record to 31-0-1 with 22 knockouts, while Wilder dropped to 42-2-1 with 41 KOs.

—JMB, GMA News

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