Deontay Wilder has triggered the re-match clause to stage a third fight with undefeated Tyson Fury in the second half of this year.
The 34-year-old will be hoping to reclaim his WBC heavyweight title on July 18, 2020, when both fighters face-off again at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Fury needed just seven rounds to dethrone the Bronze Bombers when the two fighters clashed on February 22.
The Gypsy-King stunned the American opponent after leaving him bleeding through his ears at the end of the fight. Wilder was given just 30 days to exercise the rematch.
Meanwhile, date and venue have emerged for the trilogy scheduled for the seventh month of the year.
Deontay Wilder wanted to go out on his shield against Tyson Fury.
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 23, 2020
He had never lost a fight before tonight. (42-1-1) #WilderFury2 pic.twitter.com/HJ2HF6BvjA
Fury’s brutality over Wilder saw him land in the hospital and it took him a few days to make a statement on social media about this new development.
And speaking in a video on social media, he addressed his first professional defeat as reported by Sport Bible.
He said;
Hello my people, my Bomb Squad army, my Bomb Squad nation, to all my loved ones around the world, I just want to let you know I am here.
Your king is here. And we ain’t going nowhere, for the war has just begun. I will rise again. I am strong. I am a king, you can’t take my pride.
Tyson Fury went from depression, bipolar disorder, drink/drug abuse, a suicide attempt to this. He’s an incredible mental health advocate and is living proof of what kind of help is out there. You are not alone, no one is a lost cause, things can and will get better. #WilderFury2 pic.twitter.com/wDIYqfSmQ6
— Dermot Gillespie (@DermotGillespi4) February 23, 2020
I am a warrior. I am a king that will never give up. I’m a king that will fight to the death. And if anyone don’t understand that, don’t understand what it is to go to war, don’t understand what it is to fight, we will rise again. We will regain the title.
I will be back. We will hold our heads up high. Your king is in great spirit. We will rise like a phoenix from the ashes and regain the title. I’ll see you in a few months, for the war has just begun. All my love to all my people.
Unified heavyweight king Anthony Joshua, meanwhile, is set to face IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev on June 20 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
His promoter Eddie Hearn is hoping to match Joshua and Fury with each other if they come out victorious in their respective fights.
Meanwhile earlier reported that former WBC champion, Deontay Wilder, has vowed to regain his heavyweight belt, declaring that ‘the war has just begun’ in a poetry-like message to his ardent fans.
What Wilder meant to say after that #WilderFury2 fight. lol eish harde ntja ?? well done Fury pic.twitter.com/5ZEWelCte6
— Jaxe (@k1Jaxe) February 23, 2020
Wilder’s reign as heavyweight king was brought to a disappointing end on Sunday, February 23, at the iconic MGM Grand Garden Arena with a seventh-round stoppage.
The Bronze Bomber failed to replicate his long-established dominance, losing the control of the game from the first bell to the Brit and it took the intervention of his coaching crew to save him from Fury’s brutality.
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