Good evening, good morning, wherever you are. A huge boxing event, a huge sporting event: a classic match-up between a power puncher and a classy boxer. They fought to draw last time out, you can make a great case for each of them to go one better tonight, and the eyes of the sporting world are on this.
Here is our chief sportswriter Paul Hayward, who is in Las Vegas.
The best way to explain it is to list the fightersTyson Furywill joinif he seizes the most prestigious belt in boxing: the World Boxing Council heavyweight title, which shines brightest in the neoncity.
Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ken Norton, Mike Tyson, Larry Holmes, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis and nowDeontay Wilder, who has owned it since Jan 17, 2015. Modern boxing is littered with titles but this one has retained its allure and authenticity.
Tyson Fury can join the greats but needs to avoidDeontay Wilder'sAlabama hammer
Meanwhile, our boxing correspondent Gareth A Davies sets the scene here.
The truth is that the margins are on a knife-edge. The styles of the two men are utterly converse, and the result wholly unpredictable. Yet we know this: Fury is leagues above Wilder as a pure boxer, with skills defying his 6ft 9ins, 19st physique. In the other corner, Wilder has power in his hands which is far above that which can be mustered by Fury. The American has an equalising punch in both fists.
Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder come together in clash of styles which will crown heavyweight king
The fight is being shown on BT Sport Box Office in the UK, if you fancy that, or you can obviously follow the action with us here on this blog for the attractive price of zero pounds and zero pence.
That's Paul and Gareth, what do some other experts thinks is going to happen?
Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury 2 predictions:Who the experts think will win
One man who will surely be paying more than the average amount of interest in the evening's action is Anthony Joshua. Here's what the other heavyweight champion thinks:
I think Fury wins. I said it. I think the man that nearly done it the first time wont get it wrong the second time.
I think that he came close the first time to the point of a draw, it wasnt like a 12-round masterclass then got battered in the 12th and that just separated it.
It was a draw, it was that close. So I just think Tyson Fury is going to correct his wrongs and come back and win.
Read the original here:
Wilder vs Fury 2 result: Tyson Fury wins in seventh round as Deontay Wilder corner throws in towel - The Telegraph
