Yahoo News Tyson Fury defeats Deontay Wilder: Gypsy King dominates Bronze Bomber to become WBC heavyweight champion
Tyson Fury has beaten Deontay Wilder to become the new WBC heavyweight champion.
Fury produced a stunning performance in Las Vegas, dropping Wilder twice before the American's team threw in the towel in the seventh round.
He hands Wilder the first loss of his professional career and ends his five-year reign as champion, sealing his own return to the summit of boxing.
Fury bullied the man widely regarded as one of the biggest punchers the division has ever seen, nullifying the threat that had seen Wilder rack up 41 knockout wins from 43 fights.
Wilder hit the canvas for just the second time in his career in the third round with Fury coming within seconds of sealing the contest early with a jab and a swift right hand.
The mauling grew with Wilder unable to clear his head as Fury continued the brutal assault with damaging body shots. In the fifth, he was down again after a left to the body before he was rocked in the opening seconds of the seventh with a vicious left hook to the chin.
The end was near, and as Fury backed his man into the corner landing unanswered hooks, the towel came in.
Fury previously ruled the heavyweight division after beating Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 before his world fell apart. The Manchester fighter fell into a spiral of depression and drug addiction, contemplating suicide less than a year after becoming world champion.
Fury emerged from a torturous spell in his life in 2018, slimming back down after ballooning to 27 stone during his time away from the ring.
After sharing a split decision draw with Wilder in their first bout in December 2018, Fury’s bid for redemption came full circle in Las Vegas on Sunday, delivering on everything he promised as he outboxed and overpowered the now-former champion.
Last October, Fury revealed he planned to retire from boxing after three more fights. With one of those ticked off, a unification bout with IBF, WBO and WBA (Super) champion Anthony Joshua surely looms on the horizon.
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