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Watch the full fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury.
Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury originally fought on December 1, 2018, and it became a bit of an instant classic. It had both drama and controversy, with Fury winning most of the contest, then being dropped twice and miraculously getting back up to finish the fight. Most thought he should’ve won on the scorecards, but it eventually ended up as a draw.
Ahead of their much awaited rematch, you can watch the full video of the heavyweight clash on the embed above.
The Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury 2 pay-per-view stream is available on ESPN+, with the main card starting at 9 p.m. ET, and the main event expected to begin around 11:30 p.m. ET.
For a preview of the heavyweight clash, a snippet from our breakdown is below:
The general dynamic of the fight is unlikely to change much, Wilder is gonna be losing rounds and have to wait for his moment. A big adjustment he could make is to go to the body early and often because headhunting is unlikely to yield results early in the fight and he needs to cut off Fury’s legs as soon as possible to make the second half of the fight more competitive than it was in the first fight and maximize his opportunities to hurt Fury. Whether he’ll do so despite not having shown a proclivity for it in over 40 fights is doubtful but even if he doesn’t, he’ll still likely get to land a couple of bombs at some point and when you can punch like he does, that still gives you pretty good odds.
For Fury there is not much reason to change what should have worked the first time apart from maybe being quicker to tie up on the inside once his legs start to fade because he was caught twice trying to duck once Wilder managed to break the distance.
The fight is unlikely to turn into a brawl but the style match up should make for another tense and intriguing fight. I’ll go with Fury to replicate the first fight and, hopefully for him, getting the decision this time.