The hype is nearly over. Let the fight begin.
The rematch between heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury will take place Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
At stake is Wilder’s WBC trinket and a real claim for the winner to be regarded as the top fighter in the division. Anthony Joshua, long the lodestar of the division, will be the odd man out. At least for one night.
With Super Bowl-level promotion backing the event, a joint pay-per-view exercise between rivals Top Rank/ESPN and Premier Boxing Champions/Fox will test whether there is any legitimacy to boxing’s current financial upswing.
And the fight itself? It’s an intriguing head scratcher. Fury on points? Or Wilder by violent KO? A draw, the outcome in the first bout, is highly unlikely. That’s the only safe bet going into this rematch.
