Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder sign heavyweight title trilogy contracts for July 24

When Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua halt their plans to name a heavyweight boxing champion that cannot be debated this summer, the arbitration ruling ends with Fury champion Deontay Wilder immediately heading to the trilogy fight.

Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs), current WBC and linear champion, he announced on Saturday that he had signed the contract To deal with Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs). Wilder signed his contract earlier this week, according to a report Kevin Iole of Yahoo. The fight will take place on July 24, with Bob Arum of Top Rank confirming that it will be created from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Wilder, who has yet to speak in public, saw his team successfully pay tribute to Fury for the merits of the two-fight deal signed in 2019, Arum argued last year, but the 2020 loser window (Wilder) kick-off expired in the third fight’s optional clause.

Fury returned from a three-year layoff at the first meeting held in December 2018 to pull twice against Wilder amid struggles with depression and substance abuse as a controversially fragmented draw. The rematch they made in February 2020 was dominated by Fury on his way to the seventh round of TKO as Wilder’s former coach Mark Breland threw in the towel and was later released.

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The terms of the 2019 contract will be accepted because of the trilogy, which means Fury will get a bigger cut from the 60/40 split bag.

Following the referee’s ruling, Wilderri Fury and Joshua said they would set aside money to fight in Saudi Arabia while accepting a $ 150 million fee, while Wilder’s new coach, former opponent Malik Scott, posted on Instagram that his fighter had no interest last week. that he wanted “blood” while he sought “reward”.

Anger, in an interview with Athletic on Thursday, said the money set aside was never an option and that “whoever pays me in the ass pays”.

If Fury defeated Wilder a second time, the fight against Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs) could still be this year. Joshua, however, has his own problems at first, as the WBO has ordered him to defend his title against the obligatory opponent and the undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usy.