Boxing: Third Fight Against Tyson Fury Imminent Says Deontay Wilder’s Camp

Deontay Wilder’s team expects the former WBC Heavyweight champion to exercise his contractual right to demand a third fight against Tyson Fury sooner than later.

Jay Deas, Wilder’s head trainer, said it’s obvious that his fighter wants another shot at the Gypsy King, especially with the second fight ending not according to his terms.

The Bronze Bomber got beaten black and blue in his rematch against the British boxer, prompting his corner to throw in the towel late in the seventh round as he suffered his first career loss in 44 bouts.

“My guess is knowing him like I do that he will absolutely want to rematch,” Deas said during the post-fight conference on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. At that time, Wilder was on his way to the hospital to have himself checked.

Deas added that a trilogy must be a no-brainer, confident that it is also what boxing fans would want to see. “And, I mean, these guys have put on two tremendous fights already. So, I certainly think that the public will want it. And I think we’ll want it. And I think [Fury’s team will] want it. And so, it seems a natural. So, I think that’s what you’ll see happen,” he continued.

Both camps have agreed to a third-fight option based on the contracts they signed last year which also stated that there should not be “any bouts for either boxer between their second and third encounters,” as reported by Keith Idec of Boxing Scene. Wilder is now given 30 days to decide whether or not he will exercise his contractual right.

For most boxing analysts, the contract stipulation of an immediate third fight is Wilder’s best chance to get Fury back in the ring for revenge. They see that if he declines to exercise his right within the given period, it will be tougher for him to lure the new WBC Heavyweight Champion some other time in the future, especially with the way he was pummelled by the latter right from the get-go of the second fight.

“If the 34-year-old Wilder were to pass on that contractual right to their immediate third fight, there’s no guarantee that the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, native would land a third shot at Fury,” Idec wrote. “A domestic showdown between the undefeated Fury, the WBC champion, and Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs), the IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO champ, would be such an enormous event in England, thus declining an immediate rematch would strip Wilder of his leverage and cost the former champion an eight-figure payday.”