Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury 2018: PPV Details, Undercard For Heavyweight Title Fight
It will be a battle of towering undefeated heavyweights on Saturday, when Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) of Alabama faces Tyson Fury (27-0, 19 KOs) of Manchester, England, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Wilder, the WBC heavyweight champion, will be facing Fury, a boxer who had captured the WBA (super) IBF, WBO, IBO, The Ring and the lineal heavyweight title in 2015 when he defeated boxing legend Wladimir Klitschko.
Wilder stands at 6-foot-7, while Fury stands at nearly 6-foot-9. Wilder has an 83-inch reach and Fury has an 85-inch reach.
Showtime pay-per-view will carry the fight in the U.S., while BT Sport Box Office will have the fight in the U.K.
The pay-per-view price for the fight is $74.99 and can be purchased on Showtime.com. Coverage begins at 9:00 p.m. ET. on Dec. 1.
There are six fights on the undercard, which includes light middleweight titleholder Jarrett Hurd (22-0, 15 KO) defending his belt against Jason Welborn (24-6, 7 KO).
Veteran heavyweight Luis Ortiz (29-1, 25 KO) faces Travis Kauffman (32-2, 23 KO), while silver medalist Joe Joyce (6-0, 6 KO) faces Joe Hanks (23-2, 15 KO) in another heavyweight bout.
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