2012 Olympic champion, Russian professional boxer Yegor Mekhontsev, commenting on the result of the fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, noted the spectacle of the fight. He announced this on October 10.
According to the Russian, it was a pity to look at Wilder, while his opponent confidently followed the victory.
“The American public is especially fond of such spectacles, when one falls, the second falls. Probably, our action fans also watched this fight with pleasure, ”the boxer said in an interview with REN TV.
Fury showed himself real, Mekhontsev added. “He’s an extraordinary guy, he behaves like that in the ring. What he is in life – the same in the ring, real. Today, in principle, he has proved that he is real, ”he said.
As the boxer added, Wilder’s idea of gaining eight kg before the fight became dubious, since the weight had to be “dragged around the ring”. “At times he was simply exhausted, exhausted,” the Russian concluded.
On the eve of the British heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury knocked out American Deontay Wilder in the third face-to-face fight and defended his previously won world title according to the World Boxing Council (WBC).
The Briton is in the professional ring and won the 31st career victory (22nd – by knockout). He had no defeats. The American suffered a second loss of his career, again by knockout and again by Fury.
The battle of the heavyweights was shown live on REN TV.
Before the fight, Wilder ridiculed the appearance of Fury’s gloves and recalled how his opponent had weighed them down in the last fight. But Nevada State Athletic Commission officials cut one glove from each set of boxers to check the padding and to confirm that Fury’s gloves were approved for use and not fraught with anything illegal.
Wilder scolded Fury’s gloves in February 2020, as if the opponent deliberately made them heavier so that the blow was stronger. To which the champion said that in his gloves there were only a pair of weighty fists. At a press conference before the fight, Fury promised Wilder a third defeat and spoke of the American’s obsession.