Deontay Wilder still wants fourth Tyson Fury fight despite two KO defeats

13 January 2023 , 12:12

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Deontay Wilder still wants fourth Tyson Fury fight despite two KO defeats

Deontay Wilder is keen to make the push for an unprecedented fourth fight against Tyson Fury despite being viciously stopped twice, according to coach Malik Scott.

The former heavyweight world champion was undefeated and had knocked out every opponent he ever faced before taking on Fury in the first of three iconic bouts in December 2018. The bout ended in a draw, with fans and experts claiming the Brit was robbed despite having been dropped twice by his rival, including a brutal knockdown in round 12.

But when they rematched in 2020, Fury changed up his training team to adopt a Kronk Gym style under SugarHill Steward, and managed to stop Wilder in a dominant seven-round demolition. They rematched for a third time the following year, with Wilder putting the Brit down twice more in a spirited eleven-round defeat that ended in an even more vicious knockout.

And while boxing has seen a number of four-fight series, known as tetralogies, throughout its history as a professional sport, generally they don't happen when the scoreline is 2-0 with one draw. However, Wilder still feels that he has the beating of Fury, particularly under the tutelage of Scott as opposed to his old trainer Mark Breland.

Fury has not shot down the notion of such a fight happening, and Scott expressed his keenness for another shot during a chat with Mirror Fighting . He said of the bout; "That's another fight that we want, so we'll see because there are a lot of big matches out there."

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Deontay Wilder wants another fight with Tyson Fury (Frank Micelotta/Fox Sports/Pictu/REX/Shutterstock)

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Another major fight being discussed for Wilder is a bout with Anthony Joshua, which is still in high demand from fans despite neither man being a champion any more. Scott added that there are "Maybe not a lot of really big matches but there are about three or four and we're looking to take on all of them."

"We want [Joshua] as Deontay's next fight but obviously from the look of things AJ has other plans and he's looking to go another direction," Scott also noted, with Andy Ruiz Jr seemingly set to be the American's next opponent. "So we need to focus on the other things that we need to focus on which is best for Deontay.

"The main focus is not, like people say, AJ. It's for Deontay to be in the biggest fights of his career, particularly in this second half of his career. If AJ wants to fight we're available every time, if he doesn't then we'll move on to, you could say not bigger fights, but better fights."

Donagh Corby