On February 22, 2020, Deontay Wilder (42-0-1, 41 KOs), the heavyweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Tyson Fury (29-0-1, 20 KOs). The vacant The Ring heavyweight title is also on the line.
Deontay Wilder is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 95% KO rate; his last fight was a 7th round KO victory over Luis Ortiz, 2 months and 30 days ago. Tyson Fury is on a 2-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Otto Wallin, 5 months and 8 days ago.
The winning odds are at 68.3-31.7 in favor of Tyson Fury, but it is going to be a hard-earned victory. Deontay Wilder is going to put on an exceptional fight, Fury better be prepared for one of the toughest fights of his life.
In the rematch, Tyson Fury stopped the champion via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBC and The Ring heavyweight champion. Fury improves his record to 30-0-1 (21 KOs), while Wilder adds a loss to his record at 42-1-1.