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 73.1-26.9 in favor of Tyson Fury, but the win will not come easy. It is going to be a competitive fight and Deontay Wilder will put on a really good performance, Fury will be required to be at his best.
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.