Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder: Rematch will not take place until 2020, says Bob Arum

Fury is currently lining up a Las Vegas fight against the undefeated German Tom Schwarz

Luke Brown
Saturday 23 March 2019 15:44 GMT
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Tyson Fury’s eagerly anticipated rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will not take place until 2020, the Gypsy King’s US promoter Bob Arum has told World Boxing News.

Fury’s remarkable return to the ring saw him survive two dramatic knockdowns in a thrilling draw with Wilder in Los Angeles, with the fight immediately considered an all-time classic.

Many felt that Fury had done enough to win the fight and talk of a rematch has been incessant, but Arum has said that it is unlikely to happen for another year.

Fury is instead lining up a Las Vegas fight against the undefeated German, Tom Schwarz.

“Assuming he (Fury) wins this fight, he'll have another appearance in the United States,” Arum said.

“Then hopefully next year in February he'll end up fighting Wilder. Their idea is to have Wilder fight twice on their platform and then to get together a do a PPV fight. ESPN is just a distributor.

“It may well be that Wilder also has a network involved. They may want to share the distribution in some way with ESPN and that is something we've done before.”

In February Fury signed a deal lasting five fights with the United States network ESPN worth a reported £80m. And earlier this week ESPN Deportes that Schwarz will be the opponent on June 15, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

Schwarz, 24, is 24-0 with 16 KOs but has never fought anybody of Fury’s calibre before and has only twice boxed outside his native Germany.

He previously stopped his fellow German Samir Nebo in four rounds – with Nebo then losing his next fight, to domestic favourite David Allen, in the first.

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