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    Fury-Wilder 3 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas 09th October 2021  WBC Heavyweight Title   Official Weight: 277 pounds/125.66 Kg (Fury) 238 pounds/107.95 Kg (Wilder)   Round One: After an intense staredown between both gladiators it was Wilder who took the centre of the ring, jabbing at Fury’s body and looking to land the right to the midsection in an attempt to leave the head unprotected. The champion seemed cool under the pressure and didn’t throw a punch with intent until the 90 second mark.   The challenger continued to jab and fire rights to the body. Just before the bell Fury landed the best right to the chin of the fight so far, but it wasn’t enough to take the round as Wilder returned to his stool raising his arms in victory.   Round Two: Wilder began the round jabbing, this time on the backfoot as Fury came forward, looking to capitalise on the right hand he landed in the closing seconds of the opening round and using his p...

  Fury-Wilder 2 MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas 22nd February 2020  WBC Heavyweight Title   Official Weight: 273 pounds/123.83 Kg (Fury) 231 pounds/104.78 Kg (Wilder)   Round One: Tyson Fury, as promised in the pre-fight build up, rushed out at the bell to claim the centre of the ring and take the fight to the hard hitting champion. This time around the challenger looked to land a solid jab and follow it up with a hard right, where last time out he worked behind a flicking jab. It was Wilder who connected with the first solid right of the contest, but Fury shook it off and proceeded with the game plan. The challenger connected with a big right of his own and made WIlder retreat and cover up. The Gypsy King hardly put a foot wrong in the opening three minutes and had the champion on the backfoot with his solid left lead.   Round Two: The jab was again a dominating factor, snapping back Wilder’s head until he found one of his big righ...

Fury-Wilder 1 Staples Center, Los Angeles  01st December 2018 WBC Heavyweight Title   Official Weight: 256 pounds/116.12 Kg (Fury) 213 pounds/96.62 Kg (Wilder)   Round One: Both fighters came out tentative, with Wilder throwing a few jabs to the body before looking to explode with his lethal right hand as Fury tied him up to come off the ropes. The champion stalked his man as Fury stepped in with a jab and acknowledged his own work with a nod of the head and momentarily dropped his hands behind his back, showing contempt for the champion’s fearsome power.   Fury backed to the corner and tied up the champion as he looked to unleash his knockout blow. The challenger threw a three jab combination and lowered his hands behind his back again as Wilder continued to stalk forward. The bigger man used his elusiveness to stay out of harm’s way as he worked behind his jab, before swapping blows with Wilder in the dying seconds of the opener. At the bell Fury raised his arms...

Felix Trinidad Felix Juan Trinidad was born in Cupey Alto, not far from his residence in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 10th January 1973. He made his professional debut aged seventeen, knocking out Angel Romero in the second round in March 1990. Trinidad only weighed 138 pounds (62.60 Kg), hovering between light-welterweight and welterweight in the early stages of his career. He was first taken the distance in his sixth contest when countryman Valentin Ocasio dropped a six-round unanimous decision in October 1990. Trinidad stopped his next five, taking his career record to 10-0 before going the ten-round distance against America's Darren McGrew in July 1991. Though he was now campaigning as a welterweight, he barely weighed over 142 pounds (64.41 Kg). With a first-round blast out in his next fight he finished 1991 with a ten-round unanimous decision against future IBF light-welterweight champion Jake ‘The Snake’ Rodriguez, inflicting only the second defeat in a nineteen-fight career. Tr...