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LAS VEGAS — Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder each tipped the scales at the heaviest of their professions on Friday, a single working day ahead of they will fulfill in a heavyweight championship trilogy combat (9 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV).
Fury weighed 277 kilos, 4 much more kilos than he weighed in his February 2020 rematch with Wilder. The challenger weighed 238 lbs . following coming in at a then-career-higher of 231 pounds in his seventh-spherical TKO reduction to Fury.
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ESPN App, Saturday, Oct. 9, 4:30 p.m. ET: Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder 3 early undercard fights
ESPN2, ESPN+, Saturday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m. ET: Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder 3 prelim fights
ESPN+ PPV, Saturday, Oct. 9, 9 p.m. ET: Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder 3 primary card
Wilder, who was shirtless, evidently packed on a great deal of muscle mass yet was chiseled. All through teaching camp he posted several movies on social media of him bench-urgent, wildly celebrating as he broke his private bests.
“I’m bench pressing a minor about 350 [pounds] so … it will not be none of that hurrying me and putting his pounds on me and diverse matters like that,” reported Wilder. “… I required to seem pretty and sense alluring.”
Fury sported a T-shirt, mask and black hat as an homage to WWE celebrity “The Undertaker.” Fury, like the wrestler’s character, seemingly rose from dead when he obtained up off the canvas in the 12th round of his 1st assembly with Wilder to salvage a break up draw.
The well-liked wrestler bought in on the marketing exciting by posting a video clip to social media Friday urging Fury to handle his small business versus Wilder
The Undertaker despatched help to Tyson Fury in advance of #FuryWilder3 ? pic.twitter.com/2tSYDcJPxC
— ESPN Ringside (@ESPNRingside) Oct 8, 2021
All through that controversial 2018 bout, Fury seemed to get most of the rounds moreover the types in which Wilder scored knockdowns (the ninth and 12th). In that combat, Wilder weighed 212.5 pounds although Fury weighed 256.5 kilos and boxed off the back foot.
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In the rematch, Fury dramatically modified his technique and elected to use nonstop tension. He rolled forward and bullied Wilder (who is two inches shorter at 6-foot-7). Neither boxer has competed since February 2020.
“He was complaining very last time he experienced a cracked cranium and wounded arm. I can’t hold out for Saturday night I am likely to seriously severely damage him,” said Fury. “He’ll be unrecognizable following the combat. His tiny quite spouse down there [Fury pointed to her] is not going to recognize him really don’t get worried about that. I will ship him house butchered.”
Extra weights for bouts on the PPV undercard:
Efe Ajagba – 237 pounds Frank Sanchez – 240 lbs .
Robert Helenius – 246 lbs . Adam Kownacki – 258 pounds
Jared Anderson – 240 pounds Vladimir Tereshkin – 256 lbs .
ESPN 2 (4 p.m. ET):
Edgar Berlanga – 168 lbs . Marcelo Coceres – 166.5 kilos
Julian Williams – 156.5 lbs . Vladimir Hernandez -153.5 lbs .
