Deontay Wilder is calling for a rematch minutes after the judges scored the fight a split draw.
“I think it was a great fight, We need to do it again. We need to do it again in America, it doesn’t matter to me.” Wilder stated in his post-fight comments.
The grueling fight was ruled a split draw officially by the three judges, judge, Alejandro Rochin of Mexico scores it 115-111 to Wilder. Robert Tapper of Canada has it 114-110. Phil Edwards of the United Kingdom scores it 113-113.
Fury had a big let off in the final round when he got knockdown but did enough to frustrate and intimidate Wilder again and again with his deft head and upper-body movement and coolly picking his shots in response.
Fury visited the canvas for the first time in round nine when Wilder landed a right hand but swiftly got back on his feet.
But for the two knockdowns in the ninth and twelfth rounds Wilder had no answer to Fury’s consistent jabs plus combo and his occasional showboating.
Indeed, the scorecards were looking scarier by the minutes in favour of the Brit who set up a barricade with his range and movement making it very difficult for the WBC champion to penetrate.
The champion needed something special to crawl back into the fight, and he did so in the ninth and final rounds with a knockdown.
more to follow on this developing story…………