Tyson Fury: Wilder beats everyone apart from me

Tyson Fury, the WBC heavyweight champion, is supporting Deontay Wilder to dominate the heavyweight division.

Fury fought Wilder three times in total, with their most recent meeting occurring in 2021.

The two fighters engaged in a contentious twelve-round split draw in 2018. In order to reach the final bell, Fury survived two knockdowns.

Early in 2020, Fury defeated Wilder in a rematch by securing two knockdowns and ending the fight in the seventh round to win the WBC championship.

It was pure fireworks in the third encounter. Fury was dropped twice, but Wilder was knocked out in the eleventh round after being downed three times.

Fury thinks Wilder's lethal one-punch power was avoided because of his stature. "I think my sheer size and weight has a lot to do with him not being able to knock me out cold. He hits a guy 6ft 3ins and 225-pounds, they're nailed to the canvas. But a guy 6ft 9ins and 277-pounds - size matters," Fury said, according to The Sun.

After losing consecutive fights to Fury, Wilder has since recovered. He defeated Robert Helenius in one round last October, with one strike knocking Helenius out completely.

The WBC mandated that Wilder and former unified champion Andy Ruiz square off in a championship qualifier last year. Despite ongoing negotiations between the two parties, the competition remains unresolved.

Fury would select Wilder to defeat them, regardless of whether Ruiz or another top fighter at the weight is involved.

"My most formidable opponent was Deontay Wilder. All three times it could've been curtains for me at any second. He knocked out every single person that he ever fought, apart from me. I'd back him to beat everybody in the division apart from myself," Fury said.