Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder: The key fights

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Tyson Fury challenges WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder at Los Angeles’ Staples Center in a fight that is dividing opinion.

Fury fights his most explosive opponent just 14 rounds into the comeback that follows an absence of over two-and-a-half years, and he also represents Wilder’s most difficult challenger.

Here, Press Association Sport revisits three of the fights that established each of the undefeated fighters among the world’s leading heavyweights.

Fury versus Wladimir Klitschko, Dusseldorf, November 2015

Tyson Fury inflicted Wladimir Klitschko's first defeat for 11 years
Tyson Fury unexpectedly defeated Wladimir Klitschko (Simon Cooper/PA)

Fury versus Steve Cunningham, New York, April 2013

Tyson Fury has already experienced victory in America
Tyson Fury has already experienced victory in America (Steven Paston/PA)

Fury versus John McDermott, Brentwood, September 2011

Tyson Fury was fortunate not to lose to John McDermott
Tyson Fury was fortunate not to lose to John McDermott (Sean Dempsey/PA)

Wilder versus Luis Ortiz, New York, March 2018

Deontay Wilder stopped Luis Ortiz in his past fight
Deontay Wilder stopped Luis Ortiz in his last fight (Steven Paston/PA)

Wilder versus Bermane Stiverne, Las Vegas, January 2015

Deontay Wilder is the WBC heavyweight champion
Deontay Wilder is the WBC heavyweight champion (Niall Carson/PA)

Wilder versus Artur Szpilka, New York, January 2016

Perhaps the fight that demonstrates the two ways in which Saturday’s is likeliest to go. Wilder struggled with the head movement and southpaw stance of Poland’s little-known Szpilka until finding a devastating knockout in the ninth round, and in front of Fury, who that night was ringside.

Both fighters are capable of using their experiences that night; Fury by observing where Szpilka succeeded, and Wilder through how he overcame his approach. Fury joining Wilder in the ring afterwards also did much to lay the foundations for Saturday’s fight.

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