Frank Warren has predicted that Tyson Fury will beat Deontay Wilder when they meet for their trilogy rematch on October 9.
WBC champion Fury had been expected to fight Anthony Joshua this summer to decide the title of the undisputed world heavyweight champion, but those plans fell through when he was ordered to fight Wilder after losing an arbitration case.
There has been concern that Fury may not make the October date against Wilder after his newborn daughter Athena needed medical care in the weeks after her birth, but Warren wrote for Boxing Scene that her health has now improved and Fury is ready to fight.
“Mercifully, after an incredibly distressing time for all the family, Tyson and Paris’ newborn Athena has been given a clean bill of health by the doctors and the heavyweight champ has now turned his mind towards a huge night in Vegas,” he explained.
“I have to say I have rarely seen Tyson look so well. He is in fantastic nick and a great frame of mind – all of which is bad news for Mr Wilder. In the heavyweights there is always a puncher’s chance, but even that will probably not be enough for Wilder because Tyson has taken his best shot before and got up all guns blazing.
“Wilder could not do likewise when Tyson put it on him and my bet is a repeat performance.”