Tyson Fury stops Deontay Wilder to win the WBC Heavyweight title

Tyson Fury beat Deontay Wilder to win the WBC Heavyweight title after the champion’s team the in the towel in the seventh round.

Both men came out aggressively, and the first round was a close call with Fury landing several jabs and Wilder punding a few stinging rights.

A furious start

The second round proved to be critical as Fry kept pressing forward and Wilder had a hard time dealing with the physicality of the Gypsy King.

In the third round Fury put Wilder on the canvas, something the Bronze Bomber hasn’t experienced in over ten years and in the process did some severe damage to the left ear of the champion.

From that time on Wilder looked shaky on his legs, slipping to the canvas two more times but the referee wouldn’t count as Fury hadn’t landed a clean punch.

Referee Kenny Bayless began losing patience with both men in round four after his instructions went unheeded several times. Fury and Wilder were warned under pain of a points deduction to obey the ref.

Fury smelled blood, quite literally, and kept coming at Wilder and in round five he put the Alabama native on the canvas again with another rapid combination.

Even as Fury dominated, there was a sense that Wilder was still just once punch away from winning the fight. The only problem was that Wilder’s ear was still bleeding with replays showing he took a Fury right-hook straight on the ear. That left him staggered and unable to throw punches with his usual power.

Fury’s impatience to end the fight saw him get hit with a few more rights in the sixth round, but the Gypsy King was still well on top.

As the sixth round drew to a close Fury was hit with a one-point deduction for throwing a punch in the lockup after the referee had ordered a clean break.

That opening would not help Wilder a great deal as Fury started the seventh round aggressively.

With Wilder hemmed into the corner and taking multiple shots from the Gypsy King, his corner decided that discretion was the better part of valour and threw in the towel to avoid further injury to their fighter.

Bragging rights go to Fury

The lineal heavyweight champion of the world once again has a strap around his waist after the seventh round stoppage. Fury remains undefeated handing Wilder his first loss in 42 professional fights.