Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury 2: Boxing365's guide to the rematch

Billed as 'Unfinished Business', the showdown could potentially remain as unfinished business with a third fight in the works for later this year. The heavyweight clash, which is for the WBC, Ring Magazine and lineal titles, is a co-promotion between PBC's Al Haymon and Top Rank's Bob Arum in association with Queensberry Promotions' Frank Warren.
ESPN and FOX have the broadcasting PPV rights in America and are charging fans $79.99 (£65) for the February 22 bout - a drop in price from the first at $84.99. For non-HD, it's $69.99. With the first contest drawing in the biggest numbers for a heavyweight battle with Lennox Lewis took on Mike Tyson at the turn of the millenium, there are high hopes for this Saturday. In the UK and Ireland, BT Sports matched the offer of Sky Sports and will broadcast the event at £25.
While there has been a drop in Price for Americans, it has increased from the £19.95 charged for their first encounter in December 2018 on the UK shores. Rumour has it BT matched a Sky offer of over £10m to win the rights for the fight so perhaps that has something to do with it. Over 23 countries will screen the fight live around the globe with DAZN holding the rights in Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Austria.
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What's happened since their draw in LA:

An imminent rematch was expected between the pair after a highly-disputed split-draw. However, that was until Fury was offered a lucrative five-fight deal with Arum's Top Rank. Fury's comeback fight saw him make his Vegas debut against Tom Schwartz. Walking out to 'Living in America', Fury re-enacted Apollo Creed's entrance in Rocky IV en route to knocking the German out in the second round.
The 'Gypsy King' then agreed to take on another unknown opponent in Otto Wallin. This fight was expected to be another drubbing at the T-Mobile Arena on Mexican Independence weekend. It was all but that after Fury suffered a horrific cut in the third round above the right eyelid. After finding out it was from a punch rather than a clash of heads, Fury rallied back in the second-half of the fight to win via unanimous decision.
The severity of the cut saw the Briton require surgery and over 50 stitches. Since recovering from the cut sustained, Fury has switched things up in his team with the hiring of SugarHill Steward as trainer - the nephew of the great Manny Steward - replacing good friend Ben Davison as his trainer.
Meanwhile, things have been less dramatic in the Wilder camp. The 'Bronze Bomber' delivered a stunning first round KO of mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale in front of fans of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, in May. The WBC king later announced he would fight Luis Ortiz in a rematch at the MGM Grand on November 23.
Despite losing the first six rounds, Wilder would end proceedings in round seven with yet another crushing KO - it would later be win PBC's KO of the year award for 2019. As it stands, Wilder holds the record for the highest knockout ratio of 95% and in defeating 'King Kong', the 34-year-old made a 10th successful defence of his famous green-and-gold belt and got his 41st KO in 43 bouts. His win left him with just 12 weeks to prepare for his rematch against Fury.

Predictions

Both men have promised to win the rematch via knockout. They kicked off their promotional tour in LA with Fury promising to win in round two while Wilder vowed to 'rip' Fury's head off.
"I will do exactly what I said I would do. I'm gonna knock him out," Wilder stated.
"Like I told him, I'm the lion, I'm the king of the jungle and come February 22 we're gonna rip his head off his body, remember I said that.

"I'm gonna knock you out the ropes so you can really feel a WWE moment iin real life."
Fury later hit back: "I wanna meet him head on, 'mano a mano' in the centre of the ring.

"Just watch out for the right hands because you're going to sleep in two rounds."
It all promises to be another memorable night for boxing. For UK fans, expect the fight to begin at 4.30am while Americans will have the nicer times of 11.30pm ET/8.30pm PT. On the undercard, former world champion Charles Martin looks to get back into title contention against Gerald Washington. The fights confirmed thus far are as follows:
- Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury (WBC heavyweight world title)

- Charles Martin vs Gerald Washington (IBF heavyweight title eliminator)
- Emanuel Navarrete vs Jeo Santisima (WBO world super-bantamweight title)
- Sebastian Fundora vs Daniel Lewis (super-welterweight)
Here's some selected bets ahead of fight night via Bet365 for Wilder vs. Fury 2: