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Tyson Fury looked up from the canvas.
He’d spent the first 11 rounds of Saturday’s WBC heavyweight title fight mostly boxing the ears off Deontay Wilder, frustrating the undefeated American champion with a stubbornly effective jab and deft movement, even surviving a ninth-round knockdown to roar back in the championship rounds. Yet in one moment of shocking violence, a slashing Wilder left hook early in the 12th, all of it came undone.
Written by Bryan Armen Graham at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/02/tyson-fury-wbc-heavyweight-boxing-deontay-wilder-split-draw under the title “Deontay Wilder retains WBC heavyweight title over Tyson Fury after split draw”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
