{"id":887,"date":"2021-07-15T17:39:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/?p=887"},"modified":"2021-07-15T17:39:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:39:41","slug":"tyson-fury-deontay-wilder-iii-heavyweight-world-title-bout-rescheduled-to-oct-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/?p=887","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder III Heavyweight World Title Bout Rescheduled to Oct 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WilderFury.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WilderFury-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WilderFury-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WilderFury-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WilderFury-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WilderFury.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure id=\"yiv0493832396templateContainer\" class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>World Title Bout\u00a0Postponed Due to COVID-19 Diagnosis<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Rescheduled for Saturday, October 9 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The heavyweight trilogy showdown between WBC and lineal world champion\u00a0<strong>Tyson \u201cThe Gypsy King\u201d Fury<\/strong>\u00a0and former world champion\u00a0<strong>Deontay \u201cThe Bronze Bomber\u201d Wilder<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0scheduled for Saturday, July 24 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas \u2013 has been postponed due to Fury\u2019s positive COVID-19 diagnosis.<br>\u00a0<br>The two goliaths will now meet Saturday, Oct. 9 at T-Mobile Arena, and live on ESPN+ PPV and FOX Sports PPV, resuming one of the great rivalries in the division\u2019s storied history.<br>\u00a0<br>Tickets purchased for July 24 will be honoured for the rescheduled date.<br>\u00a0<br>Fury vs. Wilder III tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/frankwarren.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8978faed7c58de5f7e93401b1&amp;id=c6ef709240&amp;e=6f65f46677\">www.tmobilearena.com<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/frankwarren.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8978faed7c58de5f7e93401b1&amp;id=6b7932ded5&amp;e=6f65f46677\">www.axs.com<\/a>.\u00a0The event is promoted by Top Rank, BombZquad Promotions, TGB Promotions and Frank Warren\u2019s Queensberry Promotions. A Premier Boxing Champions presentation.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cI wanted nothing more than to smash the \u2018Big Dosser\u2019 on July 24, but I guess the beating will have to wait,\u201d Fury said. \u201cMake no mistake, I will be back and better than ever. We will fight Oct. 9, and I will knock him spark out!\u201d<br>\u00a0<br>Hall-Of-Fame Promoter Frank Warren added: &#8220;I&#8217;m glad that we could all agree a new date quickly for Tyson to defend his title.<br><br>&#8220;Tyson is a fighting man and I know how frustrated he is that he can&#8217;t compete this month. It&#8217;s such a shame to lose a fight of this magnitude to COVID.<br><br>&#8220;That said, the extra time he gets to prepare is just going to ensure he&#8217;s bigger and better than ever before &#8211; I&#8217;ve never been more certain that Tyson is going to deliver a spectacular performance and remain the number one Heavyweight on the planet!&#8221;<br>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Title Bout\u00a0Postponed Due to COVID-19 Diagnosis &#8211; Rescheduled for Saturday, October 9 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas The<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/?p=887\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder III Heavyweight World Title Bout Rescheduled to Oct 9th<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[205,216,204],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":889,"href":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887\/revisions\/889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}