- Ramírez meets Taylor with all four major title belts at stake
- Fury says on telecast he’s signed deal for third Wilder fight
- Sims Jr shocks hot prospect Elvis Rodriguez on undercard
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Tyson Fury just crashed ESPN’s broadcast desk mid-telecast to break a bit of news. “I just signed the Deontay Wilder contract,” Fury confirmed. “Bitch, you’re getting knocked out! Knocked out!”
Sounds like Fury will be back after the co-main for a more formal sitdown and we’ll pass along the details as they come. But it’s looking like 24 July with a 60-40 purse split for the champion. It’s also been reported that Top Rank, which promotes Fury, have reserved that date for Allegiant Stadium, the $1.9bn, 72,000-seat home of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders that opened last year near the Strip.
.@Tyson_Fury really just crashed the desk.
He’s gonna join the fellas soon with some news …#RamirezTaylor | LIVE NOW on ESPN pic.twitter.com/TLR0y4a058
We’ve just witnessed a major upset on the undercard. Blue-chip junior welterweight prospect Elvis Rodriguez, widely touted as one of boxing’s rising stars, has just suffered his first professional defeat by majority decision to Kenneth Sims Jr. The judges’ scores were 78-74 (twice) and 76-76.
The heavy-handed Rodriguez, who went off as a minus-2500 favorite, was clearly outboxed over eight rounds in a fight the 27-year-old Sims badly needed to rejuvenate a once-promising career. Mission accomplished.
