Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder 3 results, takeaways: Heavyweights deliver in an epic way as ‘Gypsy King’ reigns

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder delivered a present to boxing fans on Saturday night, battling in a wild back-and-forth brawl for Fury’s WBC and lineal heavyweight championship. While Fury managed to survive two knockdowns to score a knockout in Round 11 and retain his titles, Wilder did more than enough to prove he is among the world’s elite at heavyweight.

Both men tasted the canvas and rose to fight on and neither man was truly out of the contest until a crushing right hand by Fury sent Wilder crashing to the canvas in the 11th round. The win allowed Fury to claim ultimate superiority in a bitter rivalry that spanned three fights.

Elsewhere on the card, Frank Sanchez may have solidified his case as the top rising heavyweight prospect with a definitive decision win over Efe Ajagba. Sanchez controlled the entirety of the fight, but it didn’t come without a bit of controversy as Sanchez dropped Ajgaba late, but followed up with an uppercut while Ajgaba had a knee on the ground. Plus, Robert Helenius once again spoiled any hopes for Adam Kownacki to get a title shot with a sixth-round TKO of the Polish heavyweight. The rugged veteran controlled the action and batter Kownacki’s eyes badly to pick up a second straight stoppage victory. And top American prospect Jared Anderson continued his dominant run with a second-round TKO of veteran Vladimir Tereshkin.

In the wake of this great fight, let’s take a look at the biggest takeaways from a fantastic night.

A true all-time great heavyweight championship fight

Before getting into what this fight means for either man, it needs to truly be said how great of a fight this was. Modern heavyweight boxing doesn’t often deliver truly great fights. It may deliver great moments, such as Andy Ruiz’s shocking knockout of Anthony Joshua in June 2019, but far less often do we see great fights the likes of which happened so regularly at the championship…