Fury vs Wilder II live: Fight updates and reaction from Las Vegas

Summary

Britain's Fury wins WBC world heavyweight title after stopping Wilder in seventh round
Fury dominates, knocking down Wilder in third and fifth
Fury bullies Wilder with sensational performance
Anthony Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn tweets that Fury v Joshua 'has to happen this year'
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Michael Emons

One for the family albumpublished at 06:19 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Tyson Fury beats Deontay Wilder with a seventh-round TKO
Is that a halo?!
Tyson serenaded wife Paris during his American Pie singalong after the fight.
What a great picture.
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'The best heavyweight'published at 06:15 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Tyson Fury beats Deontay Wilder with a seventh-round TKO
WBA and IBF world super-lightweight champion Josh Taylor has tweeted his thoughts...
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'A masterful, controlled display'published at 06:12 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Tyson Fury beats Deontay Wilder with a seventh-round TKO
Mike Costello
BBC Sport boxing correspondent in Las Vegas
Tyson Fury did what he said he would do and what so many doubted he would do.
He dominated on the front foot, showed why he decided to put on so much weight and why he decided to change trainers.
It was a masterful, controlled display, swiftly dispelling fears about his ability to operate at his best at 19st 7lbs.
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Get Involvedpublished at 06:10 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
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Simon: Would love an all British Heavyweight unification fight - Fury vs Joshua September 2020?
Lee: He's a hero, get that statue built at Morecambe!
Adam: Wilder was out-classed, out-boxed, out-thought, out-punched, out-muscled and OUTTA THERE!
The defining momentpublished at 06:10 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Tyson Fury beats Deontay Wilder with a seventh-round TKO
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Will this be the last moment we see Deontay Wilder fighting? He had been world champion since January 2015. Will he try again to get his belt back?
Or will the towel that came in during the seventh be the end of a glorious career for the American?
The moment Fury became a two-time championpublished at 06:06 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Tyson Fury beats Deontay Wilder with a seventh-round TKO
The winning moment.
He told everyone he was going to do it. And he did it.
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Missed!published at 06:04 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Tyson Fury beats Deontay Wilder with a seventh-round TKO
Wilder barely landed a shot all night...
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Joshua-Fury has to happen this year, says Hearnpublished at 05:59 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Eddie Hearn has just tweeted again. Fury v Joshua in the summer / autumn? Maybe. Hopefully.
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'The king has returned to the top of the throne'published at 05:54 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Tyson Fury beats Deontay Wilder with a seventh-round TKO
And here are some quotes from Tyson Fury: "I want to shout out Deontay Wilder, he showed the heart of a champion. He got up and battled onto round seven. He is a warrior, he will be back and be champion again.
"But the king has returned to the top of the throne."
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Singalong timepublished at 05:53 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Tyson Fury has the microphone in his hand and is leading a massive singalong. He's just destroyed the heavyweight champion and now has more than 15,000 people singing along to 'American Pie'.
The best karaoke booth in the world.
What an entertainer. What a night.
'I wish my corner would have let me go out on my shield'published at 05:51 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Tyson Fury beats Deontay Wilder with a seventh-round TKO
Beaten Deontay Wilder: "The best man won on the night. My coach threw in the towel but I'm ready to go out on my shield.
"I had a lot of things go on coming into this fight but it is what it is.
"I just wish my corner would have let me go out on my shield, I'm a warrior. But he [Fury] did what he did and there's no excuses."
Postpublished at 05:48 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Deontay Wilder is not happy with his corner pulling him out of the fight. Full quotes incoming.
'Good decision'published at 05:48 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Tyson Fury beats Deontay Wilder with a seventh-round TKO
Tyson Fury's former trainer Ben Davison says...
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A golden night for Furypublished at 05:46 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Tyson Fury is bouncing around and now has the WBC world heavyweight belt over one shoulder and the Ring magazine belt over the other.
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There is a clause in the contract for Fury to fight Wilder again, but will the American want that? He was absolutely dominated from all apart from the opening 30 seconds of that fight.
That was the sort of beating that Wilder took that could well leave him questioning his future in the sport.
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'Wow'published at 05:43 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Eddie Hearn, who promotes Anthony Joshua - the holder of the other heavyweight belts - has tweeted this...
Who fancies Fury v Joshua - to become the undisputed heavyweight champion?
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Fury winspublished at 05:39 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Breaking
The towel has come in!
In the seventh round, Deontay Wilder is forced back into a corner, again takes some really heavy punishment and his corner throws in the towel.
It's all over!
TYSON FURY IS THE WBC WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.
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'Witnessing greatness'published at 05:38 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2020
Round 6
Former world heavyweight champion David Haye says Tyson Fury "cannot do no wrong".
"He is boxing out of his skin and I did not know he could do this," Haye told BT Sport Box Office.
"I'm witnessing greatness."
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Round 6
A superb swinging left hook rocks Wilder again in the last five seconds of the sixth.
This has been an absolute masterclass from Fury. Punch perfect.
This is from a man who just over two years ago weighed 28 stone, fighting all sorts of demons, maybe never to fight again.
Unless there is an incredible turn-around, Fury is going to be a two-time world champion in the next 30 minutes, probably sooner.