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Could Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder’s trilogy fight be staged in Macau?
- Fight promoters turn to Asia as a viable location with preferred option, Las Vegas, unable to stage the fight due to coronavirus
- Macau last hosted a high-profile fight promotion in 2014
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Macau could be set to host its most high-profile sporting event in decades with a report in the UK suggesting the hugely anticipated trilogy boxing match between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder could be held in Asia with Europe and America still recovering from the devastation of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Fury’s promoter Frank Warren said at the weekend that negotiations were ongoing for the third outing between the pair, and that interest had been expressed from a “Far East territory”, according to a report in the Daily Star.
Fury inflicted a first defeat on American Wilder and took his WBC heavyweight championship at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena in February this year. Wilder immediately invoked a rematch clause in the fight contract to begin negotiations for a rematch between the two.
The pair fought out a draw in a sensational first tilt back in December 2018 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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The trilogy fight was slated for Las Vegas this summer, but social distancing rules in the US meant that fight was cancelled, with promoters refusing to entertain suggestions of a behind-closed-doors match, which MMA body UFC successfully staged this month.
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