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Tyson Fury beats Deontay Wilder: how it happened round-by-round
A blow-by-blow recap of how the Gypsy King dominated and devastated his opponent
![Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder as Wilder's corner throws in the towel](/https/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/boxing/2020/02/23/TELEMMGLPICT000225712329_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQfyf2A9a6I9YchsjMeADBa08.jpeg?imwidth=680)
Deontay Wilder was stopped by a TKO in the seventh round when his corner threw in the towel. But what happened up to that point? Here is a round-by-round breakdown of a stunning performance.
Round 1
![Tyson Fury controlled the centre of the ring from the first round](/https/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/boxing/2020/02/23/TELEMMGLPICT000225708839_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqZjHC1CawyhCYfmdoGgKrwCVNHl9S--FzbjYEKI6ecJw.jpeg?imwidth=350)
Tyson takes up the centre of the ring, he promised to be aggressive. Wilder scores with a nice right as he comes forward, and follows up with the jab shortly after. Tyson tries a right over the top but Wilder blocks it. Here comes Fury: he has caught Wilder with a decent shot there, now the double feint, and that jab has scored as well. Fury the aggressor here by and large, Wilder on the back foot at his 16 stone 7. The crowd getting into this and cheering Fury. Fury is going looking for Wilder, and he is looking for him, and that is a little unruly from Fury but very impressive overall. Fury raises his glove at the end of the round.
That round surely goes to Fury. David Haye on BT Sport Box Office: "that is the best I have ever seen Fury fight. He controlled the round and Wilder was in trouble twice. Great round for Fury." Fury 10 Wilder 9
Round 2
![Wilder lands a rare shot on Fury](/https/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/boxing/2020/02/23/TELEMMGLPICT000225708934_1_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqytxLMmtfp3sC_cEhhtHl3-Sq2vOoHVhVh4Ty00DIiZk.jpeg?imwidth=350)
That's better from Wilder. Fury just plants himself a little bit there, Wilder finds that right hand and that's not what Fury needs to see. Powerful shot, but Fury absorbs it. Wilder misses with another big right. Fury certainly aggressive - is he getting over-aggressive? A quieter round... Wilder sets him up with the jab and unloads the massive right but Fury slips that. But here is Fury! He's cracked him with a right and Wilder freezes, he is stunned, he is blinking... but now Wilder lands one of his own. Fury takes it and spins him and as the bell rings, Fury's wrestled him onto the ropes and he's raging. "Wilder was shook to his boots, the worst possible start," says David Haye. Fury 10 Wilder 9
Round 3
![Wilder makes his first acquaintance with the Vegas canvas](/https/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/boxing/2020/02/23/TELEMMGLPICT000225709342_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqyntj27Do1A_uEF6jNSG5NliLS1kdl2-31boe1QZtYnw.jpeg?imwidth=350)
Fury has landed a good right, and then another one a few seconds later. Wilder is not able to land his jab, which in turn means that he cannot tee up the big right. Wilder's bottom lip has swelled up.
Wilder is holding on now... Fury has knocked him down! Left and right! That was some shot.
The boxers wrestle each other... Wilder has got him round the legs and he trips, Fury nearly stumbles as well. Not called a second knockdown. Can Wilder hold on until the end? He can, but he is badly rattled. Fury 10 Wilder 8
Round 4
![Fury had Wilder under constant pressure in the fourth](/https/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/boxing/2020/02/23/TELEMMGLPICT000225709865_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqNKqRESvbksstVAhHMOFtR4TPD5foJ9o3wuqP2tL5Yek.jpeg?imwidth=350)
Wilder did well to get to the end of round three and he does not look much of a price to survive round four. Fury is at him, there is nowhere for Deontay Wilder to go.
Fury is bringing it to Wilder, who has blood in his left ear. Wilder in all sorts of trouble here, Fury is coming for him, he is dominating him and on the front foot. Wilder, to his considerable credit, gets out of the way of a few. Fury hits Wilder on the back of his head and Wilder is down but that is not going to be scored as a knock down, both men slipping and stumbling.
Wilder looks tired, he is forced to do everything on the back foot. He is a lot heavier than the first fight - is that inhibiting the speed with which he can throw his punches?
Wilder has held on well in that round, but he's really under huge pressure. Fury looking for the spectacular finish here and maybe he could just play a tiny bit smarter for a round or two? Wilder has just one hope now, and it's the hail mary. Fury 10 Wilder 9
Round 5
![Deontay Wilder looks devastated in the fifth as Tyons Fury drops him](/https/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/boxing/2020/02/23/TELEMMGLPICT000225709980_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqVfKYF8F8biotmZZgOU3KXzVjzHypXi6fM6HNRKf2oe8.jpeg?imwidth=350)
Fury has hurt him again right at the start of the round. Another horrible blow. Wilder looks old, he looks tired, he looks like a man who is being repeatedly punched in the face by Tyson Fury.
Deontay Wilder is down again! A body shot puts him on the canvas and he is game as anything to get up from that. He barely makes the count. He looks unsteady and sick, he looks confused.
Fury pings him again and only the ropes are keeping Deontay Wilder upright here.
Tyson fury has had a point docked.. I don't think he is going to need points here. Wilder looks ready to go.
"When you are getting hit in the kidneys by a 273 pound man, it saps you," says Haye. Fury 9 Wilder 9
Round 6
Fury has Wilder in the corner and he is battering him again. Fury in street fight mode. All credit to Wilder for still being in this, he's had a fearful hammering and he looks nearly done, but he's showing immense bravery no question about that.
Wilder in uncharted territory here. He looks shattered. But he's not done given up yet.
And Wilder might take a crumb of comfort from that, and maybe also from the fact that there is a little bit of blood on Fury's face around where that old cut was.
Wilder, though, is bleeding from the mouth and ear, he's looking badly beat up. Er, and talking of blood, looks like Fury has licked blood off his opponent here. Ew. Fury 10 Wilder 9
Round 7 - TKO
![Wilder was reeling from a horrific straight right down the middle and the ref leaped in as Fury went for the kill](/https/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/boxing/2020/02/23/TELEMMGLPICT000225710340_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQfyf2A9a6I9YchsjMeADBa08.jpeg?imwidth=350)
Fury scores early with a left. And now a good jab. Wilder is clinging on in this fight, although it feels like only a matter of time and really all Fury has to do is stay out of the way of that right hand.
But Fury wants more than that! He lands a nice left. He ducks under a big right. Defensive skills as well from Fury. he has got Wilder in the corner now.... Fury smashes him in the face with a straight right, it's right down the pipe and poor Deontay Wilder just accepts it with his face. He's trapped in the corner and... THE TOWEL IS THROWN IN! Wilder's corner throw the towel in, he's unsteady on his feet and he was trapped in that corner. Fury was about to apply even more punishment and while Wilder will no doubt protest, that is the right decision.
Fury wins by TKO after referee Kenny Bayless calls the fight at the 1:39 mark.