Slow-motion ringside footage shows Tyson Fury’s stunning KO of Deontay Wilder from brutal POV
Tyson Fury ended his trilogy of fights against Deontay Wilder with a violent knockout in 2021.
Following their two previous clashes in 2018 and 2020, Fury initially attempted to move on without a third bout.
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Many felt the Brit was unfortunate not to get the decision in the 2018 draw and his 2020 rematch victory was so dominant that very few people saw any need for a third fight.
Wilder activated his contractual clause to make it happen, but the pandemic interrupted these plans.
Therefore Fury's team argued that the time limit on the clause ran out in late 2020 and tried to move on to an Anthony Joshua fight instead.
The deal was all-but done for Fury and AJ to meet in an undisputed showdown in August 2021 in Saudi Arabia, only for the American to scupper all these plans.
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Wilder won his legal arbitration case to force Fury to fight him next, with the arbitrator deciding the pandemic fell under force majeure and so dismissed the Gypsy King's argument that the time limit had expired.
As a result, the Fury vs Wilder trilogy fight was signed and scheduled for October 2021, much to the disappointment of a large number of fans.
Heading into the third bout, it was near-impossible to find anybody predicting anything but another dominant early stoppage win for the champion.
However, the challenger had other ideas.
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When Fury knocked Wilder down in round three, people felt they were about to witness the straightforward victory they'd expected.
In a major shock though, the American turned the tables with a huge right hand and had the Brit down twice and scrambling around in the fourth.
All of a sudden, the fight nobody wanted became a modern classic.
Fury and Wilder continued to trade major blows through the middle rounds with the champion mostly in control.
Finally, in round 10, he made another breakthrough and knocked his challenger down again.
And then, in round 11, Fury flattened Wilder with an enormous right hook for a straight KO.
Slow-motion ringside footage of the knockout shows just how brutal it was.
Fury's punch temporarily deformed Wilder's face before the giant American collapsed to the canvas.
Both men have said they are not ruling out a fourth fight one day.
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