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Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder delivered one of the most captivating trilogies in heavyweight boxing history.
The trio of fights took place from 2018-21, with the first ending in a split draw.
Fury won via seventh-round stoppage in their rematch to capture the WBC heavyweight title before climbing off the canvas to score an 11th-round knockout, settling their series. The rivalry featured plenty of vitriol and vicious violence inside over 32 spirited rounds, resulting in nine knockdowns.
Anthony Joshua (30-4, 27 KOs) will face Fury (36-2-1, 25 KOs) on December 11 at Cardiff's Principality Stadium, headlining a Ring show on Netflix. Joshua said Wilder would have had better success against "The Gypsy King" if he kept his composure.
"Wilder took those fights very personally, and that could be quite exhausting, especially when you hurt someone and try to finish them. You lose a lot of energy, and then Tyson comes back," Joshua said in an interview with The Ring's Mike Coppinger.
"Wilder could have gotten the job done if he was a bit more calm, cool, and collected; he could have learned from that. Wilder tried to take him out of there, Fury just managed to weather the storm and come back. But I don't believe that would be me. I'm going to keep a calm head."
Fury and Joshua had a cordial press conference to kick off their fight's promotional tour.
They were mostly respectful and sparingly exchanged verbal jabs after a dramatic negotiation nearly forced the fight to fall through in recent weeks. While Fury posted social media videos blasting his rival, Joshua remained quiet. Once they started drumming up the fight, each predicted stoppage wins.
"I'm not going to take anything personally except for just wanting to do my job," Joshua said.
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