Hype will eclipse fight when Tyson Fury takes on Deontay Wilder | Paul MacInnes

There will be a lot of noise made in the buildup to heavyweight clash, but both boxers would rather be fighting Anthony Joshua

After what has been an arduous few weeks – what with the heat, followed by the sudden appearance of schoolchildren everywhere across the city (how do they know how to do this at the same time? Do they share a collective subconscious?) – what a blessing to be exposed to proper, full-on, title-fight hype.

Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury have agreed to square off later this year at an as yet unconfirmed location on an unconfirmed date to contest Wilder’s WBC heavyweight title. To say they have agreed is to say that they’ve agreed to say that there’s an agreement. The actual terms will come out at another time, perhaps later this week, so that they can be talked up and knocked down in their own right. And that will do for starters.

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