Boxing heavyweight Deontay Wilder will exercise the rematch clause in his contract and fight Tyson Fury once again, partly blaming his costume for losing.<\/p>\n
Wilder suffered a seventh-round TKO loss to Fury in a heavyweight championship fight on Saturday in Las Vegas<\/a>. The pair fought to a split draw back in December 2018, but the trilogy fight was anything but as Fury dominated the bout from bell-to-bell before finally getting a mercy stoppage in the seventh round when Wilder stopped defending himself.<\/p>\n As part of Wilder’s contract to fight Fury, he has the right to exercise a rematch clause in it should he want to. There was speculation that Wilder would pass on the rematch given how one-sided the fight was, but according to a report from The Athletic’s Lance Pugmire<\/a>, Wilder will indeed exercise the option and choose to fight Fury for the third time. He also partly blamed his elaborate walkout costume for why he lost the fight.<\/p>\n Full story coming to @TheAthleticBOX<\/a> shortly: Deontay Wilder @BronzeBomber<\/a> tells me he is definitely exercising his rematch clause for a summer trilogy against @Tyson_Fury<\/a>, that his legs were weakened by his 45-pound costume he wore to the ring to honor Black History Month.<\/p>\n — Lance Pugmire (@pugboxing) February 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n