Tyson Fury to fight Deontay Wilder in front of 40,000 fans in Las Vegas

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will fight in front of 40,000 fans at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas this summer.

Promoter Frank Warren confirmed that Fury, who signed his contract for the Wilder fight on Saturday night, will be involved in one of the first big events as part of Vegas' reopening plans.

The stadium, which has yet to host a boxing or MMA fight, will be just over half full for the heavyweight trilogy fight.

Just two weeks prior to the July 24 fight date, Conor McGregor will face Dustin Poirier at the T-Mobile Arena with a 20,000-person capacity crowd of fans at UFC 264.

Writing in his BT Sport column, Warren said: "We’re planning to have it at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, which is the NFL stadium for the Las Vegas Raiders.

"It’s a very new venue and it’s incredible. It’s going to be set up for around 35,000 to 40,000 people and it’ll be one of the first big events since Vegas has been back reopened."

He also explained Fury's reasonings for accepting the third fight with Wilder, instead of seriously negotiating a step aside payment for the American so they could fight Anthony Joshua.

"The decision was to get this Wilder fight out of the way," added Warren. "Unfortunately, we were getting close to doing the Joshua fight but it all fell apart because of the arbitration ruling.

"It’s not fair to say the other side didn’t know this was going on. Everyone knew about this, that’s why I never announced it was on, it’s something I’ve been very conscious of.

"The bottom line is Tyson must get this out of the way. He can’t be complacent and I don’t think he will be. He’s been training regularly and training hard so now he’s got to be focused and get his obligation out of the way."

Fury had a deal worth in excess of £53million agreed for a fight on August 14 in Saudi Arabia with Joshua, but that plan was stopped at the final hearing when arbitration brought by Wilder saw a judge order a third fight between the pair by September.

It now appears that Joshua will fight Oleksandr Usyk later in the summer, and should both fights go the way of the current champions an undisputed fight would take place in November or December in Saudi Arabia.

Neither Fury or Wilder have fought since their second meeting in February 2020 when the British fighter dominated a seven-round fight and won by TKO.

The bout saw Fury put Wilder down twice before the American's corner threw the towel in during the seventh, and seemingly ended the rivalry after their first meeting in December 2018 ended in a contentious draw, which many believed Fury had won.

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