Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder tale of the tape: Height, weight, reach, records, net worth and how we got here

The two heavyweight rivals go head to head in Los Angeles in the early hours of Sunday morning

Friday 30 November 2018 19:13 GMT
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Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury: Tale of the tape

Tyson Fury fights Deontay Wilder in the early hours of Sunday morning in an eagerly-anticipated meeting of undefeated heavyweights.

As well as unblemished records the American's WBC strap is on the line in Los Angeles when the pair finally meet. It's been a build-up full of controversy with the duo very nearly coming to blows in the final pre-fight press conference.

So how are they shaping up? Let's take a look at the two protagonists and see who has the edge.

Age

The American is the older of the two, at 33, with Fury three years his junior.

Height

Fury has the height advantage in this one and edges him by two inches at 6ft 9in.

Weight

With the added height comes more weight with Fury's average fight weight coming in at 257lbs to Wilder's 220lbs. The pair will weigh in officially on Friday evening.

Reach

Fury has the edge here too with his reach measured at 85", two inches more than his rival.

Career record

Both have unblemished professional records with the American world champion a perfect 40-from-40 including seven title defences. Fury has won all of his 27 bouts as a pro.

Net worth

Despite his hiatus from the ring Fury has trousered some £14m during his career with Wilder's career earnings a not-too-shabby £12.3m.

The pair nearly came to blows in their final press conference

How did we get here?

January 2015

Wilder outpoints Bermane Stiverne to win the WBC title and become the first of what was then the coming generation of heavyweights to begin taking the division into a new era. Stiverne had won the title that had been made vacant by Vitali Klitschko's retirement, becoming the first world heavyweight champion outside of the dominant Klitschko brothers since David Haye lost to Wladimir in 2011, but it was the exciting Wilder who was seen as a potential long-term heir to their thrones.

November 2015

Fury unexpectedly defeats Wladimir Klitschko in Germany, inflicting a great champion's first defeat for 11 years and winning the IBF, WBA and WBO titles. His victory proved the beginning of the end for Klitschko, who has since retired, and put him on a collision course with Wilder, whose WBC title is the only one Fury has yet to win.

This will be Fury's biggest fight since his win over Klitschko three years ago

January 2016

Fury travels to New York to be ringside for Wilder's knockout victory over Artur Szpilka. Afterwards, he joins his fellow world heavyweight champion in the ring, where after shouting "Anytime, any place, anywhere", they had to be separated, effectively enhancing Fury's reputation on the American fight scene. Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson - involved in the last truly significant British-American world heavyweight title fight in 2002 - also happened to be ringside.

October 2016

Fury vacates his WBO and WBA titles to focus on his struggles with mental health. He was ultimately inactive for over two-and-a-half years in which Wilder made several successful defences of his titles and Anthony Joshua claimed the three belts Fury once won from Klitschko. During a period in which he also admitted to taking cocaine, Fury's weight increased to an estimated 27 stones - he later revealed taunts from Wilder motivated him to launch his comeback.

March 2018

Wilder secures his most impressive victory by stopping Cuba's Luis Ortiz and then speaks of his desire to fight Joshua. Despite Joshua beating Joseph Parker later that month, public and private attempts to make a Joshua-Wilder fight are unsuccessful, leaving Wilder seeking a high-profile opponent.

Wilder impressed in his defeat of Luis Ortiz

April 2018

Fury announces his comeback under promoter Frank Warren.

June 2018

In the first fight of his comeback, Fury stops the unremarkable Sefer Seferi in four rounds and is quickly scheduled to fight the similarly-little-known Francesco Pianeta two months later. Before the fight with Pianeta, and amid Joshua agreeing to defend his titles against Alexander Povetkin, Fury contacts Wilder directly to suggest he should be his next opponent.

Wilder joined Fury in the ring after the Brit's win over Francesco Pianeta

August 2018

Wilder travels to Belfast to be ringside for Fury's points victory over Pianeta, having gatecrashed their weigh-in the day before, and joins him in the ring as they confirm they will fight. Fury's ring entrance had been to Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama, in tribute to Wilder, who was born in Tuscaloosa.

September 2018

Amid interest from casinos in Las Vegas, the WBC heavyweight title fight between Wilder and Fury is officially confirmed for December 1 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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