Tyson Fury Betting Favorite to Beat Deontay Wilder for Trilogy Fight in July

Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury will conclude their trilogy July 24th in Las Vegas.

Fury (-360) will open as the favorite over Wilder (+250), per the DraftKings Sportsbook, after winning the last fight between the men in Feb. 2020. The first matchup in Dec. 2018 was a draw. 

Wilder, 35, is 42-1-1 in his career, with his only blemishes coming against Fury.

The 32-year-old Fury is 30-0-1 in his career and dominated the last fight vs. Wilder, winning by TKO in seven rounds. It appeared he was headed for a heavyweight title unification bout with Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia in August, though an arbitration court ruled that Fury was contractually obligated to finish his trilogy with Wilder before Sept. 15.

That led to a heated exchange between Joshua and Wilder on Twitter (NSFW language):

Fury wasn't thrilled with Wilder pursuing the end of the trilogy—albeit the one he was contractually promised—at this moment in time either. 

 "It is what it is," promoter Bob Arum told reporters. "He will take out his frustration and anger on Wilder and he tells me he will knock Wilder out quicker than he did last time."

He added that a Fury-Joshua showdown shouldn't be hard to put together in the future. 

"I don't think it will be difficult after they both win, if they both win, to renew talks," he said. "We have been through it, we know all the ins and outs and it will come together quite quickly. At least that is my hope."

As for Joshua's future opponent, promoter Eddie Hearns told reporters, "The one that springs to mind is the WBO mandatory—Oleksandr Usyk."