Fury and Wilder fight postponed after COVID-19 positive - reports
The BBC said Fury’s coronavirus test took place on Thursday, and it quoted Wilder’s manager Shelly Finkel as saying: “Deontay is disappointed.”
An official announcement of the postponement has yet to come and tickets for the fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas remained on sale on Friday (July 9).
Neither fighter has commented, although a positive test for WBC heavyweight champion Fury would point to there being little prospect of the July 24 showdown going ahead.
According to The Athletic, the Vegas gym where Fury has been preparing for the Wilder fight has been affected by a series of COVID-19 cases, with “at least 10” people who have spent time there said to have tested positive.
Fury has a 30-0-1 career record, only failing to win in an initial meeting with Wilder in December 2018 that finished in a split draw.
However, Fury knocked out the American in February 2020 to claim the WBC title, with a clash against British rival Anthony Joshua an apparently obvious next step.
