24 Feb 2020

Tyson Fury claims WBC heavyweight title

From Morning Report, 6:12 am on 24 February 2020

British boxer Tyson Fury is the new WBC heavyweight champion of the world after beating US boxer Deontay Wilder.

The win ended Wilder's five-year reign as WBC heavyweight world champion.

Dubbed the 'Gypsy King', Tyson floored Wilder in the 3rd and 5th rounds, before Wilder threw in the towel midway through the seventh.

Fury told reporters it was written in the stars for him to win.

Martin Lipton, chief sports reporter for the Sun newspaper, speaks to Corin Dann.