Tyson Fury’s thrilling 11th-round stoppage of Deontay Wilder put Manchester City and Manchester United on a collision course at the summit of boxing’s heavyweight division.
Fury emphatically settled the argument in his trilogy with Wilder in Las Vegas, decking the American knockout artist three times and also climbing off the canvas twice himself amid a nightmare round four to seal glory in an instant heavyweight classic.
The Gypsy King, who has frequently been photographed wearing United shirts, should now be on course for an all-British blockbuster with Anthony Joshua, but a couple of weeks ago, a Ukrainian master through a sizable spanner in the works.
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