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Deontay Wilder arrives in the
ring for a WBC heavyweight
championship boxing match
against Tyson Fury, of Eng-
land, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020,
in Las Vegas.
Associated Press

A hot

summer

ahead for

boxing's

heavyweight

division

By TIM DAHLBERG
Boxing's heavyweight di-
vision will be heating up
even further this summer,
highlighted by a third fight
between Tyson Fury and
Deontay Wilder and An-
thony Joshua defending
his belts against Kubrat Pu-
lev in London. Joshua and
Pulev will go first, meeting
June 20 in the first boxing
bouts at Tottenham Hot-
spur Stadium. Joshua, who
reclaimed his piece of the
heavyweight title in De-
cember against Andy Ruiz
Jr., will be fighting at home
in England for the first time
in two years. The date for
Fury and Wilder is more
fluid, though promoter Bob
Arum said he is looking at
July 18 at the MGM Grand Blue Jackets rally past Canucks
hotel in Las Vegas. That's
where Fury stopped Wilder 5-3 to aid wild card push
in the seventh round last
month of their title rematch
in a dominating perfor-
mance that cemented his Columbus Blue Jackets' Vladislav Gavrikov, left, of Russia, checks Vancouver Canucks' Zack MacEwen during the first period of an
status on top of the heavy- NHL hockey game Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio.
weight division. Associated Press
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