ROUND 1
Pretty balanced and tentative stuff to start, with Whyte starting off southpaw and favouring the attempted body jabs while Fury found some success with a few light lands in the later going.
OPENING BELL!
Intros are done. The referee’s final instructions are done. Seconds out… ROUND ONE!
NATIONAL ANTHEM TIME
And next, the final in-ring introductions. It’s almost time…
ACTUALLY…
…American Pie played in its entirety BEFORE Fury came out. Then, some other promo video played. NOW, Fury appears. He may have risen from the first Wilder fight like The Undertaker, but he now takes as long to get to the ring as well.
HERE COMES THE CHAMP
And to American Pie, out walks the WBC heavyweight king, Tyson Fury!
WHYTE MAKES HIS RINGWALK
After a tense delay, the challenger appears to the strains of Back in Black.:05