Attention NY area boxing fans…
In anticipation of the December 1 heavyweight world title showdown between WBC champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder and lineal champion Tyson “Gypsy King” Fury, the fighters will embark on a three-city international press tour beginning Monday, October 1 in London where the two larger-than-life personalities will face off and sound off.
The tour will continue on Tuesday, October 2 in New York City at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Complex and conclude in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at a venue to be announced.
The U.S. events are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Wilder vs. Fury will take place Saturday, December 1 at a venue to be announced soon and will be produced and distributed by SHOWTIME PPV®.
All press conferences will be streamed LIVE on the SHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel & SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook page.
Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson.
The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999.
Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.