Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder result: Heavyweight fight ends in controversial split decision draw
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Your support makes all the difference.Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder battled to a controversial draw in a thrilling WBC heavyweight title fight in Los Angeles.
The British boxer returned from a lengthy lay-off due to drug addiction, alcoholism and mental health problems to the verge of becoming a two-time world champion after an expert display of tactical championship boxing
Wilder's two knockdowns, in the ninth and 12th rounds, dragged him back into a contest he looked all set to lose as he keeps his WBC strap after an eighth title defence. Follow the latest reaction below.
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A stiff left hand from Ortiz sees Kauffman go down but he beats the count.
Can he finish the job in the sixth?
Little bit embarrassing for Ortiz, he thought it was all over (and to be fair it's understandable, it was a big left) and jumped to the corner celebrating, beating his chest in true King King fashion.
Nonetheless, the first 10-8 round of the night. Into the seventh we go.
Kauffman is no longer creating the opportunities for Ortiz that he was earlier. He doesn't want to get hit in the way he was in that sixth.
Ortiz returned to his jab for that one and this looks like it could go all 10.
Perhaps this is why Luis Ortiz didn't manage to beat Deontay Wilder. He hurt the American a number of times in their fight earlier this year but didn't quite manage to seal the deal and the same is happening here.
He doesn't seem to have that killer instinct the top heavweights need to finish a fight.
The left he knocked Kaufmann down with in the eighth was a peach of a shot and almost perfect boxing technique.
Into the ninth we go.
A little bit of a break in the ninth as Kaufmann goes down, this time because of a second low blow.
He sees out the round. Just in case you were unaware as we enter the final round, he'll need to knock Ortiz out to win this one. Can he do it? Almost certainly not. But this is heavyweight boxing and anything can happen. Probably not this though.
LUIS ORTIZ WINS
The Cuban just about gets the stoppage victory in the final round as the referee intervenes after a wave of attacks.
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