Tyson Luke Fury vs. Deontay Leshun Wilder III & Efetobore Ajagba vs. Frank Sánchez Faure RBR

Top of the hour.

(Doors at T-Mobile Arena open at 1pm local time in Nevada/4pm EST. Three bout early prelim stream on the Watch ESPN app from 1:30pm Nevada/4:30pm EST. Two bout televised prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+ at 4pm Nevada/7pm EST. Main card is a heavyweight quadruple-header on PPV from 9pm EST)

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...how's that for a clarion roll-call?

 

Early prelims in a little over an hour:
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/47f86a57-0b40-4764-8b8a-4be33ef96b5f#bucketId=30601

 

As far as floor to ceiling heavyweights? (as the actual PPV is)

Nah, it's been awhile. Probably since the Cedric Kushner and Don King days.

 

Early prelims (ESPN app):

1. Bruce Carrington vs. César Cantu, 4 rounds @ featherweight
2. Viktor Viktorovich Vykhryst vs. Michael Marshall, 8 rounds @ heavyweight
3. Robeisy Eloy Ramírez Carrazana vs. Orlando González Ruiz, 10 rounds @ featherweight

Midcard (ESPN2/+):

1. Julian Williams vs. Vladimir Hernández, 10 rounds @ super welterweight
2. Edgar Berlanga vs. Marcelo Esteban Cóceres, 10 rounds @ super middleweight

PPV:

1. Jared Dovan Anderson vs. Vladimir Mihajlović Tereshkin, 10 rounds @ heavyweight
2. Efe Ajagba vs. Frank Sánchez Faure, 10 rounds @ heavyweight
3. Robert Gabriel Helenius vs. Adam Kownacki II, 12 rounds @ heavyweight
4. Tyson Luke Fury vs. Deontay Leshun Wilder III, 12 rounds @ heavyweight

 

Not even remotely close.

 

If not later. There is a HW twelve-rounder plus a pair of 10-rounders on the PPV, from 2am UK. If all go the distance it could well be 9pm Las Vegas time/ midnight EST /5am UK by the main event.

 

Minor note of annoyance on my part:

Ajagba vs. Sánchez Faure and the Helenius vs. Kownacki rematch are pretty much of equal worth, all things considered. All four are top 15 ranked contenders and the fights of about even importance as far as their place in the overall landscape of the division. All things being equal, the one that is either for a minor title or an eliminator has greater entitlement to being a) scheduled for twelve rounds instead of ten and b) sitting higher on the bill.

Helenius vs. Kownacki was a WBA eliminator the first time, but the rematch is nothing. Zero belts on the line and this isn't an eliminator again. NO REASON whatsoever to make it a 12-rounder, and it should be subordinate to Ajagba vs. Sánchez which is for both the Continental Americas (WBC) and WBO NABO heavyweight titles... which should count for more than nothing. Than mere bragging rights.

Alright, rant over.