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4. Deontay Wilder Costs Tyson Fury

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Yeah you see, Tyson Fury isn't going to get pinned by Braun Strowman, but that doesn't mean there aren't ways to protect the WWE man while putting the boxer over in the process. If there's one match you can use some smoke and mirrors for without complaint, it's the one that's already a virtual circus.

Deontay Wilder, a man who will get into a boxing ring with Tyson Fury in February of next year, is also in Saudi Arabia this week... and it's a location that has already been talked about as a potential venue for their hotly-anticipated rematch. The two have called each other out on twitter, and despite denying questions that led down this exact route, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch of the imagination to see Wilder sat at ringside.

A thrown punch here, and locker room intervention there, and you've got Strowman spared the indignity of a loss while the conversation moves on to Wilder vs Fury, all framed and illustrated through the lens of WWE. A PR masterstroke and a veritable wet dream for a company who want to occupy the same column inches as their combat sports cousins.

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