World Boxing Council (WBC) champion Tyson Fury has signed a contract to fight American Deontay Wilder for a third time in Las Vegas on July 24, Top Rank Boxing said on Sunday.

Fury, 32, had been set to face fellow Briton Anthony Joshua on Aug. 14 in Saudi Arabia in a world heavyweight unification title fight, but an American arbitrator ordered Fury to fight Wilder again before Sept. 15.

Tyson Fury TKOs Deontay Wilder, dominates rematch to win WBC heavyweight title

Tyson Fury is a heavyweight champion once again, dominating Deontay Wilder in their title rematch Saturday night before Wilder's corner threw in the towel in the seventh round.

Tyson Fury celebrates his win by TKO in the seventh round against Deontay Wilder in the heavyweight bout for Wilder's WBC and Fury's lineal heavyweight title on February 22, 2020 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Heavyweight champion Fury wants off BBC sports award nomination list

Boxing champion Tyson Fury took to social media on Wednesday to square off with the BBC over his inclusion in the British broadcaster's shortlist for Sports Personality of the Year award.

On Wednesday, WBC heavyweight champ Tyson Fury took to social media to square off with the BBC over his nomination for the British broadcaster's Sports Personality of the Year award. 

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Fury first fought Wilder, who is now 35, in 2018 and took the WBC title from him in a rematch in February 2020 with a seventh-round stoppage.

"Shall we do it and put him out of his misery? Crack the other side of his skull? Give him another shoulder injury, another bicep injury, a leg injury... the whole lot," Fury said in a video posted by Top Rank Boxing.

✍️ Contract signed 🗓 July 24 📍 Las Vegas 🥊 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FuryWilder3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FuryWilder3</a><a href="https://twitter.com/Tyson_Fury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Tyson_Fury</a> 🤜🤛 <a href="https://twitter.com/BronzeBomber?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BronzeBomber</a> Once more and for all. <a href="https://t.co/5wSYOe4VJ5">pic.twitter.com/5wSYOe4VJ5</a>

"Wilder, contract's signed, you're getting smashed... You're getting knocked out, end of, one round, you're going. I've got your soul, your mojo, everything, I own you."

The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has ordered Joshua to defend his heavyweight title against mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk.

WBC champion Tyson Fury, right, first fought Deontay Wilder, left, in 2018 and lost, but was able to avenge his loss in 2020, taking the title from Wilder.

WBC champ Tyson Fury signs contract for trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder

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