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COVID-19 outbreak in Tyson Fury camp jeopardizing fight vs. Deontay Wilder, sources say

There's a COVID-19 outbreak in Tyson Fury's camp, which will inevitably cause his July 24 heavyweight championship fight against Deontay Wilder to be postponed, sources told ESPN on Thursday.

No official determination has yet been made on whether the fight, set to be held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and broadcast on ESPN+ PPV, will proceed as planned.

The fight is a joint pay-per-view with FOX, and that network has the Manny Pacquiao-Errol Spence Jr. PPV on Aug. 21, so it's likely Fury-Wilder 3 would be moved to September, sources told ESPN.

Fury and Wilder have already competed against each other twice.