Wilder, Fury agree WBC title fight venue

The upcoming WBC bout between American champion Deontay Wilder and Britain's Tyson Fury will be held at LA's Staples Centre.

WBC champion Deontay Wilder

Deontay Wilder will fight Tyson Fury to keep his WBC title at LA's Staples Center on December 1. (AAP)

The Staples Center in Los Angeles will host the WBC heavyweight world title fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury on December 1.

The bout between the 32-year-old American champion Wilder and Briton Fury, 30, was confirmed last weekend.

But the venue has now been named with the Staples Center, home of NBA sides the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers, getting the nod.

On hearing the fight venue being confirmed, Fury tweeted: "It's on baby! I'm gonna knock @BronzeBomber out he ent never fought a puncher like me. That I promise."

The arena's attendance record is 20,820 for the fight between Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley in January 2009.

The promotional tour for the Wilder-Fury fight gets under way in London on October 1.

It will be only the third bout of Fury's comeback - after defeating Sefer Seferi and Francesco Pianeta - following a two-and-a-half-year absence.

Wilder will have held the WBC title for almost four years when he meets Fury, with both fighters boasting undefeated records.

Anthony Joshua holds the division's other three belts and retained his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight straps with a seventh-round stoppage of mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin last weekend.


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