All Hail #TheGypsyKing: Twitterati react to Tyson Fury knocking out Deontay Wilder to win WBC heavyweight title

Making it one of the greatest comebacks in modern sports history, Tyson Fury on Saturday knocked out Deontay Wilder in the seventh round to claim the WBC’s version of the world heavyweight championship.

The Gypsy King, whose career appeared finished when he left the sport for more than two years amid addictions and mental illness, made a good comeback in the hotly anticipated rematch against a man regarded as boxing’s most dangerous puncher. 

As Tyson had promised for a knockout, he came forward from the opening bell, dropped Wilder for the first time in a decade with a right hand to the temple in the third round, then again with a clubbing left to the body in the fifth.

By the sixth, Wilder was bleeding, unable to defend himself. When referee Kenny Bayless waved it off at the 1:39 mark of the seventh, it set off scenes among the sold-out crowd of 15,816 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Not just the crowd at the stadium, even people viewing the match could not handle the great performance by Tyson Fury.