let's speak now to bbc radio 5 live's boxing correspondent mike costello.s vegas. you spoke to tyson fury after the match. just assess for us the scale of this victory, where it ranks in the history of british world boxing. tyson fury has now been responsible for two of the greatest performances by british boxers overseas. in 2015 he went to dusseldorf in germany to bea he went to dusseldorf in germany to be a long reigning champion vladimir on points. and now he has beaten deontay wilder, who had a run of ten successful defences against him and had beaten him comprehensively as well. i think what we had seen from him tonight was notjust a great performance, not just a him tonight was notjust a great performance, notjust a fight, but an event. from the moment he was wheeled into the ring sitting on a phone on a raised platform, just as a king, the crowd loved it as he was mouthing the words for a song by patsy cline. he took the microphone after the performance and gave us a rendition of american pie. not a bad one either. but the performance in between is

he's been telling mike costello that if wilder wants to beat him this time, there's only one way he'llit can't be me on points, not possible. when someone be me on points, not possible. when someone stands up to deontay wilder, in the biggest fight of the last 30 yea rs, let's get in the biggest fight of the last 30 years, let's get it on. fighting deontay wilder is like giving a seven—year—old and ak—lfl in a room, fully loaded. laughter. yeah, that's what it's like. i think, personally, hill came out of the gates like a galloping horse, quarter—mile, flat out to try to knock me out in the first round. but after that he'll start relaxing more and he will get back to trying to use his jab and said the right—hand up. two knockout a knockout artist. he has never knocked anyone out on the back foot ever. his momentum is forward. so all bullies, when backed up forward. so all bullies, when backed up and stood up to, fold. and while there is no different to any other playground bully. he needs a knockout. i can have a knockout or a points victory. while the can't beat me on points, not possi

i heard earlierfrom bbc radio 5 live‘s boxing correspondent mike costello, who sees a big change in they team as a reason behind his incredible win. he has a new trainer now, an american called sugar hill steward, who comes from detroit, the kronk gym, which in boxing history is known as a gym that produces explosive, aggressive punches, rather than the defensive type of fighter that tyson fury used to be. and even though he only had eight weeks or so with this new trainer, he has managed to transform the way that he fights into producing that kind of performance tonight. but he said all along, from the moment this fight announced, in between christmas and new year, that that's the kind of performance he would produce. i spoke to him at length earlier in fight week, monday. and he said that when you push bullies back, they can't respond. he pushed the bully back tonight and the bully couldn't respond. and he is such a showman, as you have been saying, but what makes him such a specialfighter? how much is physical and how much psychological? i think both of those are major assets for tys

he's been speaking to our boxing commentator mike costello.'s worked a3 times in a row for him, he will be looking to land his jab row for him, he will be looking to land hisjaba row for him, he will be looking to land his jab a bit more, set up the right hand. i think is going to strike slowly. personally, i think he will come out of the gates like a galloping horse, quarter—mile, flat out to try and knock me out first round but after that goes, he will start relaxing more. get back to using his jab and setting the right hand up. you said to me in the past you try to do what your opponent doesn't want, if he wants to box you fine, if he wants to fight you box. you spoken in los angeles about wanting to knock him out. yes. which is running counter to that kind of philosophy. median fire with fire. instead of doing the opposite. there's an old saying, to knock out a knockout artist you've got to back them up, make them go back because he is used to coming forward, he's never knocked anyone out on the back foot, ever. so his momentum is forward.

kj costello leaving stanford as a graduate transfer to mississippi state under new head coach mike leach by the way. a two time cardinal captain. second team all pac-12. but last season, played only five games and saw davis mills, who is a year younger run away with the quarterback job. >>> speaking of guys changing teams, d'angelo russell could be on a different team. the timberwolves and knicks named as potential landing spots. playing in d.c., first quarter, alex burke getting loose. he had 30 off the bench. a big day for burks. if at first, you don't succeed, you keep trying, and trying, eventually it goes through the hoop. rejecting isaac bunga. back the other way. the wizards made a run late, but the dubs iced it. >> be persistent. >> good lesson for the kids. >>> thanks for joining us tonight. have a good night. (both gasping) having a little trouble catching your breath there? no, no, i'm good. if my p.e. teachers had told me this is what i was training for, i would have tried a lot harder. (laughing) "do or do not. there is no try." did you just quote star wars? i believe i quot