Fury dominated from start to finish in the greatest victory of an English boxer abroad in boxing history The 30-year-old broke into a rendition of American Pie to a jubilant Las Vegas audience in the MGM Grand

                                   Fury has now completed a full set of the world heavyweight belts by adding Wilder's WBC title and the Ring Magazine accolade to the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO prizes he held previously after defeating Wladimir Klitschko. Fury had held since the fight was announced. But Fury relished the role of the underdog.

Both men arrived early with the arena barely a third full for the preliminary bouts. So as the big screens picked them up walking to their dressing rooms there were muted cheers from the early birds for Fury, in one of his suits of many colours, and just isolated cries of 'Bomber' for Wilder in dark kit.

Wilder's party seemed to get lost en route from his penthouse suite in the MGM and they took him and his fiancée on a ten to 15 minute march from the bottom of the elevator, through the thronged hotel lobby and around the inner corridors of the Grand Garden to reach his billet.

Perhaps it was to continue keeping them at distance following the Nevada Commission's prohibition on them staging a stare-down at the weigh-in following a shoving and slagging match at the final media conference.  However, they looked pictures of tranquillity as they made their separate ways to work. Fury was then shown lounging and smiling at the cameras.

A majority of the 16,000 crowd were expected to be vociferous Fury followers but the man himself said beforehand: 'I love my supporters but when it comes to the fight it makes no difference if there's 50,000 of my fans. Once the bell goes it's just a boxing match between two men.'

So did the roars for the Gypsy King - in his crown and robes and carried to the ring on a golden throne - from the Brits and travellers. They also drowned out the American welcome for Wilder, in one of his trademark masks and body armour to a powerful rap about black power.

Fury, who has famously battled mental health issues, showed lovely humour by his choice of song for his entrance: 'Crazy.'

Prior to that there was huge acclaim for ring appearances by Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield and loudest of all Mike Tyson.