VIDEO: Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury Get in Shoving Match at Press Conference Before Anticipated Bout
By Mark Powell
Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury aren't friends, or at least that's how they're playing things prior to their much-anticipated rematch in Las Vegas on Saturday. The two fought to a draw in 2018, and have been circling around each other ever since. In Wednesday's press conference hyping up this weekend's event, the two heavyweights did their best to give us a preview of things to come.
Wilder and Fury exchange pushes! ?
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Despite the theatrics, we should applaud these two fighters for actually...fighting. The heavyweight division has been lacking since the days of Frazier and Ali, giving way to the welterweight class.
Deontay Wilder on Fury ?
— Boxing Kingdom (@BoxingKingdom14) February 18, 2020
“I like Tyson Fury as a fighter and as a person. He’s a breathe of fresh air. The only thing that annoys me is in every clinch during our first fight, Fury kept whispering ‘Dosser’. I’m like man just fight.”
Fury's strategy is to strike early and often, as he's flat-out stated that he plans on knocking Wilder out by Round 2. That's a bold claim, and certainly much easier said than done, but it speaks to the fact that Fury's endurance can't keep up with Wilder, and the later the fight goes the more it benefits the current Heavyweight title holder.