Tyson Fury, Doentay Wilder Kept Apart After Sparks Fly at Press Conference
News 18Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder were prevented from a face-off as insults and expletives filled the air at an ill-tempered final press conference on Wednesday for their heavyweight world title fight. Wednesday’s press conference — broadcast live on US television — saw profanities and sparks fly as Fury taunted Wilder over the circumstances of his defeat to the self-styled “Gypsy King” last year. Men lie, women lie, but your eyes don’t lie what they see.” – ‘Weak mental person’ – But Wilder’s comments were dismissed by Fury as the words of an “unwell person.” “He accused me of everything, accused his team, his trainer, the suit, injuries. But what it tells me is that he’s a weak mental person, who I will knock spark out on Saturday night.” Asked for his final comments, Wilder, replied: “I just tell you guys to prepare yourselves for the battlefield and get ready for war.” Fury meanwhile returned to his earlier theme, zeroing in on Wilder’s comments about the circumstances of his loss in the second fight.