- Deontay Wilder: ‘When I found you, you were strung out’
- Fury replied: ‘Nobody knows you in your own country’
The relative pleasantries that have marked the build-up to the hotly anticipated rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury for the WBC heavyweight title were dramatically brushed aside on Wednesday afternoon at the MGM Grand Garden Arena during the final press conference before Saturday’s fight.
After a five-minute staredown between the fighters bubbled over into a shoving match the required the intervention of security, Wilder taunted Fury over his very public battles with addiction and bipolar disorder that prompted his 31-month exit from the sport and the surrender of the championship belts he won from Wladimir Klitschko in 2015.
Written by Bryan Armen Graham in Las Vegas
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