Så vitt Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury (31-0-1) vet är hans fejd med Deontay Wilder (42-2-1) över efter segern inatt – även om rivalen kanske inte känner samma sak.
Tyson Fury sågar Deontay Wilder – dålig förlorare
Fury besegrade Wilder via knockout i 11:e ronden vid lördagens galan i T-Mobile Arena i Las Vegas och avslutade deras trilogi på ett storstilat sätt som han vann med 2-0-1. Med segern behöll Fury även sina tungviktstitlar inom WBC och The Ring.
Efteråt ville Fury skaka hand med mannen som han nu gått nästan 30 ronder emot men Wilder var tydligen inte intresserad av detta.
Fury sade följande direkt efter matchen:
”He said, I don’t want to show any sportsmanship or respect. I said no problem.”@Tyson_Fury on what was said between him and Deontay Wilder after the fight! 😳#FuryWilder3 pic.twitter.com/OtUS1oGrep
— Boxing on BT Sport 🥊 (@BTSportBoxing) October 10, 2021
Fury förklarade situationen ytterligare vid galans post-fight presskonferens när han tillfrågades om vad som skiljde mellan den andra och tredje matchen med Wilder.
Fury sade följande enligt MMA Fighting där han berättade att Wilder inte hade någon lust att visa respekt efter matchen:
He improved, he worked on his boxing and stuff. It was a different fight. It was a much different fight than Fight 2, and a much different fight from Fight 1. He came in real heavy tonight, 238 pounds, and I believe that helped him and he was definitely hitting solid.
But you know what, I thought that we fought it all out there and all allegations that were made towards me throughout the build-up of this fight, we fought like two warriors in there and I went over to shake his hand and say, ‘Well done,’ and he was like, ‘No, I don’t respect you.’ I was like, how can you say I cheated when you know in your own heart and your full team knows that you just got beat fair and square. It’s just a sore loser in boxing, I’m sure he’s not the first one and he won’t be the last one, but I’ve acted like a gentleman throughout my career and that’s all I can do as a man.
Var aldrig nära att knockas i fjärde ronden
I upptakten inför trilogimatchen valde Wilder och hans team att anklaga Fury för att ha fuskat i deras andra match där britten vann via TKO i rond 7. Med två raka segrar över Wilder så hoppas Fury nu gå vidare från rivaliteten.
Lördagens fight mellan tungviktsherrarna var en underhållande tillställning och Wilder var till och med på väg att avsluta Furys afton i den fjärde ronden. Fury erkände Wilders respekterade slagstyrka men säger att han aldrig riktigt var illa ute:
You mess with fire long enough, you’ll get burned. I’ve had three fights with the biggest puncher in the history of my sport in my division and he caught me. He caught me twice in the fourth round, but I was never thinking, ‘Aw, this is over.’ I was thinking, ‘Okay, good shot, but I will get you back in a minute.’ And I did. I was very conscious, saw the ref go ‘three, four’ and I was always there, you know? He shook me, he put me down, and that’s boxing.
It’s life as well. It’s not about how many times you get put down or how many times you lose or win, it’s about how you can come back and keep getting back up and keep moving forward, like Rocky said. You’ve got to keep moving forward in a positive manner and keep fighting. Not just in a boxing fight, but in life in general because nothing’s ever gonna be easy. If you want something that’s very hard to get, you’ve got to sacrifice and dedicate and keep pushing no matter what and never let anybody tell you you can’t because tonight again, time and time again I show that it’s very possible to achieve anything you ever wanted as long as you believe it in here.
Kan inte lova möte mot Usyk
Furys ses nu som den obestridde världsettan inom boxningens tungvikt vilket hans två raka avslutssegrar mot Wilder befäst. Det finns andra som kommer försöka putta ner honom från den plasten i framtiden och en av dessa kan bli den obesegrade ukrainaren Oleksandr Usyk som nyligen tog en imponerande seger via enhälligt domslut mot Anthony Joshua.
Även om Usyk verkar ha hoppat förbi Joshua i racet om en match mot Fury så vill inte britten lova någon match mot ukrainaren ännu:
We’ll see. I’ve got just earned a well-earned break from everything. I’ve been away from my family for six months in total. I’ve been home two weeks out of the last six months, so before I start thinking about fighting other men, I’m gonna bask in this victory tonight as one of my greatest wins. I got off the floor to do it and I’m the big dog in the division.
I’m probably one of the heaviest heavyweight champions in history tonight, 277 pounds, and I was fit, I was strong in there, I felt good. We’ll just see what today brings and tomorrow as well.
