Tyson Fury weighs in at nearly three stone heavier than Deontay Wilder ahead of third bout
Tyson Fury calls Deontay Wilder 'weak' as row erupts at press conference
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Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder conducted their weigh-in ahead of their highly anticipated third fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The two fighters have been locked in a war of words in the build-up to their mammoth bout.
In their first fight, Fury dramatically rose from the brink to pull himself from the canvas and earn a draw with Wilder.
After suffering an eighth-round defeat via TKO in his rematch with the Brit, Wilder accused Fury of cheating.
The 35-year-old went on to allege his water was spiked with muscle relaxers before the fight, and even suggested such an act was carried out by his own co-trainer Mark Breland, who threw in the towel to condemn the Wilder to the first defeat of his career.
Wilder also blamed his loss on the $40,000 outfit he wore back in February 2020, suggesting the weight of it was at fault for his lacklustre performance.
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The only weight Wilder was concerned with on Friday night was his own, and the Bronze Bomber clocked in at 238lbs, seven pounds heavier than their last fight.
It is officially the heaviest Wilder has been in his career.
In the other corner, Fury registered a weight of 277lbs – four pounds heavier than he weighed in at ahead of the second fight.
In their earlier news conference, the Gypsy King insisted his weight ‘did not matter’ ahead of the third instalment of their trilogy.
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Looking ahead to the weigh-in Fury told Sky Sports: “It doesn’t matter – weight, size, anything like that to beat anybody.
“You can weigh 14 stone and knock a man spark out, a 25 stone man. It doesn’t really matter, the weight.”
Their second meeting back in February 2020 was the last time either man officially fought.
A deal between Fury and British rival Anthony Joshua was supposedly close to being struck earlier this year.
The duo were set to meet in a highly-anticipated fight to unify the division and crown the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world as the compatriots held all four belts.
However, complications arose when Wilder triggered a clause forcing the American to fight Fury for the third time in their epic saga while Joshua lost to Oleksandr Usyk last month.
Fury defends his WBC title against Wilder in the third instalment of their epic grudge trilogy on October 9.
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