HAIR WE GO AGAIN
Deontay Wilder complains about Tyson Fury’s gloves AGAIN and forces inspectors to cut them open to prove point
DEONTAY WILDER complained about rival Tyson Fury's gloves AGAIN ahead of Saturday's trilogy fight in Las Vegas.
WBC heavyweight champ Fury has been accused of cheating multiple times by Wilder after their 2020 rematch fight.
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One of the accusations included Fury's gloves being tampered with.
On Friday, Wilder's team raised concerns with the Nevada State Athletic Commission over Fury's gloves having horse hair in them.
Wilder claimed if Fury pushed and squeezed his gloves together, it will reduce the amount of padding.
Ultimately, his complaints made little difference, with Fury winning their trilogy fight in emphatic style.
The Gypsy King won by knock-out after 11 incredible rounds that saw the Brit floored TWICE by Wilder.
The American was taken to hospital after as a precaution.
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But before the fight, Wilder's biggest concern was Fury's gloves, with him explaining at length his issue with them.
Wilder told 78SportsTV: "We had a little situation with the gloves.
"I already got word of some funny stuff going on in the back of the gloves.
"When I got into the room I immediately asked about the gloves and was telling them about certain things that happened in the first event with his gloves being funny, how they were bending and folding, even showing certain clips of it.
"They [NASC officials] said they’ve been around boxing 25, 30 years, everybody feels since they’ve been around it they are some type of expert.
"But if you haven’t put a glove on and hit someone in the face to understand what type of damage it could do, or how mechanically a glove can work, it’s 25, 30 years down the toilet.
"You can cut open a glove all day and look inside and still not know what’s going on.
";What happened was Fury’s glove that he’s chosen, which is the same thing he had last time, had little to no padding.
"The rest of it was horse hair, we thought horse hair was illegal and out of the question but they said it was [OK], so we said cool.
"They opened up my glove and my glove padding is at least two to three inches thick.
"His glove looks like they’ve already been used, already folded, bended, like they’ve been thrown in the trash and got back out and say, ‘we’re gonna reuse these’.
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"My argument was that this is not enough padding in these gloves.
";They [NASC officials] were trying to convince me the horse hair in the gloves makes up for everything because the horse hair is actually harder than the foam.
"I was telling them they were wrong because the thing about the horse hair is that over time the horse hair can spread, and if it spreads the horse hair gets thinner, that way you only feel that small padding that’s under the horse hair.
"The man [the NASC official] tried to go on and explain the lining [on the glove] means it [the horse hair] can’t go anywhere.
"Of course it can’t go down but it can go left to right in the pad. I started to explain to him of course it can’t go down but it can go left to right.
"You can just put your hands together and the horse hair will start to expand [separate], so now you’ll just have a fist [in your glove], a top secret weapon.
"I was trying to educate him [the NASC official] on it. One of the guys was trying to say the gloves bend at a 90 degree angle. I had to take my glasses off and look at him so they knew I was real."
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The NASC official tried to ease Wilder's concerns by letting him wear the same gloves, or choose another pair.
Wilder opted to wear a pair of Everlast MX's, which he says he's used to break 'eye sockets'.
The 35-year-old continued: "As I started explaining more and we got into it more they said, ‘if you want to be on the same playing field you can wear the same gloves or get another selection of gloves’.
"I said, ‘OK, let me get my [Everlast] MX’.
"Everybody knows about the MX, those are puncher’s gloves, when they first came out I was breaking eye socks, breaking wrists, I even broke my hand a couple of times but I think my hand wraps were too tight and I have so much power that all that force was going in one place and cracking my own hands.
"So I went back to my old MX to be on fair playing ground.
"We got it all situated. We’re back at it, I’m very happy with what’s going on with the gloves.
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"Since they want little to no padding in the gloves, we’re going to have the same thing and may the best man win."
From what started out as friendly competitors who both had a bone to pick with Anthony Joshua, has since turned very sour.
The pair had a slanging match in a corridor backstage ahead of Friday's weigh-in.
Wilder told Fury: "F*** your momma. F*** your momma."
Members from both camps also went at it with Tyson's younger brother Shane Fury calling someone a 'dwarf'.
A rattled Wilder team member told Shane: "H** as boy, you ain't gonna do s***.
"I'll smack the f*** out you boy. You a h**. You're momma a h** too boy.
"Your brother ain't gonna get up tomorrow. Your brother ain't gonna get up tomorrow.
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"And then you next. And then you next."
Fury goes into Saturday's trilogy fight THREE STONE heavier than rival Wilder.
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