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Tyson Fury claims Deontay Wilder ‘isn’t man enough’ to face him after Bronze Bomber had to ‘rob him in America to get a decision’
TYSON FURY claims Deontay Wilder is not “man enough” to face him after the Bronze Bomber had to “rob him in America” to avoid defeat last year.
The Gypsy King returned from a two and a half year lay-off last year to face Wilder after only beating unheralded Sefer Seferi and Francesco Pianeta in tune-up bouts.
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Fury, 30, was desperately unlucky not to walk away world champion in December, largely outboxing WBC champ Wilder, 33, despite the Brit twice being floored.
The pair are now signed to rematch next year, but Fury told the Alabama puncher cannot bare to look at him after he had to "'rob" him in December.
Fury said: “In the time I was off he had seven title defences. I’ve studied boxing my whole life, the worst thing a fighter can be isn’t fat, isn’t unconditioned, it’s not match-fit, inactive.
“I’ve gone in there inactive, had two easy fights in the last three years and done that to him - he caught me twice in a 12-round fight.
“What has he really got? If I was a match fit fighter and a world champion and had seven title defences and some fat man comes off drugs and alcohol and lost 10-stone and done that to me I'd never look at the sport again.
Can you imagine if I had been in this game five-years, lived in the gym, never ate a McDonalds and had a body on me like anything and some fat fella has come out of retirement and busted me and I’ve had to rob him in America to get a decision.
Fury on Wilder
“Truth of the matter is I couldn’t be at my best and I still beat him at nowhere near my best - he knows it and I know it.
“He isn't man enough to speak to me or even face me any more. He used to text me back and forth. I've text him five times and he hasn't replied once.
“Because he can’t, how can he look at me and say ‘Oh yeah, I thought I won that fight’. Because he knows he didn’t.”
After Fury dethroned Wladimir Klitschko of the unified titles in November 2015 a battle with depression, drugs and alcohol caused the 6ft 9in giant to lose his belts and almost his life.
But after meeting trainer Ben Davison, and finding inspiration to get back on his feet, the pair made a comeback plan with their relationship blossoming.
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Fury, who faces Tom Schwarz on Saturday, was an outsider going into his WBC title fight against knockout artist Wilder last year due to his inactivity out of the ring.
And the former unified champion revealed he had to “con” Wilder and promoter Al Haymon into thinking he only took on the challenge in order to get “a few quid”.
Fury said: "Does Deontay Wilder have anything to bother me? Nothing at all, as I wouldn’t have taken him after being out of the ring for three-years would I?
"I've been hurt 1,000 times but Wilder didn't hurt me once. He hit me in the back of the head, scrambled my senses and the last knockdown was a touch of sleep but didn't hurt me.
“Those same punches that caught me then are not going to catch me when I'm match fit, at all.
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"They was banking on me not being half the man as I was when I beat Klitschko and that was why they took the fight.
“I had to sort of con Al Haymon into that I was coming back for a payday, and I was going to be easy to beat and I had no motivation and I only wanted a few quid.
“And when I was bouncing in front of Deontay Wilder he was thinking ‘This man isn’t coming for a pay day, you told me he was coming for a payday fight - what’s going on here!’”
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