TYSON FURY has hit back at Deontay Wilder’s bizarre cheating claims and mentions of “white supremacy”.
The 37-year-old with the American in 2018.
Deontay Wilder came up with a litany of excuses for his first defeat to Tyson FuryCredit: AFP
The Bronze Bomber has now claimed ‘white supremacy’ was at play in his first meeting with Fury back in 2018Credit: GETTY
Wilder made the claim on a recent podcastCredit: RING MAGAZINE
But he took the power away from the judges and battered the 40-year-old Bronze Bomber in back-to-back reruns in 2020 and 2021.
In the past, Wilder has thrown dozens of unfounded accusations at Team Fury, including glove tampering, but appeared to have ended the grudge.
But he relaunched his conspiracy campaign this week in New York, telling the Ring Magazine that is “the biggest cheater in history” and that referee Jack Reiss’s handling of their opener was marred by “white supremacy”.
Fury refused to get drawn into a verbal shootout and pointed to his handling of consecutive losses, saying: “In my last two fights, I didn’t get the results I was after.
“Oleksandr got the results over me and fair play to him and his team and everybody around him
“They were life lessons, in this life you don’t always get what you want or what you think you did enough to get.
“But that’s where it stays.
“You don’t hear me crying and moaning about it, saying: ‘Oh my god, he cheated’.
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“That’s not me and there’s no point in crying over spilt milk.
“Oleksandr is a fantastic fighter and person, a god-fearing Christian man who I respect the utmost.
“We had two brilliant close fights and he got wins in both. We move on.
“It was not supposed to be for me over in Saudi and I was very hurt by that.
“I asked God why and realised it was his plan and his timing.”
sat down with April 4 opponent , who lost to Fury three times but remains a friend, to discuss their careers.
And that’s when he turned dark and claimed the iconic 12th round resurrection Fury pulled off under Reiss was racially motivated.
‘The Gypsy King’ has hit back at Deontay Wilder’s latest conspiracy claimCredit: INSTAGRAM@TYSONFURY In the first flight, with the referee, that’s white supremacy.”
Deontay Wilder
He said: “I don’t know about the third one but, in the first two, he definitely cheated. I have proof and evidence of that.
“When I do my documentary and my movie, it will be presented, all the evidence that I know.
“The man cheated, he is the biggest cheater in boxing history, if you look him up, you will see it.
“And, if I am lying, then sue me for defamation of character.
“Being a black man, with dark skin, makes it harder to believe me than a white man.
“In the first fight, with the referee, that’s white supremacy.
“He said he did what he thought was best for boxing, but his job was to count his ass out, he gave him an extra 15 seconds.”
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