TYSON FURY called Deontay Wilder a “bellend” for raising the issue of colour in his row over cheating claims.
The 42-year-old American – who suffered a draw and two defeats to the Gypsy King – appeared on a Ring Magazine podcast in New York last week.
On the show he labelled the 37-year-old Brit, “the biggest cheater in the history of boxing” and vowed to prove his claims in an upcoming documentary.
Wilder also said the referee in their original 2018 draw – Jack Reiss – afforded Fury a long count in the 12th rounds down to “white supremacy”.
In the talkSPORT studio on Wednesday, Wilder was presented with some of his wide-ranging claims.
But he stormed out of the studio and raised concerns about racial profiling, historic slavery and recent police brutality cases.
From his Thailand training camp, ahead of his April 11 clash with Arslenbak Makhmudov, Fury replied to the latest Wilder outburst, writing on Instagram: “Always bringing color (sic) into sports total bellend!
“It’s hard for all men!
“Get on with it.”
In his face-to-face podcast with Chisora in America, when addressing the cheating row, Wilder said: “Being a black man, with dark skin, makes it harder to believe me than a white man.”
And that was a subject he brought up against host Simon Jordan again on Wednesday.
Jordan vehemently refuted the heated conversation having anything to do with race.
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But a switch had been flicked in Wilder, who broke out of the studio and he needed his team to calm him down in the News UK green room – before he went for fish and chips with Del Boy in Borough Market.
In a calmer interview later in the afternoon, Wilder admitted that he exploded but returned to the issues of slavery and insisted that white people can not understand the dynamics of being black.
And that sparked a reaction from Fury, who led a 2020 ‘Travellers Lives Matter’ march, after a man was refused entry to a pub.
At that Morecambe protest, Fury said: “So here I am, here in Lancaster. There is a protest going on, Travellers Lives Matter.
“You shouldn’t be racist towards Travellers in 2020.
“Racism in Lancaster 2020.
“How is this even possible in today’s society? Totally unacceptable behaviour. Racism at work.”
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There’s a massive year of boxing ahead!
It’s shaping up to be a blockbuster year of action inside the boxing ring.
Tyson Fury will make his return in April against Arslanbek Makhmudov, Conor Benn is closing in on a world title shot and Fabio Wardley will defend his newly won heavyweight crown.
Canelo Alvarez will be hoping to return after his defeat to Terence Crawford and heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk will also need to defend his straps.
Derek Chisora will fight for the 50th and (perhaps) final time against Deontay Wilder, while Daniel Dubois is also on the comeback trail.
A whole bunch of British stars could also take a leap into superstardom, with the likes of Moses Itauma, Hamzah Sheeraz and Adam Azim ready to join the very top of the sport.
Here’s all the big fights coming up…
February
- Sat 7 – Nick Ball vs Brandon Figueroa – WBA featherweight title – DAZN
- Sat 21 – Ryan Garcia vs Mario Barrios – WBC welterweight title – DAZN PPV
- Sat 21 – Leigh Wood vs Josh Warrington – DAZN
- Sun 22 – Claressa Shields vs Franchon Crews-Dezurn – heavyweight unification – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Emanuel Navarrete vs Eduardo Nunez – super-featherweight unification – DAZN
March
- Sat 14 – Jazza Dickens vs Anthony Cacace – WBA super-featherweight title – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Moses Itauma vs Jermaine Franklin – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Sebastian Fundora vs Keith Thurman – Amazon Prime PPV
April
- Sat 4 – Derek Chisora vs Deontay Wilder – DAZN PPV
- Sat 11 – Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov – Netflix
