Gloves, clothes come off in heated news conference with Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury LANCE PUGMIREAP Boxers Deontay Wilder, left, and Tyson Fury exchange words as they face each other at a news conference. The heavy punches that Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury expect to throw Saturday (Sunday NZ time) have been preceded with loaded words and a confrontation that nearly became physical. At the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, Wilder and Fury went nose to nose to close the buildup at their news conference for the World Boxing Council heavyweight title fight at Staples Center. The tension heightened toward the close of their remarks when Fury suggested Wilder is barely above anonymous in the US, despite being a heavyweight champion. Wilder (40-0, 39 knockouts) then revisited Fury's 2015 upset triumph by decision over long-reigning heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and said, "You didn't beat Klitschko.

Source: Stuff November 29, 2018 00:33 UTC