The leadup to the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury heavyweight rematch had been tame … until Wednesday.
Wilder and Fury, meeting on stage at the final news conference before the boxers fight Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, immediately stood nose to nose after they were introduced to the crowd on hand as host Joe Tessitore waited to ask them questions.
They had talked trash with their faces inches apart – if that – for several minutes when Fury bumped Wilder with his body and pushed him back bit. Wilder responded by shoving Fury backward, after which Fury responded in kind.
At that point, members of the fighters’ teams and security personnel jumped between them to prevent further contact as they continued to say what they planned to do to each other on Saturday.
B/R Betting ✔ @br_betting Wilder and Fury ready to go before today’s press conference even starts 🔥
Embedded video 822 6:02 AM – Feb 20, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 185 people are talking about this Was it genuine? Was it staged to sell the fight? The news conference was shown live on ESPN2, after all.
The only thing we know: It was dramatic.
