Tyson Fury dismisses ‘novice, basketball player’ Deontay Wilder

Wladimir Klitschko-Tyson Fury

TYSON FURY has become Britainโ€™s first world heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis. Fighting Americaโ€™s WBC titlist Deontay Wilder would give Tyson the chance to unify all four of the major belts

There is though no doubt of Furyโ€™s standing in the division after dethroning Wladimir Klitschko in Dusseldorf on Saturdayย and Tyson was dismissive of Wilder. โ€œWhy do we need to mention Deontay Wilder, letโ€™s have a laugh at his name, shall we? Wladimir Klitschko is the number one in the division,โ€ he said. โ€œThis manโ€™s been on top for so long, heโ€™s reigned as the champion of the world for the longest. Floyd Mayweatherโ€™s gone, Wladimir Klitschko took his place [as the best]. I just took him out tonight.

“So why would I have to be bothered about a novice, basketball player who just came to boxing a couple of years ago? Iโ€™m a true natural fighter, Iโ€™ve been doing it all my life. You get animals, horses, dogs, anything and itโ€™s bred in them to be whatever they are, race horses, whatever they are and Iโ€™m bred to be a fighter. If Deontay Wilder wants a unification fight, heโ€™s going to have to wait because Wladimir Klitschko has a round two, ding, ding!โ€

Details of a rematch would have to be thrashed out, though Fury would have no problem returning to Germany. โ€œIt doesnโ€™t really matter to me where I fight. If you say Iโ€™m fighting in Japan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, America wherever it has to be, it has to be. Iโ€™d like to come back to Germany again to fight Wladimir. I enjoyed it. I got a great reception from the German fans. The German people really did show me some love and I just hope I entertained. I tried my best to entertain the people. I hope everybody who watch me enjoyed it as much as I did performing,โ€ he said.

โ€œI think Wladimir Klitschko may have let me win tonight on purpose,โ€ Fury added with a strong hint of sarcasm, โ€œin Germany, in front of 50,000 fans. So who knows what the rematch holds? The thing I can say about the rematch is do not forget to watch it or turn up and come and see because itโ€™s going to be explosive.โ€

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