Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury: Bronze Bomber gunning for first-round KO of ‘scared’ Gypsy King

The trash talk has intensified with very little time remaining until the big fight

Deontay Wilder has declared he could blast Tyson Fury out of the ring in one round on Saturday night.

The WBC champion disposed of mandatory challenger Bermane Stiverne within three dramatic minutes little over a year ago, and believes his upcoming bout could play out in similar fashion.



“I’m definitely – the way I’m feeling – I could see a first round knockout,” Wilder told ThaBoxingVoice when asked about his heated demeanour on fight week.

“This guy is scared, Tyson Fury is scared. I know fear.

“It’s certain ways you look, certain ways with your eye contract, certain ways with your facial expressions. Even certain things that you said.

“I’ve been in a lot of situations in my lifetime, I’ve been a lot of fights too, I know what fear looks like.

“I know what fear looks like, I can sense it. Just like a dog can smell fear, we can do the same thing too.”

Deontay Wilder sympathises with his opponent however, and thinks it’s understandable that he should fear him due to his explosive punching power.

The American is 40-0 with 39 KOs, having rematched the only person he beat by decision (Stiverne) and then blitzed him too.

“Why would he not be scared?” Wilder continued, “I’m a 98 per cent knockout ratio, he‘s only 70 per cent.

“He’s never been in the ring with someone of my calibre. Every fight he’s been in has been a boring fight.

“The only fight that was exciting was seeing him getting dropped by Steve Cunningham, a cruiserweight.

“With me, I’m a natural killer. I have a natural killer instinct in the ring.

“I’ve knocked out every fighter in the ring, that right there speaks volumes.”

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