John Fury tears into ‘decrepit’ Wilder after latest Tyson cheating allegations and says Jake Paul handled loss better
JOHN FURY has launched a blistering attack on Deontay Wilder following the American’s latest cheating allegations against Tyson.
Former WBC heavyweight champion Wilder accused Tyson of cheating in their rematch by placing egg weights in his gloves – a claim he responded to by declaring the American had “lost his marbles!”
Despite having a nice meeting with Tyson in Saudi Arabia in February, The Bronze Bomber once again branded his old foe a “cheater” – an insult which dad John hasn’t taken lightly.
He told The Mirror: “I just think Wilder is a horrible, decrepit man I just don’t like him at all. He can’t take a loss.”
John, 58, insists he wouldn’t let Wilder’s words slide if he was a few years younger and reckons Tyson should’ve hit him in Saudi.
He continued: “If I was a young man like Tyson, we would have a roll around on the carpet.
“I would have hit him both hands straight in the mouth, but I haven’t bred a son like me.
“Tyson’s a great boxer but he doesn’t have my fire.
“If a man insults me I will hit him straight in the mouth.
“I said to Tyson, ‘Why don’t you hit him?’ He should have been hit.”
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Wilder’s handling of his defeats to Tyson irks John, so much he even heaped praise on Jake Paul for how he accepted his defeat to Tommy.
He said: “Even Jake Paul handled his defeat well and has gone back to the drawing board.
“[Wilder] is now howling and screaming abuse, how can somebody cheat you when he has been knocked spark out?
“And all this glove business, everything is checked out with WBC officials.
“Wilder for my money is a sore loser, and he will never get respect from me.”
Wilder, 37, returned to the ring last October against partner Robert Helenius in his first outing since being brutally knocked out by Tyson in their 2021 trilogy fight.
The American made light work of his former sparring partner, knocking him out in a round to pick up his first victory in nearly three years.
Former unified heavyweight champion Tyson, meanwhile, is currently looking for an opponent following the collapse of his undisputed title fight with pound-for-pound king Oleksandr Usyk.