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Tyson Fury plans to run over Deontay Wilder 'like an 18-wheeler' truck

Fury is 15/2 with Planet Sport Bet to beat the "Bronze Bomber" between rounds one to three while a draw is 25/1.

Tyson Fury has promised to run over "one-trick pony" Deontay Wilder after the American threatened to cut off his rival's head before going silent at their pre-fight press conference.
Fury, 32, had looked set to be heading into an all-British heavyweight showdown against Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia during August.

However, a legal ruling in the United States wrecked those plans, with an arbitration hearing upholding claims from Wilder that he was contractually owed a third fight with WBC champion Fury.

Joshua will now face Oleksandr Usyk in September, while Fury meets Wilder in their trilogy contest, which has been confirmed for the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 24.

Betting odds

Fury defeated Wilder in emphatic style last year, knocking out the "Bronze Bomber" inside seven rounds so it is now surprise that he is favourite going into the trilogy bout.

Despite their first encounter ending as a split-draw and Wilder knocking Fury to the canvas on two occassions, Fury is 1/3 to retain his WBC heavyweight title with Planet Sport Bet.

You can get odds of 15/2 that Fury wins the fight betweens round one to three while Wilder is 9/4 to earn a shock win and 9/1 to stop Fury in between rounds seven and nine.

Shirtless Fury gets no response

The two fighters faced off on Tuesday during a press conference in Los Angeles as the promotion for their trilogy showdown stepped up a gear.
While a shirtless Fury had made a grand entrance, Wilder instead opted for the silent approach, sitting with headphones on and dark sunglasses next to new trainer Malik Scott.
When he did take the microphone for some opening comments, the Bronze Bomber kept things short, but certainly not sweet.
The American said: "I would like to thank my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, my amazing team and my strong legal team as well.

"Look, enough said. Time to cut off his head. Come July 24th, there will be bloodshed. Get your tickets now. I will see you soon.
"A lot of things are going to be different in this fight. On July 24, the world is going to see. We're going to reveal everything we've been working on.
"I didn't feel any way about Fury trying to negotiate another fight. We knew we were in the right and we knew they couldn't run. Silence is golden.
"I've been happy and even happier in my time off. I've had time to spend with my family and now I'm rejuvenated and ready to go.
"I've been training non-stop during the pandemic and I've been building. All this time between fights is going to be good for me and bad for him. I've had nothing but time to progress.
"Whatever he does on July 24, we will have an answer for it. I'm training very hard and my mind is very violent. I'm ready to go."

That was the only statement made by Wilder, but Fury was only too happy to share his thoughts.
Deontay Wilder

Tyson Fury jokes around but Deontay Wilder refuses to take his headphones off

Tyson Fury

Tyson Fury was his usual charismatic self during his press conference with Deontay Wilder

"All this bloodshed stuff, not so certain. Heard it all before, to be fair," replied Fury.

"He said this last time - decapitation, bloodshed all that, and we all know what went down there.
"I look forward to the challenge. I hope he's going to bring something different than the last time."
On Wilder's silent approach, Fury added "It shows how weak of a mental person he is, and how much the beating in the last fight took from him emotionally in his life.
"Obviously he's doing his little thing with his earphones on, and doesn't want to answer any questions. That's up to him, but I'm here to promote a fight."
Fury added: "Deontay Wilder's a one-trick pony, he's got one-punch power. We all know that.
"What I am going to do this time is to run him over like I'm an 18-wheeler (truck) and he is a human being.
"I guarantee he does not go past where he did before. I'm building my weight up, I'm trying to get up to 300lbs for this fight, because I'm looking for a big knockout straight away.
"I don't believe he's mentally, physically, or emotionally involved in this fight.
"I think he's doing it for the wrong reasons. When people do things for the wrong reasons, they always wind up getting hurt."

Joshua talks 'crazy rollercoaster'

Fury also took time to reflect on the change of focus from a showdown with Joshua.

Since the breakdown of plans for their scheduled contest on August 14, there have been plenty of words between the two rival camps - Joshua having labelled Fury a "fraud" during a spat played out in public on social media.

"It was a crazy rollercoaster of fights of what was going to happen and what was not going to happen," Fury said.
"But I always said you are never fighting anybody until you are in the ring opposite them, so it wasn't very hard for me.
"I never started training, I was not in training camp while all these negotiations were going on, so it was what it was.
"One minute I am fighting one guy, the next minute I am fighting another guy. It is what I get paid to do. I get paid to beat up on people, and it's not a bad job really.
"It is going to be Deontay Wilder, it is his turn again, let him get another good hiding and we will see if he wants a fourth rematch after this one, then maybe his seventh or 10th - who knows, it might go on forever."
The fighters' face-off looked like it might just do that as they stared each other out for around six minutes.
Wilder eventually had enough, put his sunglasses on again and walked away in silence - which left Fury's team to cheer loudly, shouting "we won".

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