Wilder vs. Fury 3 results: Live reaction, buzz on next opponents, as Fury tops Wilder for WBC heavyweight championship (2024)

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What did Wilder say to Fury after 3rd fight? ›

Deontay Wilder: 'No love' for Tyson Fury after third bout, later thanks him in Instagram post. An audio clip from ESPN Ringside revealed that Deontay Wilder said, “I don't respect you” when approached by WBC and The Ring heavyweight champion Tyson Fury after their epic third fight on Saturday.

He then followed this up by knocking out his rival in the eleventh round of their trilogy fight, again in Las Vegas, in 2021.

Deontay Wilder is an American heavyweight boxer who has a net worth of $30 million. Deontay first gained the WBC heavyweight title in 2015, a title he held for the next several years. He broke a nine-year drought of American heavyweight champions, the longest streak without an American champion.

Fury suffered a split decision loss as he relinquished his WBC belt and undefeated record, with Usyk becoming the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt era.

Tyson Fury called Deontay Wilder a 'sore loser' after he refused to shake his hand following their epic fight 👀

"I don't like you, but I can come and let you know that I see you. I know where you are and you know where I am, we can co-exist with each other, you stay over there and I stay over here." Asked about this at a press conference this week, Fury reacted: "When I met him man-to-man, his a***hole fell out.

Floyd Mayweather is the richest boxer in the world with a net worth of $400 million.

Wilder has lost four of his past five fights, including a decision defeat to Joseph Parker in December along with a pair of losses to Tyson Fury in their heavyweight championship trilogy. Wilder said before the fight that if he lost, "this could be the final goodbye, the farewell of Deontay Wilder."

Mike Tyson lost a total of 6 fights during his pro career. In chronological order, these defeats were to Buster Douglas (1990), Evander Holyfield (1996), Evander Holyfield 2(1997), Lennox Lewis (2002), Danny Williams (2004) & finally Kevin McBride (2005).

Fury was on top of the world back in 2015 when he defeated Wladimir Klitschko to claim all four world title belts. But his success was quickly followed by a dark period. Public battles with depression and drug addiction ultimately cost him his belts, and saw him retreat from the sport.

What did Wilder accuse Fury of doing? ›

' In October 2020 Wilder sensationally accused Fury of cheating in their first two fights in a lengthy social media video - focusing on his claims that his rival 'had something hard in his gloves'.

When you have a fighter willing to do that, when he is seriously hurt and in pain but still fights, you've got a dangerous man on your hands. When one guy is doing good, it makes all the others want to achieve greatness. I'm looking forward to the fighting with no headgear - I'm jealous.

It came after Wilder complained to the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NASC) that Fury's Paffen Sport gloves did not have sufficient padding due to the use of horse hair inside the gloves.