TYSON FURY says he would have ‘nutted the c***’ had he gone head-to-head with Deontay Wilder in their final press conference.
In a heated debate the two heavyweights traded insults throughout.
But they were kept apart at the end as the traditional face-off was binned.
And that prevented some proper violence, according to the reigning WBC champ.
Asked by iFL why he didn’t stand toe-to-toe with Wilder, the Gypsy King said: “Because Frank Warren was thinking I was going to chin him.
“I wouldn’t have chinned him, I would have just nutted the c***, like that”, before showing the camera how.
Fury’s boxing promoter Bob Arum claims he ‘saved the fight’ after stepping in to make sure his client did not face-off with Wilder.
Arum, 89, was incensed with broadcaster Fox Sports and presenter Kate Abdo for suggesting the two fighters were going to come together.
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According to Arum in his rant after the press conference, both Fox and Abdo knew a face-off was never going to be part of the press conference – and he clamied Abdo was out of order for bringing it up.
Arum even shouted out from the crowd “Not a good idea!” when Abdo raised the prospect.
However she then quickly changed her mind – suggesting it was Arum’s intervention which prevented the face-off happening.
That annoyed the promoter, who said: “They bring this woman in from the UK and she’s slanting all the press conference to Wilder.
“Like I don’t give a damn, but it’s obvious what she was doing!
“And then, she knew that the understanding was: no face-off. Tom Brown argued with Fox, no face-off.
“We said, “No face-off”. What does she say? “Now we’re going to do a face-off?”
“F*** her and f*** them. There was no face-off and we saved the fight.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
