TYSON FURY and Deontay Wilder have weighed in ahead of their blockbuster showdown on Saturday night.
Both fighters have tipped the scales HEAVIER than their last clash, with Fury at 277lbs and Wilder at 238lbs.
The Gypsy King knocked the Bronze Bomber out in seven rounds last year to claim the WBC heavyweight title, but the American is set on revenge.
You can catch coverage of the fight live on BT Sport Box Office.
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Twig-legged Wilder, 35, was a career heaviest 16st 7lbs for the first defeat of his once-brilliant KO artist career.
That night was a disaster but instead of stripping back the bulk he piled even more on.
Wilder said “I wanted to look sexy and feel sexy, he will not be able to put all his weight on me now.
“The weight came off naturally and we had a loving, joyous camp.”
The pair clashed backstage in the MGM arena, swapping insults in the bowels of the building.
Both men shouted “f*** your mumma” before Fury’s younger brother Shane got into a slanging match with a member of the Bomb Squad.
Big Shane was heard yelling: “You piece of s***, you are getting knocked spark out. F*** you”
And when a member of Team Wilder yelled back an insult relating to Shane’s curves, he barked: “I’ll tell you what a fat boy could do to you, rip you to pieces you p***y!”
Fury’s unfamiliar black fedora hat also made a bit more sense when a social media message from wrestling legend The Undertaker was posted.
The American giant asked Fury to floor his compatriot before standing over him and uttering his famous catchphrase: “Rest in peace”.
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Bloodthirsty Tyson Fury plans to feast on Deontay Wilder’s plasma again tonight after weighing in at 19st 11lbs – the heaviest of his career.
England’s 33-year-old WBC heavyweight champ weighed in at a monstrous 19st 7lbs for last clash he totally dominated and has packed on about 4lbs to reach 277lbs for the trilogy bout.
Wilder did the same by packing on more muscle to hit his own career heaviest of 17st.
When the Gypsy King shook up the sport by axing his old defensive skills and blasting Wilder out in seven February 2020 rounds, he had bulked up and looked sensational
And he once again looks set to slam one foot on the Las Vegas gas and the other on the American’s throat.
Remembering the iconic moment he licked the blood that was oozing from Wilder’s mouth and ear last time out, he roared: “I told him before the fight I wanted to taste his blood and I did.
“It has only made me thirsty for more.
“My weight means total obliteration and annihilation, 277lbs to put him in the royal infirmary.”
MORE FURY
“I feel absolutely amazing, I’ve been training at this weight for two years.
“I’m on fire, I”m going to knock the dosser out, he’s in trouble tomorrow night.
“I think he’ll be slow, he can’t carry his weight, he’s actually a small man.
“They’re not going to face me, I’m a real man, he’s a coward.
“I’d fight his army on my own.”
WEIGHT RECAP
So then, both men come in heavier than the second fight.
Wilder is 238lbs, while Fury is 277lbs.
Tomorrow should be a cracker.
FURY
“I’m going to severely damage him, he won’t be recognisable after the fight.”
Fury is raging here, several swear words too!
FURY
“It means total annihilation of the dosser!
“I’m going to put him in the infirmary.”
WILDER
“The weight came on, I wanted to look and feel sexy.
“There won’t be no pushing me. Calmness is the key to the storm.”
BAD MOUTHING
Some shouting from Fury towards Wilder, who responds with his own yells.
They both look like they could get in the ring right now!
FURY WEIGHT
Here’s Fury on the scales.
And the Gypsy King is 277lbs!
He was 273lbs last time…
WILDER WEIGHT
Deontay Wilder has stepped up to the scales.
And he is 238lbs!
That’s SEVEN pounds heavier than last time!
DON’T LET TRILOGY GO ‘TITS UP’
Ricky Hatton has urged mate Tyson Fury to keep British boxing afloat by not letting the Deontay Wilder trilogy go ‘tits up’.
The Manchester legend was ringside to watch AJ surrender his WBA, IBF and WBO world titles to Oleksandr Usyk on September 25, as prospect son Campbell Hatton got a win on the undercard.
In 2017 the UK held 13 boxing world titles but AJ’s defeat last month saw the number dwindle down to just six.
And the 43-year-old national treasure wants his old pal – who did two training camps in his Manchester gym when working with ex-trainer Ben Davison in 2019 – to keep his eye on the ball in Sin City this weekend so he does not lose his WBC belt.
“Tyson is the favourite but it is not a foregone conclusion,” the two-weight champion said. “It will be tricky.
“We all want Tyson to win but – like we saw with the AJ fight – these are all sticky wickets and it can all go tits up with one heavyweight punch.”
HERE THEY ARE
Here is Deontay Wilder, finally on the stage and surrounded by a huge entourage.
And straight after him is Tyson Fury, looking cool as a cucumber with his belts… and hat.
BOB’S YOUR UNCLE
In the meantime, here’s a picture of Bob Arum with some ring girls.
Credit: Reuters TIME HAS COME
We are nearly there folks.
Any moment now!
WEIGHTING AROUND
Another weigh-in, this time between undefeated pair Efe Ajagba and Frank Sanchez.
Sanchez comes in at 240lbs while Ajagba is 237lbs.
NEXT UP
We now have Robert Helenius vs Adam Kownacki.
Helenius is 246lb while Kownacki is 258lb.
NOT QUITE YET
First we have a weigh-in for Jared Anderson vs Vladimir Tereshkin.
Tereshkin tips the scales at 256lbs while Anderson is 240lbs.
GLOVES ARE OFF
Deontay Wilder is examining some gloves… on a mobile phone screen.
Surely it’s all been said and done by now!
HAT’S AWAY
Here’s some shots of that brilliant Tyson Fury hat…
Credit: Getty Credit: Getty PARK THE BUS
Joseph Parker in Fury’s dressing room giving him a fist bump.
Still waiting on the heavyweights to step up to the scales.
NEARLY THERE
Both men are in the building, and the weigh-in is imminent.
Fury even arrived in an Undertaker-style hat!
Should be interesting…
WILD THING
Wilder sticks by his claims that Fury cheated in the second fight, saying: “I don’t regret it and I go to my grave believing in what I believe in.
“I know things for fact. I have confirmation, clarity of a lot of things.
“Many people can believe what they want. We’re all human. We believe what we want. But the eyes don’t lie.
“It only made me better as a man, as a fighter, to understand and see certain things. To know things for facts.
“It made me even hungrier than before.”
FURY ROAD
Speaking on Wednesday, Fury said: “All these fights are exactly the same to me. I’ve got some guy trying to take my head off with punches.
“It don’t matter if it’s Deontay Wilder, or whoever it may be. It doesn’t really matter to me, because it’s the Tyson Fury road show.
“I absolutely obliterated him in the rematch. He didn’t even win any of the rounds.
“In this third fight, I just see much more of the same. I hope you’ve got your excuse book ready, dosser!”
WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
Unbeaten Fury goes into the fight as the favourite with odds of 4/11.
You can get 9/4 on dangerous Wilder to avenge his only loss.
And a draw – which was the result of their first fight remember – is currently set at 25/1.
(Odds via Betfair at time of publication)
TALE OF THE TAPE
Let’s see how Fury and Wilder stack up going into this highly-anticipated battle…
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
