By Scott Gilfoid: Former Commonwealth heavyweight strap holder Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KOs) was standing on his hind legs today in yapping at WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) from the safety of his computer many miles away from the hard hitting Wilder in calling him out for a fight that Fury presumably would like to see take place in 2015.
Fury says he wants to face the 6’7” Wilder and he sees himself tearing the unbeaten American apart if given the chance.
“I’ll rip your heart out and feed it to you, chump! BronzeBomber, I’ll bring you it to a dog fight! Where it comes down to will & heart,” Fury said on his twitter today to Deontay Wilder. ”Hopefully this chump BronzeBomber will take the fight the worlds wants to see. I Honestly think BronzeBomber will avoid the furious1, and fight some bums instead of keeping the heavyweight buzz going. Let’s set it on fire,” Fury said.
Wilder’s response to Fury was short and sweet, saying, “Tyson Fury, bro, you don’t want none. Let’s make it happen.”
Ever since his win over Stiverne, Wilder has made it crystal clear that he wants to face Tyson Fury next. He knows it’s the biggest fight he can make right now, bigger than a unification fight against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Wilder knows what he sees in Fury in terms of his fragile chin, his lack of power, his poor defense and his slow hand speed, and he wants to get him in the ring and expose him. Wilder also knows that Fury has never faced anyone good during his career, so he would be for the first time in with a quality heavyweight that he’s not prepared for.
The fact that Fury has been talking out both sides of his mouth by saying he wants Deontay and Wladimir Klitschko next [after his fight against Christian Hammer] makes one question just how serious Fury is in facing Wilder. I mean, if Fury were truly serious in wanting to fight Wilder next, he wouldn’t be talking about wanting to fight Wladimir first, and he certainly wouldn’t be talking about fighting Deontay ‘one of these days.’
Fury’s latest trash talking has me thinking he’s just name dropping in order to try and steal some of Wilder’s attention he’s getting after his win over Bermane Stiverne last Saturday night.
If Fury can flap his gums enough for the next month or so, he can get some of the attention that is being given to Wilder right now without him having to risk his hide in the ring the way Wilder did against Stiverne. If it had been Fury in the ring with Stiverne last Saturday night, I doubt that Fury would have made it to the 4th round.
Getting Fury to actually agree to a fight against Wilder may be like pulling teeth. While Fury’s promoters would likely jump at the chance of making the Fury-Wilder fight, it’s highly doubtful that Fury will want any part in the fight, even though it’s likely a much bigger money fight for him than a fight against Wladimir.
The problem with Fury facing Wilder is that the end game is much worse for Fury than it would be if he were to face Wladimir. Wilder is a bigger puncher and much fiercer heavyweight knockout artist than Wladimir, and he’s also less experienced. As such, the read-made excuse Fury would have for losing to Wladimir wouldn’t be there if he were to lose to Wilder. He couldn’t just say he lost to a guy with tons of experience if Fury were to lose to Wilder. Due to the youth of Wilder, it would be clear that Fury would be the second banana for years to come instead of him being seen as a guy that will eventually take over after Wladimir retires from the sport.
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