Deontay Wilder Stands By Accusations That Tyson Fury ‘Definitely Cheated’ As Trilogy Fight Looms

Deontay Wilder has doubled down on his bizarre list of accusations that Tyson Fury cheated before their 2020 rematch in a new video.

"It [a boxing glove] doesn't have loose space in it; it's impossible."

Wilder added: "Look, they couldn't even knock me out, even under that ju-ju [witchcraft]. They couldn't even keep me down. Like I said, it took a disloyal trainer to throw the towel in."

Wilder also pointed to Fury allegedly testing positive for nandrolone in a UK Anti-Doping test, revealed in 2016, which resulted in a lengthy legal battle between Fury and UKAD over the outcome.

"He's got a rap sheet of cheating, he's got a wrap sheet of abusing drugs," said Wilder. "Whereas you talk about a guy like me - that ain't got no rap sheet, just pure power, pure work ethic, but I'm lying? And you've got a guy that's known for cheating, and he's telling the truth?"

But Wilder is clearly backing up every one of his statements.

"I know what I can do. They knew it too, so they had to have something to slow me down... See, they thought they were going to take me out in the second or third round, but that voodoo-gypsy combo-soup didn't work, so they had to use my trainer."

With a new trainer in former opponent Malik Scott and plenty of time to recover from his injuries, Wilder will - presumably - have no excuses going into his third fight with Fury on 24 July.

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