Bob Arum Reveals the Truth About Deontay Wilder Stepping Aside

A few days back, there were media reports of Deontay Wilder considering a step-aside deal for his trilogy fight with Tyson Fury. “The Bronze Bomber” met with a lot of negative reviews for the same. However, Top Rank chief, Bob Arum, has confirmed that the reports had no substance behind them.

Fury thrashed Deontay Wilder during their second meeting. Therefore, the latter immediately invoked a rematch clause setting up a trilogy with Fury.

“The Gypsy King” dominated the affairs when the two met in February earlier this year. Consequently, a lot of people had already assumed that Fury would outclass the American in the trilogy as well.

Hence, they were more interested in an all-Brit unification fight between Anthony Joshua and Fury. The joy of such fans knew no bounds when they heard that Wilder was looking for a step-aside deal.

Media reports claimed that Wilder was looking for $10 million. Moreover, he wanted the opportunity to fight the winner of AJ vs Fury.

Bob Arum put an end to all such rumors. He laid it out in the open that Wilder’s camp never demanded any money. This was because they were never interested in a buy-out in the first place.

Tyson Fury wasn’t willing to pay Deontay Wilder for stepping aside

While the media reports of Wilder stepping aside turned out to be false, Fury wasn’t going to pay him the money either way. Hearing about Wilder’s potential idea, Fury said that he wanted the trilogy badly. Let alone $10 million, he wasn’t willing to pay $2 million to his former opponent.

The WBC Heavyweight champ is looking to defend his title before the end of the year once. He will then look forward to a unification fight with Anthony Joshua.

Moreover, he probably knew that Wilder alone stepping aside won’t cut the deal. Even Joshua has his title defense lined up against Kubrat Pulev.

Both Fury and Joshua were planning to defend their belts around June or July this year. However, with the presence of a global pandemic, the scheduling has to be postponed. However, Bob Arum has already chalked out plans for coming back in June later this year.

Although he has denied the possibility of a Wilder-Fury fight without any crowd, it wouldn’t be shocking to see the same if the normal of social distancing have to be implemented for a long time.