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After an 8-month long silence, Deontay Wilder has finally spoken about his ongoing feud with Tyson Fury. The former WBC heavyweight champion has been away from social media ever since the first loss of his professional boxing career against Tyson Fury back in February this year.

Until now, Wilder had not offered his thoughts on the recent debacle about whether he will get his trilogy bout against Tyson Fury. The former champion took to Twitter and rained down on the British heavyweight. Moreover, Wilder accused Fury of tampering with his gloves and claimed that he cheated during both bouts.

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Soon after losing to Tyson Fury dramatically, Wilder made huge changes to his camp. The ‘Bronze Bomber’ sacked his trainer Mark Breland, who threw in the towel at the closing moments of the seventh round in a move to save Wilder from further damage. However, it did not go well with Wilder, who called Breland “disloyal.”

 

In a series of tweets, Wilder called out the WBC champion for running away from the much-anticipated trilogy bout. Earlier, boxing promoter Eddie Hearn had confirmed that the Bronze Bomber won’t be fighting for a title shot until 2022.

Deontay Wilder demands a trilogy bout

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Tyson Fury is the WBC, The Ring, and lineal heavyweight champion of the world. Soon after the loss, Wilder brought the rematch clause into play and demanded a trilogy bout against Fury. Everything pointed at a potential showdown in December; however, things went awry.

In the meantime, Tyson Fury signed a two-fight deal with WBO, IBF, and IBO champion Anthony Joshua. Both the boxers are set to meet inside the ring in 2021 for the undisputed heavyweight gold.

However, before that Joshua will have to get past Kubrat Pulev, while Tyson Fury is eyeing a potential clash against Carlos Takam. Earlier, WBC had confirmed that they have not received the sanction request from Tyson Fury required to make the trilogy bout official.

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Deontay Wilder also added that after he accepted to fight Tyson Fury in a rematch following their first encounter, which ended in a draw. There was a rematch clause which the British fighter should be “man” enough to follow. Be that as it may, it looks like the trilogy bout will have to wait for now.