Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder 42-1-1 (41) has warned conqueror Tyson Fury 30-0-1 (21) that there will be consequences if the Brit withdraws from their third fight scheduled to take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 9.
Wilder retained his WBC belt by controversial split draw in Los Angeles in December 2018 after dropping Fury twice late in the fight.
In their rematch in Las Vegas in February last year Fury turned the tables, knocking down the 35-year-old American twice en route to a seventh-round stoppage.
The 33-year-old Fury was expected to face WBA, WBO and IBF champion Anthony Joshua 24-1 (22) in the northern summer before an independent arbitrator ruled he was contractually obliged to face Wilder for a third time.
That fight was initially scheduled to take place on July 24 in Las Vegas before Fury contract Covid-19, forcing the bout to be postponed.
Wilder is concerned that Fury will find a reason to pull out of the new date.
“If he don’t show up he’s gonna have to suffer the consequences, the penalties that’ve been set forth. If he don’t fight, then pay me what you’re supposed to pay me. Then you have to give up that belt as well,” Wilder told 78SportsTV.
“So it’s a win-win situation for me, it’s a lose-lose situation for him. That’s the great thing about it cause, the saying has always said that history repeats itself.
“We know his actions are always the same, he’s done this many of times where he tries to get out of fights.
“He has had a door to escape from. But at this moment in time he has no more doors, no options. He has to put up or shut up, fight or retire.
“Either fight and give me my money or give up that belt. It’s a win-win situation for me and with that being said I can sleep at night.
“We had go to court through arbitration just to get this fight. They always talk about how easy the fight was but they really know what the real was. If it was so easy, we wouldn’t be going through this.
“I don’t think any other fighter would have to go through this, but being that it’s me and how dangerous I am they try to avoid me. Which is okay, it boosts my confidence even more.
“These guys avoid me so much, it’s sickening for the sport. Everybody got Covid or all these guys juicing and cheating, it’s just ridiculous.”
Wilder won the WBC belt with a points decision over Bermane Stiverne in January 2015 and defended the title 10 times before his knockout loss to Fury.
Fury previously held the WBA, WBO and IBF titles after outpointing Wladimir Klitschko in Germany in November 2015 before walking away from the sport for almost three years.
