WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury 30-0-1 (21) has labelled Deontay Wilder 42-1-1 (41) mentally weak ahead of their third fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night.
The 33-year-old Brit is 1-0-1 against Wilder after drawing in their first bout and scoring a seventh-round knockout in the rematch.
“I’ve just been training and taking it day by day. All we can do is live one day at a time. Every day that we wake up is a blessed day,” Fury said.
“All these fights are exactly the same to me. Some guy is trying to take my head off. No matter who it may be, they don’t matter to me. It’s the Tyson Fury road show and it has continued for 13 years.
“Wilder is a weak person mentally and I’m going to knock him out on Saturday night. I obliterated him in the rematch and I see much more of the same in the third fight.
“I’m the last man standing between me, Deontay and Anthony Joshua. I’m the last one undefeated. I’m the two-time heavyweight champion and I’ve never lost a fight. That’s history.”
Fury boxed Wilder in their first fight but changed from matador to bull in the rematch, knocking the 35-year-old American down twice before his corner threw in the towel.
The change in style has been widely credited to new coach Sugarhill Steward.
“Training Tyson Fury has been just about making him better,” Steward said. “He was already an exceptional boxer before I started training him. We fine-tuned those skills and understood some things that he didn’t see. Most importantly, it’s just about being ready. When he’s ready, he’s unstoppable.
“Tyson Fury is very conscious of Deontay’s abilities. We’re just concentrating on being sharp and being focused. There’s always more to learn in boxing and Tyson is learning and having fun with it.
“It’s exciting to be here. I believe in what the Wilder camp has been working on. I’ve looked at the clips. It gets me motivated to keep working with Tyson. We’re expecting nothing less than a knockout.”
“Me and Sugarhill go back to like 2010 in Detroit,” Furry said. “We have a great bond going. To have any successful relationship, you have to have good communication. We’ve got that. We just gel together.
“It’s not easy for me to pick a trainer because I’m outspoken and do outlandish things. I have to have someone on the same wavelength to match that and I’ve definitely found a match with Sugarhill.
“He says he wants to do bad things to me and that he’s got all this anger and aggression. Those who hold hot coals with aggression are the ones who get burned. He knows he’s lost twice and that he’s going to lose the third time.
“He’s in denial and he’s getting knocked out. His legacy is in bits. I knocked him out and now I’m going to retire him.”
