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<\/a>Photo by Amanda Westcott\/SHOWTIME<\/strong><\/p>\nThree days of a boisterous, tension-fueled international press tour came to a close on Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles when heavyweight giants Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury had to be separated by security after the verbal sparring threatened to turn physical in front of a large contingent of both Wilder and Fury supporters.<\/p>\n
In the closing moments of the third-straight press conference ahead of their December 1 showdown for the WBC Heavyweight World Championship at STAPLES Center, emotions appeared to boil over as both fighters had to be held back (See the scuffle HERE). To watch Wednesday\u2019s press conference in full, visit the SHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel: https:\/\/s.sho.com\/2QiGaPg<\/p>\n
With the whirlwind press tour in the rear-view mirror, the fighters now have 58 days to prepare for the biggest heavyweight fight on U.S. soil since Lennox Lewis KO\u2019d Mike Tyson in June 2002. Wilder vs. Fury is the latest major heavyweight event to take place in the Southland, expanding an already deep history of heavyweight boxing featuring Hall of Famers Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Lennox Lewis and Vitali Klitschko, the last of whom faced off at Staples Center in 2003, with Klitschko also stopping Chris Arreola at Staples Center in 2009.<\/p>\n
Tickets for the event, which is promoted by BombZquad Enterprises and Queensberry Promotions, in association with DiBella Entertainment and TGB Promotions, are ON SALE NOW. Tickets are priced starting at $75, plus applicable fees, and are available via AXS.com.<\/p>\n
Below are flash quotes from today\u2019s event at The Novo by Microsoft at L.A. Live:<\/p>\n
DEONTAY WILDER<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI fought one of the best and I think I\u2019m fighting the next best in line in the heavyweight division, and I do think he\u2019s tough. The thing about Tyson, he\u2019s mentally tough. He\u2019s the Gypsy King and you know what they say about Gypsies; they\u2019re traveling people and they\u2019re fearless people. And that\u2019s why he\u2019s the perfect opponent for this situation, for this occasion of bringing the heavyweight division back. So when I knock him out I can say I knocked someone out that was fearless.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s great for the heavyweight division. He\u2019s charismatic, he can talk, I\u2019ve got a great dancing partner. He\u2019s fearless in the ring and he\u2019s got a background of boxing in his blood; he\u2019s named after Mike Tyson and all that is great. It\u2019s good that he\u2019s from another country so you get to see different cultures, different personalities from the two of us. You\u2019ve got one from America and you\u2019ve got one from Great Britain. So that\u2019s going to make it even more pleasurable for me when I knock him out.<\/p>\n \u201cAll this adds up. This is exciting for me and I can\u2019t wait to get back to L.A. What I\u2019m saying is I\u2019m going to knock him out.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know what I come to do and you know what I\u2019m coming to do December 1. When you come to see fights you come to see somebody get knocked out. You\u2019re not coming to see 12-round fights. I know you\u2019re coming to see some skills but you\u2019re coming to see this man\u2019s body on the canvas and that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to deliver to you.\u201d<\/p>\n TYSON FURY<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThere isn\u2019t a man born from his mother that Tyson Fury is afraid of, and especially not a man who wears pigtails every day. I don\u2019t fear anything about him; I don\u2019t fear anything he can do.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a fight. We can do all this stuff on stage, I can walk around here and I can talk as good as any man in the country. But when it comes to a fight, it\u2019s going to be a hell of a fight. Deontay Wilder: massive puncher. Me: skillful boxer. It\u2019s going to be an epic night. This is a legacy fight and I do believe that\u2019s true. And after I win, he\u2019s going to hire me as his publicist because I do believe I can promote Deontay Wilder back to being heavyweight champion of the world in no time. But there\u2019s no shame in losing to me because I am the greatest boxer of my generation and I can\u2019t be beat, especially not by him.<\/p>\n \u201cThere have been many, many fighters before like Deontay Wilder, but there\u2019s never been a Tyson Fury before in the history of boxing. I know that because I studied the game inside out.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m giving [Wilder] the opportunity to fight The Gypsy King. I have the claim to the throne that goes back years and years so I\u2019m giving him the opportunity to become something.<\/p>\n \u201cOnly in dreams does Deontay Wilder ever knock Tyson Fury out. Only in his dreams<\/p>\n \u201cDeontay Wilder needs Tyson Fury but Tyson Fury doesn\u2019t need Deontay Wilder. I chose Deontay Wilder as an easy victim. This is going to be the easiest fight of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n SHELLY FINKEL<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a great fight. Lately, I\u2019ve seen Tyson fury singing the song, \u2018There\u2019s only one Tyson Fury\u2019. I think he stole that from Ricky Hatton and you saw what happened to him. I think that trend will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n FRANK WARREN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI think Tyson is one of the best, he\u2019s certainly one of the most colorful heavyweights that has come out of Britain. His skills are sublime, he does the impossible. He went over to Germany, he took Klitschko to school; a good Klitschko. He fought the guy and like he said, he\u2019s the lineal champion. He loves the challenge and he\u2019s a traveler. That\u2019s why he\u2019s coming to Deontay\u2019s backyard. He\u2019s coming to the States, he\u2019s fighting one of the most explosive heavyweights in recent years, a guy who can punch. I think styles make fights, and everybody is saying that Tyson is going to be running and Deontay is going to be coming after him. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s going to happen; I think on the night, you\u2019re going to see Tyson stand his ground and you\u2019re going to see some serious fireworks take place.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a great fight, it\u2019s a fight for the fans, it\u2019s great to be here in L.A. to do this fight. It\u2019s great that we are in America to bring another Brit over here to take the belt back.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the best fighting the best; the two top heavyweights in the world who have stepped up to the plate and made a fight like that.\u201d<\/p>\n STEPHEN ESPINOZA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe have a very special event. What makes it so special? Clearly, it\u2019s a big heavyweight title fight but there\u2019s a different kind of mystique and buzz for a heavyweight title fight. We\u2019ve got a heavyweight title fight between two elite athletes. We\u2019ve got the hardest puncher in boxing against one of the most skilled boxers in the sport, certainly in the heavyweight division. It\u2019s a fascinating matchup of styles. We have two huge personalities and the two tallest fighters in the heavyweight division.<\/p>\n \u201cIn a city of big events, we have the biggest of events. L.A. has certainly had its share of big fights \u2013 Henry Armstrong, Art Aragon, Bobby Chacon, Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley \u2013 they\u2019ve all fought here. And L.A. has even hosted its share of heavyweight fights. Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson fought here, Muhammad Ali fought here as well. But in terms of major heavyweight title fights in Los Angeles, the list is very short. There have been three Vitali Klitschko fights vs. Chris Arreola, Corrie Sanders and Lennnox Lewis. That\u2019s it. Four fighters have fought for the heavyweight world title in Los Angeles in its history. This is a rare event in Los Angeles. Not since 2009 have we seen a heavyweight title event in L.A. and in a city of can\u2019t-miss events, this is the pinnacle. There\u2019s more than the WBC title at stake, more than pride, this is about legacy and history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [AdSense-A] Photo by Amanda Westcott\/SHOWTIME Three days of a boisterous, tension-fueled international press tour came to a close on Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles when heavyweight giants Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury had to be separated by security after the verbal sparring threatened to turn physical in front of a large contingent of both Wilder […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18987],"class_list":["post-75537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-deontay-wilder-tyson-fury-shock-the-boxing-world-with-latest-antics-breaking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75537"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}