Previous WBC boxing champion, Deontay Wilder has boldly lashed out at Tyson Fury for guaranteeing he had Covid-19 adding that the the self acclaimed Gypsy King was not fit to battle him in July and struggled in his training camp so he had no choice than to bring the excuse of having been infected with Covid-19.
The 2 sensational fighters were initially intended to battle out each other for a third time for the WBC belt on July 24, yet a COVID episode in Fury’s camp delayed the battle until October 9, 2021.
Deontay Wilder now says he was informed that Fury had been battling during fighting and the more youthful heavyweight fighters he was preparing with had been ‘piecing him up.’
Deontay Wilder’s explanation comes as an astonishment as he decided to say nothing when he and Fury met face-to-face for the third bout.
Tyson Fury defeated Deontay Wilder the very last time they met back in February 2020. Ahead of this 3rd bout with Deontay Wilder he prepared and trained with Michael Hunter, Christian Thun, Jared Anderson and Nigerian fighter, Efe Ajagba.
This is what Deontay Wilder had to say to PBC Podcast;
”I’m ready. I hope they are ready. I hope they have their priorities in line. Their game-plan, how they are going to approach the fight. They’re trying to run away from it, I’m running to it. I don’t believe he had Covid. I know he wasn’t doing well in camp. The young guys were piecing him up. I had a young guy from my camp who was piecing him up.”
This is what he had to say about his own preparations towards their third bout;
”Sparring has been amazing. I can’t say names but just know there have been a lot of people on the canvas.”
Meanwhile, a latest report chanced on by our outfit indicates that an aeroplane conveying the German football crew proclaimed a midair crisis over Scotland in the early hours of yesterday September 9, 2021 and had to land at Edinburgh air terminal.
As per report, the entire teams were going to Frankfurt following their 4-0 success over Iceland in Reykjavik on Wednesday night September 8.
The airplane got into trouble at 29,000ft around three miles west of Arbroath on the east coast and turned forcefully west. It required 20 minutes to officially land in the Scottish capital.
It is indistinct what the issue was with Klasjet flight KLJ2703 with radar pictures showing a crisis shift in course, making an unexpected turn between Dundee and Arbroath before quickly plummeting.
The airplane, a Boeing 737, was supposed to be ‘screeching 7700’ – which means its transponder was announcing the plane had a crisis.
The twitter account of the German team confirmed the episode saying; ”as a precaution there has been a safe stopover in Edinburgh. We are fine. Safety check on the machine is now running.”
