Deontay Wilder has repeated his accusation that Tyson Fury cheated during their trilogy, reviving a dispute that never fully left the heavyweight division and resurfacing it days before both men enter separate fights.
Their rivalry produced three violent nights. The first ended in a split draw after Fury rose from a heavy 12th-round knockdown that looked final from ringside. The second removed the judges when Fury forced a stoppage. The third closed the chapter with an 11th-round knockout. Official results remain unchanged, yet Wilder continues to reject them.
The timing is not accidental. Fury is expected back on April 11 against Arslanbek Makhmudov after retirement talk faded. Wilder is booked with Derek Chisora the week prior at the O2 Arena. Promotion weeks often pull old rivals back into conversation. Heavyweights understand attention still converts to negotiating strength.
During a sit-down on <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/@RingMagazine/videos”>The Ring</a> YouTube channel, Chisora brushed Fury aside with humor, saying, “He beat my a** three times.” Wilder chose confrontation.
“He didn’t whoop me twice at all,” Wilder said. “I’m telling you what I know. You’re only seeing what you saw, he didn’t win nothing, they gave it to him. I can’t think of our third fight, but in two of them, he definitely cheated. I’ve got proof and evidence of that. When I do my documentary and movie about it, it’s going to be presented. I’m going to bring the people, and the artefacts, I know.”
He went further.
“Why do you think he can’t come back to America? The man cheated. He’s the biggest cheater in boxing history. If I’m lying, then please tell him to sue me for defamation of character so that I have the proof. I can’t wait. Being a black man with dark skin is harder to believe than being a white man. And in that first fight with the referee, that’s white supremacy. You know what he did? He said, ‘what’s best for boxing.’ No, your job is to count his a** out. He gave him an extra 15 count. It is what it is. I speak with truth, heart, and passion.”
The allegations are familiar. Before their third meeting, Wilder claimed Fury used “loaded gloves” in the stoppage defeat.
Fury treated the charge with sarcasm at the time.
“You know what? I’m going to cheat again because I’m going to smash his face in,” Fury said on The MMA Hour. “According to him, that’s cheating because he’s not supposed to lose. Unfortunately, I’m going to cheat again. I’m going to kick his a**, sea bass. I had horseshoes in there. You know I’m a gypsy don’t you? You ever watch ‘Peaky Blinders’? I loaded the gloves with horseshoes and dynamite. This time I’m going to do exactly the same. Put a bit more metal in there.”
He continued: “It does say a lot. We’ve boxed 19 rounds and he’s practically won two rounds out of 19. I’m not really too bothered about it but you’ve got to respect everyone that gets in the ring with a pair of boxing gloves on or any fight, whether it’s MMA, kickboxing, Muay Thai, boxing whatever, every man’s trained and coming to win.
“With Wilder, in my opinion, he’s come out with all this stuff, I’ve cheated, I’ve done this, I’m a natural born cheater, his coach. I must have some power, mustn’t I? Because I’ve even got his coach on my side. Not to mention Jay Diaz, he’s on my payroll, too. I’m like Tommy Shelby here, I’ve got them all on the payroll. He’s on the payroll too, Jay Diaz, because he was in the changing room while I was getting my gloves on the whole time. So he must have helped me and Wilder’s in denial about that.
“But let me just put that out there as well. You’ve got all this stuff. Whether he believes it or not is another thing. But he has to try and sell the fight somehow. He has to try and make a reason why he could win. So he clearly couldn’t do the reasons why in a boxing fight so he has to make other reasons for his own self, for the people around him who are saying he can do this, he can do that.”
Public accusations like these rarely change official history, yet they influence business. Promoters track attention. Networks prefer fighters who generate discussion without needing a belt attached. Old disputes can raise negotiating floors, shape broadcast placement, and protect earning power late in a career. For Wilder, revisiting the Fury chapter keeps his name tied to the division’s recent center. For Fury, silence or humor both maintain distance while he prepares for another return. The pressure sits on performance now. Each man enters a separate fight with reduced margin for error, because heavyweights near forty are judged less on talk and more on durability, punch resistance, and recovery between camps.
Why Fury never fight Wilder in America again? He scared to come back here cause he know what’s waiting for him – maybe even legal stuff if the truth comes out 💥.
He hiding behind UK fights now and never gonna give Wilder that fair rematch on American soil.
Wilder ain’t just crying, he’s exposing the truth. Fury been shady from day one and everybody acting blind cause they like his accent or something 😂.
All these fans of Fury just wanna ignore what’s in front of them cause it’s easier than admitting their guy cheated.
People keep saying Wilder making excuses but how come nobody talking about the long count in that first fight? The ref should’ve counted him out, not waited for him to wake up.
‘Xking’ got a point here, that count was way too long. If it was Wilder on the ground they would’ve called it done instantly 👊🏿.
Fury always playing games with words and making jokes but never really answer nothing serious. If someone said I cheated I’d prove them wrong, not joke around like a clown 🤡.
Wilder is right to say what he feels. Just cause someone wins don’t mean they didn’t cheat. If he got proof then let him show it. People only believe Fury cause he white.
Exactly bro, people act like white boxers can’t do no wrong. Wilder been saying the same thing for years so I don’t think he lying about nothing 💯.
If Wilder says Fury cheated, then maybe it’s true. Why would a man lie over and over unless something really happened? They just ignore it cause he’s not British.