Hearn Reacts To Wilder's Allegations of Loaded Gloves: It's Ridiculous!

Promoter Eddie Hearn is shaking his head after reading Deontay Wilder's statements regarding Tyson Fury.

On Saturday, Wilder took to social media to break his silence after being quiet for several months.

Wilder lost his WBC heavyweight title back in February, when he was stopped in seven rounds in his rematch with Tyson Fury at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. 

In the video posted to Instagram, Wilder accused Fury of loading his gloves for their rematch - and also said Fury manipulated his gloves for the first contest, which took place in December 2018 and ended in a controversial twelve round split draw.

"It's ridiculous. Listen, park him to the side, let the big boys, the real men go at it," Hearn told IFL TV. "Unless you've got any real substance then be quiet, go back to the drawing board, work harder, let the hunger burn to become champion again.

"It's gone from the costume, to now he's been found out about AJ, to now something about the gloves. It's getting worse and worse."

Wilder also posted a message to Fury on social media, which revealed that he stepped away from a lucrative deal to fight Anthony Joshua in order to face Fury in a rematch.

"When that fight was a draw, I told you that I would give you a rematch. You know I was offered more money to fight Joshua than I was getting to fight you. Again being a man of my word, I fought you like I said I would," Wilder stated.

Hearn was infuriated by the comments with respect to sidestepping Joshua to face Fury in a second fight.

"[We received] loads of criticism and it hurt because I knew how much we wanted to make that fight and I knew they were playing games," Hearn said.

"AJ has always pushed me to make the undisputed fight and you've just seen it unfold in one tweet. To be quite honest it's sweet as a nut."