WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder expects to secure a knockout victory in the second bout with Tyson Fury - a knockout that will happen way before the conclusion of the first bout.
“Second time the bell rings, I’m going to knock him out, but even faster. He’s not getting up this time, I promise you. When I hit Tyson Fury, he had a concussion. He didn’t know how he got up. He didn’t know how he got dropped or how he got up – that’s a sign of a concussion," Wilder told Adam Catterall and Gareth A. Davies on talkSPORT’s Fight Night.
“His family don’t want him to fight me again and I understand, they shouldn’t. Because I am the hardest puncher in probably the history, period.”
Their contest went to a controversial twelve round split draw in December 2018, with Fury going down twice in the contest which took place at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Before the contest with Wilder takes place, the undefeated champion will collide in a rematch with Luis Ortiz in the fall.
Wilder scored a ten round knockout over Ortiz in March 2018. But Ortiz claimed that the referee prevented him from following up to get the finish, after the Cuban boxer had badly hurt Wilder in the seventh round.
Regarding Fury, Wilder has no regrets about being unable to put Fury away in the first meeting.
“I don’t want to start that ‘I have to knock him out’ rumour or energy in my head,” continued Wilder. “A win is a win, whether it is pretty or ugly.
“I don’t regret not getting the finish, it was a controversial fight and controversy sells. It was a good fight the first time and it will be even better the second time.”
