John Fury, father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, says Deontay Wilder should have displayed the same sportsmanlike behavior as Anthony Joshua did last Saturday night.

Wilder was stopped by Fury in seven rounds back in February of 2020.

They will collide in a trilogy fight on October 9 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Last Saturday night, Anthony Joshua was outboxed over twelve rounds by Oleksandr Usyk, who in the process captured the WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO world titles.

When Joshua was defeated, he gave praise to Usyk and promised to get revenge in their 2022 rematch.

However, Wilder, in the aftermath of last year's loss, made several allegations against Fury - and among them, he claimed Fury had loaded his gloves with weights.

Wilder also fired co-trainer Mark Breland, who threw in the towel to stop the rematch with Fury. He claimed the veteran trainer was disloyal and even made an allegation that Breland possibly spiked his water bottle.

“Bizarre is an understatement. He proved what a bad sport he is and he let the American people down with that behavior," Fury told Talk Sport.

“I’ve always looked up to the Americans – especially the boxing fraternity – and I’ve never seen behavior like that from a champion. I’ve had great respect for their champions, past and present, but he behaved like a spoilt kid who couldn’t believe his misfortune and couldn’t accept the situation he was in.

“It put me off him as a man – he’s not a man. In the last interview they tried to compare him to AJ. No way. Look at how AJ is reacting now and compare it to him.”