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30th November 2018
04:28pm GMT

"If I’m provoked then I have to retaliate. Hitting me is the worst thing anyone can ever do."
Fury has a theory that Wilder was attempting to goad him into throwing a punch in order to force the cancellation of the fight but the Brit would not take the bait.
While he has been no stranger to controversy in the past, Fury was in apologetic form at his media roundtable.
"I am quite embarrassed by what happened yesterday," Fury said. "It was unsportsmanlike conduct and for everyone watching around the world, it went off!
"I wasn't proud of it and I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise on both of our behalves because I don't think Deontay Wilder came in here and apologised but it wasn't as a sportsman should be.
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"It got out of hand. You had two undefeated fighters who want to win really badly.
"Deontay Wilder is obviously nervous and rattled and he felt like he had the need to get in my face.
"Do you know what? He was lucky I didn't take his teeth out. He got up really close to me, in my face. I could smell his breath. I could feel the spit coming out of his mouth when he was screaming and ranting about rubbish."Explore more on these topics:

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