LAS VEGAS — Deontay Wilder made significant changes to his fight team after losing the rematch to Tyson Fury in February 2020 and heading into Saturday's trilogy affair.
He fired Mark Breland after he felt the former boxer shouldn't have thrown in the towel, which caused him to lose his WBC heavyweight title and suffering the first defeat of his career. Then Wilder slid longtime trainer Jay Deas to the co-trainer position and inserted former opponent Malik Scott into the top slot.
Wilder told the media, including DAZN News on Tuesday at his "grand arrival," that he and Scott have "left no stones unturned" going into Saturday's contest. In the rematch, Fury set the tone and came out the aggressor. He walked Wilder down, which led to two knockdowns and the fight getting stopped in the seventh round. The prevailing thought is Fury is going to attempt to follow the blueprint he did 20 months ago. However, Scott isn't so sure that it's in Fury's best interests in reverting back to what won him the second fight.
"I’ve thought about the fight," Scott said. "I’ve dreamed about the fight. I’ve daydreamed about the fight. Everything he’s doing, Deontay would have an answer for everything. You are going to say he’s going to revert back to the reflexes. Deontay won’t follow him around. He’ll cut him off and chop him down. If he wants to come forward, he’ll come forward, and he’s going to make that very uncomfortable for him. Either way, he’s f—ed."
Scott doesn't care what people's notions are because he feels if Fury does the same thing on Saturday that he's going to walk into something, and Wilder will make him pay for it.
"That’s what we are praying for. I’m hoping he tries to be the bully," Scott said.