Tyson Fury clearly wasn't impressed with Deontay Wilder's seventh-round KO of Luis Ortiz over the weekend.
After watching the WBC heavyweight champion lose rounds to Ortiz, before delivering that massive right-handed knockout, Fury took to his Twitter account Sunday and fired off on "The Bronze Bomber," vowing that Wilder will be relegated to just having a puncher's chance against him in their own rematch and that he will out-box him once again.
Fury's words come after Wilder said that he's going to knock Fury out in their rematch. The general consensus on their thrilling split draw in December 2018 was that Fury thoroughly out-boxed Wilder, but that Wilder's 12th-round knockdown of Fury should have granted him the KO, considering the referee arguably registered a late count.
Since then, Wilder obliterated Dominic Breazeale by first-round KO in May, before knocking Ortiz out Saturday night. Meanwhile, Fury has spent his year producing a second-round TKO of virtually unknown Tom Schwarz in June and a unanimous decision over Otto Wallin in September. He also fought Braun Strowman in a WWE match in October and is currently teasing a mixed martial arts debut.
Wilder, who improved to 42-0-1 with 41 KOs following the victory over Ortiz, has always found that KO punch in his pro career. Will he do so in his rematch against Fury, or will the "Gypsy King" out-box Wilder to claim the WBC title?
The rematch is expected to be Feb. 22, and Wilder's manager, Shelly Finkel, told Sky Sports that an official announcement on date and venue is expected soon.
The winner would certainly try to face the Dec. 7 victor between unified world heavyweight champ Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua for the undisputed crown.