Looking fit and strong, Fury insists he has hoodwinked his American rival into making the worst mistake of his whole life
TYSON FURY is confident he has hoodwinked Deontay Wilder into believing he’s fighting a “fat English idiot.”
Fury ballooned to 400lb during a two-year drink-and-drugs binge before shedding almost half his body weight for his comeback.
Two unimpressive Fury victories over mediocre opposition lured Wilder into agreeing to defend his heavyweight world title.
But Fury has subjected himself to a monastic lifestyle in the California mountains to prepare and says he is ready to pull off the ultimate con job on Saturday.
He said: “Deontay has been at home making love to his wife and having nice dinners; I’ve been living in a hole on my own.
“He’s been playing with his kids and having them jump all over him; I’ve just been training and starving myself.
“You can’t be playing daddy when you’re training to be heavyweight champion world.
“They’ve bitten off more than they can chew. They think I’m in it for a few quid but I could not care less about money.
“Don’t forget I picked Deontay Wilder, he did not pick me. I signed a five-fight deal with Frank Warren and could have boxed five bums but I picked him.
“I asked Frank to tell them I was coming back just for the money. That’s how he got the fight made. I tricked them into it. They think of the they’re fighting some fat English idiot. They don’t know what they’ve let themselves in for.
“He’s made the biggest mistake of his life letting me talk him into this fight.”
Fury, who raked in millions when he toppled Wladimir Klitschko three years ago, will pocket another seven-figure cheque this weekend.
But the 30-year-old has no plans to splash the cash on himself – nor his pregnant wife and four kids.
Fury added: “If this room we’re in was filled to the ceiling with diamonds I would give them all to win this fight. When I want to win this much, I cannot lose.
“Deontay has no idea that all I want is to win this fight. I would give everything I have to win this; my life, all my money, everything.
“I’m going to give my money to the poor and I’m going to build homes for the homeless.
“I’m a boxer not a businessman and I’ll probably go the same route as every other boxer – skint at the end of it all. You can’t take it with you so I might as well help people who can’t help themselves.
“My kids will have to make their own living and make their own way in life; they won’t be living off my name or reputation.
“It’s easy to spend someone else’s money but the money I’ve earned is practically blood money.”
BT Sport Box Office will exclusively show Wilder v Fury on December 1, available to buy for just £19.95, find out more at www. bt.com/sportboxoffice. FOUR-time Lakeside world champ Lisa Ashton joined Russia’s Anastasia Dobromyslova in today’s draw for the PDC world championship after winning UK & Ireland women’s qualifying.
World No.1 Ashton (above), 48, from Bolton, dropped only five legs in seven games at Milton Keynes and clinched a slot at next month’s Alexandra Palace showpiece with a 132 checkout in the final against Maria O’Brien.