STOKES BUST-UP BATTLE
Wilder insists he is rightful winner and will prove it in new title fight
The WBC heavyweight champion retained his title in Los Angeles on Sunday following a dramatic draw at the Staples Center.
Many believed Fury should have won the fight, had it not been for the controversial scoring of one judge.
But American Wilder – who dropped the Brit twice during the bout – insists he was the rightful winner and that he will prove he is the best by taking on Fury again.
“At the end of the day, boxing wins and the fans are the real winner,” said Wilder in a post on Instagram .
“I can’t wait for Wilder vs Fury 2. To end the controversial talk around the worl d once and for all.”
He added: “It was an amazing fight and I wanted nothing but greatness to come from this. The fight lived up to the hype more than ever.
“When you put the best against the best, exciting things happen.
“I take nothing away from this fight, but we won this fight. To beat the champion, you must dominate the champ. I was the more aggressive fighter and landed the more effective punches.
“You saw the best Fury, but you did not get the best Wilder – and I still managed to get the job done.
“This event brought more pressure than I expected. I just wanted the best for boxing here in America and in general, which led me to get overly anxious to knock his head off, so I abandoned the game plan.”
Fury’s remarkable recovery from the final-round knockdown stunned Wilder and he was unable to finish the job.
But he hinted that he believes the challenger was allowed too long to regain his senses.
He added: “Did the count start three or four seconds too late or was the count too long, are the questions many are asking.
“The ref Jack Reiss is an amazing ref whom I’ve had the pleasure of working with on several occasions and he did a great job.” BEN STOKES faces the final hurdle over his latenight bust-up in Bristol last year when he and Alex Hales appear before the beaks at the Cricket Disciplinary Commission.
Stokes (left) and Hales will today and Friday answer two counts of bringing the game into disrepute for their part in the incident for which Stokes was charged with and then cleared of affray.
The CDC will determine whether their actions, out drinking into the early hours and getting into a fight, regardless of the lack of a curfew on the team, were prejudicial to the interests of cricket.
The CDC, made up of former first-class cricketers Tim O’Gorman and Mike Smith plus former employment tribunal judge Chris Tickle, will meet with the players and their legal representatives when they will work out what sanctions might be handed down if the players are found guilty.
Hales missed two one-day games as a result of the incident, while Stokes also missed the Ashes series in Australia.