{"id":457484,"date":"2026-02-06T11:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/457484\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:29:09","slug":"tyson-fury-blames-deontay-wilders-explosive-race-row-on-mental-health-state-in-major-u-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/457484\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury blames Deontay Wilder’s explosive race row on mental health state in major U-turn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyson Fury has performed a dramatic U-turn in his ongoing dispute with Deontay Wilder, removing a mocking social media post and replacing hostility with concern for his former opponent’s well-being.<\/p>\n

The British heavyweight had initially responded to Wilder’s latest accusations by sharing footage of his knockout victory on Instagram, captioning it: “The cheat was clear to see, big right hook was all it took.”<\/p>\n

However, Fury swiftly deleted the post and adopted a different response.<\/p>\n

Fury said: “Rather than retaliating and hating on somebody, this man really does have mental health issues – it’s evident to see.”<\/p>\n

He added that he would pray for the American instead.<\/p>\n

Wilder’s outburst came during promotional activities for his April bout against Derek Chisora, scheduled for Easter weekend in London.<\/p>\n

The American has consistently maintained that Fury cheated throughout their trilogy, which ended in a draw in 2018, followed by two stoppage defeats.<\/p>\n

Among his allegations, Wilder has claimed his opponent tampered with his gloves and accused referee Jack Reiss of giving Fury an extended count in their first encounter.<\/p>\n

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Wilder said: “Being a black man with dark skin is harder to believe than being a white man.”<\/p>\n

He described the referee’s actions as “white supremacy” and claimed Reiss gave Fury “an extra 15 count.”<\/p>\n

The 40-year-old abruptly walked out of a talkSport interview when challenged on these claims.<\/p>\n

Fury acknowledged that difficult circumstances can drive people to extreme behaviour, adding that Wilder has been experiencing troubles in his personal life and with his family.<\/p>\n

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The 37-year-old said: “Whatever he says, I take it with a pinch of salt. I know it’s not personal.”<\/p>\n

Despite their acrimonious history, Fury extended an unexpected olive branch to his former rival and offered an invitation to train together.<\/p>\n

He said: “I hear he’s a brother in Christ these days and any brother in Christ is always welcome to come and train at mine.<\/p>\n

“Needs to get away, needs to do some training, my door’s always open. We shared some great fights over the years.”<\/p>\n

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Both fighters have bouts scheduled for April, with Wilder meeting Chisora on the 4th while Fury faces Arslanbek Makhmudov on the 11th.<\/p>\n

Fury’s empathy towards mental health struggles stems from personal experience, having battled his own demons following his 2015 victory over Wladimir Klitschko for the unified heavyweight titles.<\/p>\n

The Gypsy King was forced to relinquish his belts by 2017 after spiralling into depression and substance abuse issues.<\/p>\n

His remarkable comeback saw him challenge for Wilder’s WBC title in 2018 after just two warm-up fights, eventually claiming the belt in their 2020 rematch before completing the trilogy with another stoppage victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury has performed a dramatic U-turn in his ongoing dispute with Deontay Wilder, removing a mocking social…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,44,12384,457,82],"class_list":["post-457484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-sgg","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}