Why Deontay Wilder may have more than just a puncher's chance in trilogy bout with Tyson Fury
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The former champion has made changes to his camp and strategy ahead of the third meeting with the 'Gypsy King'
In the nearly two full years since Deontay Wilder suffered his first pro defeat at the hands of Tyson Fury in their rematch, "The Bronze Bomber" has barely uttered a word publicly. It was a period of reinvention that the former WBC heavyweight described Wednesday with three simple words.
"Silence is golden," Wilder said during the final press conference ahead of Saturday's trilogy bout at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The problem for Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs), at least in terms of his public image, wasn't what he left unsaid over the last 20 months, however. It was the rare times he re-emerged from seclusion to look back on his seventh-round TKO defeat to Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) back in February 2020.
