Deontay Wilder slams Tyson Fury for ducking rematch and warns of US fan backlash

Tyson Fury has been slammed by Deontay Wilder for dodging a rematch of their epic world heavyweight title fight — and warned American fans he won over that night have now turned against him.

After their dramatic draw in December, WBC king Wilder had looked set to meet British challenger and former unified champ Fury next month.

But then Fury changed tack, signing a huge deal with American broadcasters ESPN and promoter Top Rank.

Instead of another crack at Wilder, he is now facing Tom Schwarz, a little-known German, in Las Vegas on JUne 15.

“He will have to suffer the backlash from the people," warned the unbeaten American.

Boxing fans expected Wilder-Fury 2 after the pair served up a December cracker (Action Images via Reuters)

“That is one thing Americans don’t like is you say you want to fight nothing but the best then, when it is a controversial fight, you get the rematch and you run.

“ Tyson Fury doesn’t have an exciting style, he can easily stink out a place with his style. People don’t want to see that in America. They don’t want to see you just boxing and being boring. They want to see excitement with the big boys, they want to see knockouts.

“Him dodging me and not taking that rematch is going to mess up his profile in America. If I don’t give Tyson Fury the rematch ever again in his life that will be his problem. ESPN is going to be s***ting bricks, and so will he.

“By him not taking the rematch and facing someone who is way at the bottom of the list, some guy we have never heard of with his style, it’s not going to work out for him.

With Fury off the table, Wilder will defend his WBC title against fellow American Dominic Breazeale (Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME)

“Everything he gained in our fight he lost. I hope he is aware of that. He is in for a rude awakening.”

Wilder turned down an £80million, three-fight deal with DAZN last month which would have paved the way for a clash with IBF, WBA and WBO champion Anthony Joshua.

The American is sticking with US broadcaster Showtime for now and will defend his WBC belt against Dominic Breazeale on May 18.

He added: “I think the Joshua fight will happen but I don’t know if it will happen in the next year. They said they want the fight in 2020. If they really wanted the fight it would have happened a long time ago.”