Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder press conference ends abruptly in brawl
Watch live as the heavyweight rivals hold one final press conference
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Your support makes all the difference.Another Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury press conference. Another stage-clearing brawl.
The heavyweight rivals once again had to be separated by security in Los Angeles as tensions boiled over ahead of their heavyweight world title fight on Saturday.
Relive all of the drama below.
Final press conference — all you need to know
When is it on?
The press conference starts at midday in Los Angeles. That’s 8pm in the United Kingdom.
How can I watch?
Simply watch the embedded stream above.
You can also follow our live commentary.
When are the weigh-ins?
The weigh-ins will take place on Friday.
And when is the fight?
The fight is on Saturday night. It’s impossible to say exactly when it will start, but you’re likely going to have to stay up until around 4-5am if you’re a UK fight fan. Sorry!
BT Sport Box Office will exclusively show Wilder v Fury on December 1st, available to buy for just £19.95, find out more at www.bt.com/sportboxoffice.
Will the winner be the best HW in the world?
"I already am. I am the lineal champion. Going back to 1898. He will be the best if he beats me, but he won't. I sit here as the best heavyweight alive. Many men have tried to take things from me in the past, but nobody has ever bettered me. Not a spar, not a boxing match, not anything. So if Deontay is that man, god bless him, because I have been searching for him. Frank Warren has been looking but he didn't find him, because he doesn't exist.
"He tried to make it in football, basketball, but he wasn't good enough. I didn't want to do anything else but be a fighting man. That is all I have ever done. I had the opportunity to come to the US to be a basketball player but I said no thank you, I am going to be HW champion of the world. I was born to do this. No disrespect to Deontay because he shouts out Bullet Squad a lot and talks a lot of notice, but he has no charisma.
"Wilder hasn't always been this bright, brash character. He hasn't always been that. Up until Stivrene he was shy and reserved. Now he has swag but it's fake, he's a snide and a fraud. I look at him and see a pretender. I smack them in the mouth. I have been like this since day one. I am what I am, a bald, big bearded hulk of a man."
Wilder: "The winner will be the baddest man on the planet. He can say what he wants. He comes from a small place. If I was from the same place I would be the well most known. I never saw him in the Olympics, or with a medal. Why wasn't he there? I have knocked out every fighter that I have faced. Why hasn't he? With the Klitschko fight, Klitschko beat himself. If he had have thrown more punches it would have been different. Saturday night it is a different beast in the ring."
Tyson is jabbering back, insulting Wilder's dress sense.
Tyson: "Klitschko couldn't land and neither will this bum."
Wilder: "I am unpredictable too. There will no more Mr Nice Guy."
Fury: "I'm going to take you for a dance. Let's waltz all over the ring."
I think that's probably it. No pushing or shoving yet. Although Fury has just called Wilder a dosser.
Well, that escalated quickly. Wilder started to scream in Fury's face. Fury's brother Shane hobbled up onto the stage, on crutches. Fury whipped his shirt off. They were quickly separated. And that's that!
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