Deontay Wilder has hit out at Tyson Fury (FightHype)

Deontay Wilder has slammed Tyson Fury for agreeing to fight Otto Wallin in Las Vegas.

Fury, who needed just two rounds to beat Tom Schwarz in June, is due to take on the unbeaten Swedish heavyweight in Las Vegas on September 14.

Wallin is a 6ft 5in southpaw and has a record of 20 wins with 13 knockouts, while the Swede has also trained alongside Anthony Joshua.

But Wilder has described Wallin as a ‘night shift graveyard worker’ and has mocked Fury for calling himself the lineal heavyweight champion.


When asked about Fury’s decision to face Wallin, Wilder told Fighthype: ‘What is this? What’s going on here?’

Wilder says Tyson Fury is ‘irrelevant’ in America (Getty Images)



‘First of all, Fury came with his last fight against Tom Schwarz, he went to Vegas, came out with this clown outfit on, [talking about] how he’s going to save America and make America great again.

‘There were only 5,000 fans in the audience but he swears up and down he was the ‘it factor’ to our fight, it’s proof in the pudding that he’s irrelevant in America.

‘The whole fiasco, the whole saga him coming with that suit… when have we ever had a title fight with no belts involved?

Otto Wallin (right) is set to face Tyson Fury in Las Vegas in September (Getty Images)

‘It was invisible, we didn’t see s***, he’s talking about lineal, I didn’t see one belt, when did we start making 12-round fights for invisible things?

‘It’s getting ridiculous at this point, and now the ultimate thing, they are coming out with Otto. That is ridiculous.

‘He keeps pulling out all these night shift graveyard workers and fighting them and talking about how he’s the best. That’s bulls*** at its best.

‘No Englishman is coming over here talking about how he’s saving America with Tom Schwarz and Otto whoever-he-is and talking about how he’s the best with an invisible belt. Nah, I ain’t buying it.’