Silence is a relative term when applied to Deontay Wilder. A temporary one, too. The expletives are back and nobody is surprised.
After practicing some quiet time after visiting The Pope, Wilder exploded, going from mute to window-rattling in a supersonic second in an attack targeting heavyweight rival Tyson Fury and all that talk about Anthony Joshua as a sparring partner in Fury’s camp for their Feb. 22 rematch on pay-per-view.
Forget that Joshua has yet to show up in Fury’s camp. That detail doesn’t matter to Wilder any more than Wilder’s flu mattered to Fury when he ripped him for not showing up at a scheduled media appearance during college football playoffs the day after the fight was announced last month.
Wilder just wants to talk. And he did. Did he bleeping ever.
“Look at those (expletives), that’s what I said, they’re all some (expletives),’’ Wilder told ThaBoxingVoice Saturday. “Who tries to team up on someone, you know?
“You say you’re the best, I say I’m the best. Now, you (expletives) are trying to team up with each other. I guess it’s U.K. versus USA.
“It builds my confidence up, it allows me to hold my chest out and lift my head up a little bit more higher and walk through the room like I’m the man.”
Wilder will be in a room with Fury Monday in Los Angeles for a news conference. At least, he’s scheduled to.