The footage claiming to show Tyson Fury beat Deontay Wilder by tampering With his gloves is from the heavyweight rivals’ first fight – not their conclusive rematch.
A video surfaced earlier this week which claimed Fury had slid his hand down the glove to enable him to throw hooks with his bare fist.
Fury stopped Wilder in the seventh round having knocked him down in the third and fifth sessions following their controversial draw in 2019.
His team have since denied the accusation – and former world champion George Groves believes it would have done Fury little good Regardless.
“You can’t dispute that the glove isn’t on properly,” he told After The Bell. “They’ve broken it down frame by frame and the glove isn’t on properly.
“The guy says it’s being done on purpose and that he’s hitting Wilder with a bare fist but the footage is from the first fight so you Can’t say that was the difference in the second fight.
“Fury has that kind of style where he flicks his shots so it is bizarre. For me it wouldn’t be of benefit because you’re much more likely to do damage to your hands and wrists.
“If you don’t punch properly to start with … he doesn’t actually sit on his shots – he doesn’t throw his right hand like Wilder – sometimes they are palm-facing and have that slap effect.
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“Nine times out of they do that because they have sore hands, Joe Calzaghe being the most famous.
“Most gloves I’ve seen, you can’t do what they’re saying has been done. They’re custom made and there’s no room to make a fist in the wrist area.
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“If they’re poor gloves or not made particularly well, maybe they’re loose; they might have started off OK but his hand has slipped down. “
Since his first career defeat, Wilder has triggered the rematch clause in his contract with the trilogy fight set to take place on July in Las Vegas.
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