Deontay Wilder admits he has not been surprised by Tyson Fury's antics that have stalled negotiations for an undisputed heavyweight title fight with Oleksandr Usyk.
The hard-hitting American has dealt with Fury for three fights, with the pair putting on a legendary trilogy for the WBC heavyweight belt from 2018 to 2022. He never came out on top in any of those bouts, drawing the first and being stopped in the second and third, but still harbours ambitions of forcing himself into a fourth showdown.
But he will first need to beat Anthony Joshua, with whom he appears to have a deal for a bout in December after seven years of build-up between the pair. At one point, they held every heavyweight belt there was, but even without a strap on the line their meeting in Saudi Arabia will be one of boxing's biggest fights.
