Summary

  • Wilder v Fury II on Saturday at MGM Grand

  • Fighters to speak at news conference in Las Vegas

  • Get involved using #bbcboxing

  1. Postpublished at 22:07 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    Lads are having a breather. Wonder if they just chat while they're off air about the kids and family? What was the Tottenham score? Have you been to that pizza joint down the road?

    Someone prompt them to resume the game faces, they're coming back on...

  2. Postpublished at 22:04 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    Deontay Wilder and Tyson FuryImage source, PA Media

    Tyson Fury dressed up like an on-the-run paparazzi-dodging celebrity in a rom com...

  3. Should Fury fear this...?published at 22:01 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    Media caption,

    Witness Deontay Wilder's punching power

  4. Postpublished at 22:01 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    "You ain't scary, you're not terrifying, I don't look at you and see fear! I could punch him all over the stage right now if I wanted to!"

    Fury is circling the stage like a tiger on the prowl...

  5. Postpublished at 21:59 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    Wilder bursts out laughing and tells Fury he's got a career in stand-up comedy...

  6. Postpublished at 21:59 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    "I don't think he's got the bottle, he's a bully fighter," says Fury. "He couldn't even keep me down in the 12th round.

    "I learned a lot of things, that I can come here and become a bigger star than a homegrown heavyweight. Is there anything the Gypsy King can't do? Wilder, this is a big act for him. He's nervous, terrified, he doesn't know what to expect. He's getting knocked out..."

  7. Postpublished at 21:58 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    Let's talk about that 12th round from last time... how will it impact Saturday's bout?

    "It's going to be a big factor, not for me but for him, that's what he's been thinking about. It's a lot of energy that has been circling through his camp, a lot of secrets. It's subliminal messages. I have a sixth sense. And I can't wait," says Wilder.

  8. Fury an underdog...published at 21:55 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    Luke Reddy
    BBC Sport in Las Vegas

    Fight magazineImage source, .

    In every room at the MGM Grand (I think there are about 5,000) there’s a copy of this magazine where the fight takes the front cover. In my handful of trips here for fights I’ve never seen that before.

    And down in the sprawling casino, the sports book has a giant screen featuring odds on the fight.

    Deontay Wilder is a favourite - just. Interestingly, he’s been tipped by the likes of Evander Holyfield and Manny Pacquiao too.

    OddsImage source, .
  9. Postpublished at 21:54 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    "We are here to fight, whatever you want to be, bring your A Game on Saturday night and I'll put you into permanent retirement..." quips Fury.

  10. Postpublished at 21:54 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    Right, Tyson Fury's turn...

    "Deontay Wilder spouting a load of rubbish, I gave him the biggest payday of his life, brought him to the biggest stage in Las Vegas. And this is how he thanks me, you owe me everything, I brought you to this level.

    "I could fight a bum and do a million views at home. This is the home of the Gypsy King! Captain of the world, the biggest entertainer!

    "You are a pub fighter, I'm giving you the opportunity to defend your belt."

  11. Postpublished at 21:52 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    "I rehabilitated him," says Wilder. "Here we are now."

  12. Postpublished at 21:51 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    "I gave you the biggest payday you've ever had. You're a bum! Nobody knows you in your own country," responds Tyson Fury...

  13. Postpublished at 21:50 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    "I put food on your table to eat, I brought you to big time boxing," says Wilder.

  14. Postpublished at 21:50 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    Here's Deontay Wilder: "This is the final countdown and we all should be happy, this is the moment we have been waiting for. Unfinished business. I can't wait and I mean every word.

    "It's torturing the week of the fight, having to wait, as the hours fall down, the seconds fall for me to put my hand on the body. This is what I have been waiting so many months for."

  15. Postpublished at 21:48 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    Luke Reddy
    BBC Sport in Las Vegas

    As the two just exchanged insults, a pigeon flew into the arena and fizzed over their heads. It was the only thing to break Fury’s flow as he asked “what was that?”.

  16. Champion colours...published at 21:48 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    Luke Reddy
    BBC Sport in Las Vegas

    We all love our memorabilia don’t we?

    Welsh artist Patrick Killian is out here - some of you may have seen us tell his story on the BBC Sport website around the Joshua-Ruiz rematch.

    Here’s his latest masterpiece...

    Fury v wilderImage source, .
  17. Postpublished at 21:48 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    Phew. Both fighters are finally seated. Let's take a moment, take a breath.

  18. Postpublished at 21:47 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    Although Fury has just broken into a chorus of Chumbawamba...

    Not seen such chaos since taking my nephew to his primary school disco.

  19. Postpublished at 21:45 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    "Three years out the ring and I still beat ya!" Fury responds.

    And I'm not going to lie, it's pretty hard to tell what's being said when this pair are shouting over each other at the top of their lungs.

  20. Postpublished at 21:44 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2020

    "It's going to happen again," says Wilder. "And this time you ain't getting up."