Tyson Fury recently said he was the only man in the heavyweight group that was still undefeated, but had forgotten the new addition - Oleksandr Usyk, who defeated Anthony Joshua a couple of weeks ago.

"I forget Usyk has been a world champion for five minutes," said Fury. "I was talking about the group before, from years gone by, last 10 years, I am the last man standing - still here undefeated, a lone soldier.

"The first two-time heavyweight champion of the world who never lost a fight, history-maker."

Wilder: "When you know the truth, they say the truth will set you free, I have no pressure, there is nothing to lose, everything to gain. All the pressure is on him.

"Your legacy only dies when the man dies, when the desire and fire in your heart dies, when that dies so does your legacy, and I am well alive.

"We have got a lot of things in line, in order, this is what the world needs to know, there is a lot of things I could put out there, but silence is golden."

Tyson Fury is asked if he cares about those accusations from Deontay Wilder and says: "I don't care because it is obviously coming from an unwell person - he accused me of everything, his team, trainer, the suit [he wore on the way to the ring], injuries, the Athletic State Commission of Nevada, the ref - if he had come out with one excuse it might have been believable,

"What it tells me is he is a weak person who I am going to knock spark out on Saturday night. He is even copying me, he's got no T-shirt on today. I am famous for wearing no shirts in press conference - I know I am an inspiring person, but you are supposed to be the Bronze Bomber, do your own thing."

Deontay Wilder accused Tyson Fury of tampering with his own gloves after the second fight, and does not change his tone when given the chance to here.

He says: "I don't regret it, I will go to my grave believing in what I believe in. One thing about it, men lie, women lie, but your eyes don't lie what you see - people can believe what they want, but the eyes don't lie and it only made me better as a man to see certain facts, it made me hungrier than before.

"I wouldn't take it back, I needed it, it was a blessing in disguise."

Deontay Wilder: "We have been going from day one since the last outing, no stops, all the delays, it has been official for us. One thing about this camp is I have had all my brothers around me from the start.

"We are together now, I have been talking about the love around me, it has been amazing for me. Many people thought I was down, depressed, I can't be. It wouldn't be fair to the people around me.

"Overtraining is a real thing and we have been able to take breaks at certain times, some things lighter than others, we have timed everything out perfectly and done all the right things.

"On Saturday night it will be a different fight - it's not often we get trilogies like this and I think it will go down in history."

Tyson Fury: "I have been taking it day by day and enjoying my life, every day we wake up is a blessed day, remember that.

"All these fights are exactly the same to me - I have some guy trying to take my head off with punches, it is the Tyson Fury roadshow and has been continuing for 13 years. You train twice a day most days, I eat sleep train repeat. I have had a few personal problems, but there is always going to be some kind of hurdle.

"I have a little baby girl who was born seven and a half weeks ago and she was very unwell for a little bit, I spent two weeks in hospital with her. The baby is 100% at home, daddy just has to do his job now and that's it."

Deontay Wilder: "I don't have nothing to prove, I am in a great place, a great state of mind, have always been, have a lot of great people around me - this is a redemption, retaliation, retribution."

A shirtless Tyson Fury, in a multi-coloured suit jacket: "Thanks [presenter] Kate [Abdo], I have been sat down a long time, I am going to stand up - this is the sexy look."

Tyson Fury, WBC belt flung over his right shoulder, is pacing around the stage. Looking ready to go already.

Earlier in the year, Fury and Wilder were meant to fight, but it got delayed after Fury had a positive Covid-19 test.

But that came after a similar promotional event, but Wilder didn't want to play along as he just sat there with his headphones on, refusing to speak.

Here we go. Jimmy Lennon Jr is the man in charge of the microphone today. Not long now before we see Fury and Wilder.

Trainer SugarHill Steward believes Fury is still improving, which is one of the reasons why he still enjoys the sport.

Steward said: "The things we did in the second fight, those things have improved greatly.

"Tyson has incredible ability around the board in every category so it's just improving them and he learns so fast."

GG in DC: Wilder is a one trick pony & Fury has worked out the solution. Fury to knock out a gassed Wilder in the eighth or ninth.

Coral Barry
BBC Sport combat sports editor

Five days before a crucial fight in July, Anthony Fowler was "crying his eyes out". His son had just been born and Fowler spent three sleepless nights at the hospital with his partner.

It was far from ideal timing for the 30-year-old, who had to fight Rico Mueller in a light-middleweight bout a few days later.

Just 10 weeks on, Fowler is on the cusp of the biggest contest of his career against fellow Liverpudlian Liam Smith in their home city, while little Luca is still getting to know him.

"He barely recognises me. I'm always away training," says Fowler, who spends weekdays in London training under Shane McGuigan.

"I literally had three days in the hospital. Didn't sleep, stuck on a chair, I was knackered. There was such a high when he was born, crying my eyes out. It was such a special feeling."

Fowler suspects the emotional rollercoaster of Luca being born affected his performance against Mueller, although he still dominated to stop the German in the eighth round.

He expects an improved display against domestic rival Smith on Saturday, but insists fatherhood has had no effect on his motivation for fighting.

Fowler adds "This is my dream as a kid to be world champion, since I was 11. Nothing's changed there."

Fowler and Smith meet on Saturday in Liverpool, with commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra from 22:00 BST.

Fury v Wilder III is expected to get going at 04:00 BST on Sunday, 10 April and we will be up an running with our live text commentary at 03:00.

We also have some live radio commentary to look forward to as the super-welterweight clash between Liam Smith and Anthony Fowler will be live on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra on Saturday, 9 April at 22:00 BST.

Whoiswho: Fury to win by another devastating knockout....towel to be thrown in to save Wilder...only God knows what the excuse would be this time around....it could be the wrong shoe size!!!

Tyson Fury is the only man that Deontay Wilder has not knocked out.

Canada's Bermane Stiverne was the first to go the distance with Wilder in 2015, but was then destroyed inside a round in a rematch two years later.

Fury is undefeated and Wilder's solitary defeat came against the Englishman.

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Two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, speaking before he lost his belts to Oleksandr Usyk, tipped Wilder for the win and said: "If I had to [decide], I don't know. I'm not too bothered.

"Because you've asked the question, let's go with Wilder because he seems obsessed, like he really wants it.

"Wilder seems really focused on the task ahead. A focused man is a dangerous man, and he's focused. Wilder might get the decision. Actually, no... it has to be a knockout. One of them will knock the other out."

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Former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion David Price has announced his retirement from boxing.

Price, 38, secured a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics and won 25 of 32 professional bouts, with six defeats.

"The hunger is no longer there and that's massive. The glory had gone in my career and I was fighting for a bit of extra money," Price told BT Sport., external

His last fight came in October 2019 when he was stopped in the fourth round by Derek Chisora at London's O2 Arena.

Liverpudlian Price, who is 6ft 8in, had a glittering amateur career and also won a Commonwealth Games gold medal for England in 2006 in Melbourne.

Speaking of David Price, some news that broke earlier this evening...