Heavyweight world titlist Deontay Wilder made his walk to the stage first, and when lineal champion Tyson Fury joined him moments later, all of the niceties and mutual respect they have shown each other throughout the buildup to their rematch was out the window.
Instead, the two giants went nose to nose and their confrontation eventually erupted into pushing and shoving, forcing security to intervene to keep them apart as the final news conference for their much-anticipated sequel commenced Wednesday inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the same place where they will fight Saturday (ESPN-Fox PPV, 9 p.m. ET).
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The shoving match definitely was an attempt to get more people to tune in.
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