The mood threatened to spill out at the end of a largely friendly press conference on Wednesday, although it was Tyson Fury and Dillian White who played leading peacekeepers as their teams exchanged heated words during their long-awaited meeting.
The British rivals spoke respectfully of each other and the threat they each posed during what marked their first encounter before Saturday’s WBC heavyweight title clash in front of a record 94,000 spectators at the European match at Wembley.
Fury promoter Frank Warren had prepared for “fireworks” in light of White’s intriguing media silence in recent months, but it provided nothing more than the couple sharing jokes about living together during a past sparring camp, as well as repeating the need to “be the best versions of ourselves.
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Tyson Fury says he and Dillian White are ready to rock and roll ahead of the WBC Heavyweight Championship fight at Wembley on Saturday night
These were smiles and handshakes until the final moments, when a dispute arose between John Fury, Tyson’s father, and Dean White, Dilian’s brother, at which point the two fighters called for calm.
“I just prevented a big commotion on stage, people want a big commotion at a press conference, they want to see all this shouting, shouting and punching, but listen, let the two boxers fight and enjoy it, it’s not for the entourage. to get involved or something like that and to be professionals and say “let’s back off, let him and I do what we have to do and that’s it,” Fury told BT Sport shortly afterwards.
“We are here to fight, the man is doing his job, he is getting money to do it, so am I. People are here for a real fight, we don’t need to shout and shout at the press conference.
“It was something of respect, the man did his job, he’s obviously trained, so I will see a good match on Saturday night, at the end. I have nothing more to say.”
White coach Xavier Miller suggested to Sky Sports that the disagreement stemmed from the fact that some of the Brixton team were not allowed on stage during the match.
“The temperature was going to go up as soon as the two of us got together, we needed our team on stage to make sure these guys were fighting on Saturday,” Miller said.
“I know there were guards, but at the same time we are all very close, the team is close, so we are there to take care of our fighter and I did not like the idea of them trying to stop certain people from coming. . scene.
I told them to “let them” otherwise, if it gets a little out of control, we need someone who can control it, these are big guys, a lot of these guys are in the light heavyweight category, so you need something more than certainty to deal with it. Everything is fine.”
Dean White told reporters that Tyson Fury called on his father to withdraw from the situation.
“John [Fury] he wanted to fight me, I wasn’t sure what was going on! “he said.” He went crazy, I said to myself, “buddy, what are you doing?” You’re an old man, his father, I’ll respect you because you’re his father, I won’t have fun with that.
I said, “Tyson, talk to this man,” and Tyson said, “Dad, calm down.”
“I’m a young man with respect, younger than him, I’m with 40 or 50 boys, it’s not such a party, we don’t play stupid nonsense here.
“I do not know what was happening. I told him, “I’ve always respected you, you’re this man’s father, I’ve respected you, I’ve never been rude to you.”
Speaking to the media last week, Fury passionately questioned the futility of pre-match antics and tensions, as is often seen, calling for the issues to be left inside the ring between the two contestants.
It was a topic of the day, both in a calm and friendly mood, the two sharing “no one expected us to be here” about their personal battles outside the ring.
“He’s a good fighter, he’s a strong, solid man,” said Fury of White. “He is big, strong, strong, he plays, he has good striking power and he knocked out many men.
“He has a lot of experience in the fighting game, so he is definitely a person who needs a lot of respect. I have not left a stone unturned.
“I’ve trained as hard for Dillon as I have for [Deontay] Wilder, [Wladimir] Klitschko or someone else. “
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