The latest revival of Wilder Fury glove cheating didn’t come after a controversial decision or a dodgy clip resurfacing online. It happened in a radio studio — and that context matters more than people seem to realise.
Deontay Wilder was in the UK to promote his upcoming fight with Derek Chisora, taking part in a joint interview on talkSPORT with Simon Jordan.
This wasn’t an ambush.
The questions were shared in advance.
Both fighters cleared them beforehand.
And yet, when Tyson Fury was mentioned, Wilder refused to engage, labelled Fury a “cheat”, and effectively shut the interview down before storming out.
At that point, the story stopped being about media provocation and started being about why this accusation refuses to die — despite never standing up to scrutiny.
This Interview Was Meant to Be About Chisora
Here’s the part that makes the whole episode even stranger.
Wilder wasn’t in Britain to relitigate Tyson Fury. He was here to sell a fight — a genuinely intriguing and slightly odd matchup with Derek Chisora that raises real questions about styles, motivation, and what Wilder has left at this stage of his career.
I’ve already broken down why that fight itself deserves a critical look here — not as a verdict on Wilder’s past, but as an examination of what this bout actually means in the present.
Instead of leaning into that conversation, Wilder dragged everything straight back to glove-gate.
That wasn’t British media being unfair.
That was Wilder reopening a door he claims he wants closed.
You Can’t Come to Britain and Avoid Tyson Fury
There’s also a basic reality Wilder seems unwilling to accept.
You cannot:
- Come to Britain
- Promote a fight with a British heavyweight
- Sit in British media
- And expect not to be asked about the most famous British heavyweight of this generation
Whether you rate him or not, Tyson Fury is widely viewed in the UK as one of the defining heavyweights of his era. That’s not hero worship — it’s simply how he’s perceived here.
So what exactly was Wilder expecting?
If he didn’t want to talk about Fury, the easiest solution was not to do the interview. Storming out after Fury’s name is mentioned doesn’t make the question unreasonable — it just makes the reaction look thin-skinned.
Why
Wilder Fury Glove Cheating
Still Falls Apart
This is where the conversation needs grounding, because the accusation itself remains just as weak now as it was years ago.
Opposing Corners Watch the Gloves Go On
At elite level boxing, a representative from the opposing corner is invited to observe hand wrapping and glove application.
This isn’t optional.
This isn’t informal.
This is standard practice.
If Tyson Fury had removed padding or altered his gloves in any way, it would have been immediately obvious. Gloves don’t subtly lose structure. You don’t quietly miss missing padding in a world-level heavyweight fight.
Gloves Are Signed Off by Multiple Authorities
Gloves are approved by:
- The state athletic commission (in the US)
- Or the British Boxing Board of Control (in the UK)
- And the sanctioning body involved — WBC, WBO, etc.
If there had been anything wrong with Fury’s gloves, he simply wouldn’t have been allowed to fight. There is no scenario where illegal gloves pass through every layer of oversight unnoticed.
That’s why Wilder Fury glove cheating has never progressed beyond accusation — because there’s nothing concrete underneath it.
Refusing to Explain Isn’t the Same as Being Right
What made the talkSPORT moment awkward wasn’t the accusation itself. We’ve heard it before.
It was the refusal to engage at all.
If Wilder genuinely believes Fury cheated, that interview was the perfect platform to explain it calmly and clearly. Instead, he chose to shut the conversation down entirely.
That doesn’t read like certainty.
It reads like frustration.
And it reinforces the idea that this isn’t about evidence — it’s about a loss that stripped away an aura of invincibility that can’t be recovered.
Final Thought: This Keeps Distracting From the Present
The irony is that Wilder’s upcoming fight with Chisora actually gives him a chance to reset the narrative. Win well, and the conversation changes. Lose, and the questions get louder.
By dragging everything back to Wilder Fury glove cheating, he’s not protecting his legacy — he’s anchoring himself to the moment it cracked.
Storming out of interviews doesn’t move you forward.
It just keeps you arguing with the past.
Over to You
Is Wilder right to keep reopening glove-gate — or is this boxing’s most tired conspiracy refusing to stay buried?
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