Carl Frampton has warned Tyson Fury against complacency in his third fight with Deontay Wilder. The heavyweight pair are set to renew hostilities on July 24th in Las Vegas after the American threw a massive curveball in the lengthy negotiations between Fury and Anthony Joshua.
Wilder dropped Fury twice in their 2018 meeting but could only scrape a draw on the scorecards. 14 months later, Fury looked a different fighter as he dominated Wilder from the outset before scoring a seventh-round stoppage.
The manner of the Wilder’s loss in the rematch has made Fury a huge favourite but despite his dominance in February 2020, Frampton, a former world champion himself, has made it clear that Fury has to be cautious against Wilder’s biggest weapon as the heavyweight landscape takes on an altogether different look.
“We’ve got the two big fights now, Fury and Wilder again, which isn’t a certainty,” said Frampton to BT Sport when appearing live on their Daniel Dubois vs. Bogdan Dinu broadcast. “Fury won the first fight in my opinion, and he definitely won the second fight convincingly.
“People think that this is a given fight that he beats Wilder again. No way, Wider is a puncher. I think Wilder is probably the biggest puncher in heavyweight boxing right now. Possibly in heavyweight boxing ever. So if he lands, it could be lights out, so I hope there’s no complacency from Tyson.
“AJ against Usyk – a very good fight, Usyk’s a lovely boxer but I think AJ’s size wins him that fight.
“We all thought that Fury and AJ was agreed and that never happened so who knows what’s going on in this game.”