Tyson Fury believes he has got under Deontay Wilders skin during heated press tour
Tyson Fury admitted mind games rarely pay off in a championship fight, but still insists he is living rent free inside Deontay Wilders head.
The first press conference between Wilder and Fury descended into chaos on more than one occasion, as the Brit took every opportunity going to rattle his rivals cage.
Fury questioned Wilders pedigree, denied he was the challenger and fired off insults at his opponent at will.
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Wilder responded in kind, and the heavyweights needed to separated by security twice during the half hour, once near the end of the press conference and then again during the face-offs.
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Fury managed to get under the skin of Wladimir Klitschko to great effect before their championship showdown, and the former unified world champion believes he is repeating the trick with Wilder.
100 per cent, hes mentally baffled at the moment, Im living in his head rent free at the moment, Fury said.
Im 100 per cent going to be cranking it up over the next two days. Its going to be his welcome to big-time boxing.
I think he doesnt know what to do because this has never happened to him. Hes never faced anybody like me, who talks on a big show. This is all new to him. He hasnt had the big, big fights.
Ive only had one of them but at least Ive had the one and Ive experienced proper championship boxing. Hes yet to experience that one big fight.
Furys antics were the main attraction when he took on Klitschko in Germany at the end of 2015, with the 30-year-old arriving to one press conference dressed as batman.
WBC champion Wilder is yet to fight the big names he craves, and Fury believes experience is key when it comes to big fight nights.
He said: My experience in that fight changed me a lot. Once you go there and you beat a champion its different to when you beat somebody who wasnt a champion, Bermane Stiverne, he won a vacant title.
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You know it works, its not just hot air, you know it does work because Ive done it before.
Wilder and Fury go to war in Los Angeles on 1 December, with both fighters promising fireworks and defending unbeaten records.
Fury takes on the challenge just two fights into his comeback, and nearly three years detached from his greatest ever performance against Klitschko in Dusseldorf.
And when Fury steps out under the lights, he conceded the mind games he played before climbing into the ring will play little part in the result.
All the mind games and everything dont really mean anything at all, Fury admitted.
It doesnt mean the slightest thing, nothing. Anything that has happened in the past, you can forget about it. Forget about all the fights Ive had, all 27 fights, forget about them.
They dont mean squat going in on the night. Its one man v one man in one fight. Im not interested in the 40 fights hes already had, only the one were about to have. Thats all that matters.
When youre in the ring, its too late to be second guessing, youre going to fight anyway. This is just about us expressing our feelings towards each other. How much we love each other.
Fury v Wilder is live and exclusive on BT Sport Box Office, December 1st. For more info go to btsport.com/boxoffice
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