Tyson Fury left nothing to chance when he refused to drink a bottle of water in the post-fight press conference after beating Deontay Wilder to become the WBC heavyweight champion of the world.
The Gypsy King overcame the Bronze Bomber inside the distance and by forcing Wilder’s cornerman Mark Breland to throw in the towel in round seven.
Fury had been facing questions from the press after his stunning victory in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas but was suspicious about the bottle after one of his trainers handed it to him.
Andy Lee tries to hand a bottle of water to Tyson Fury, but when the Champ finds out where it came from he gives it straight back.
He’s taking no chances.#WilderFury2 pic.twitter.com/l5QaEtvlSc
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Fury had not yet undergone drug testing when he sat down to field questions, so he decided to turn the water away over fears it may have been spiked with a banned substance.
Trusted coach and former WBO middleweight champion Andy Lee gave the plastic bottle to Fury, and after asking where it had come from, the Briton shook his head and declined the offer.
The lineal heavyweight champion claimed an emphatic victory by knocking his opponent down in rounds three and five, dominating from the first bell until Wilder’s team intervened.
And Fury was keen to make sure nothing entered his system which could jeapordise an outstanding win at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
He is now the first boxer to win every major world title in the heavyweight division.
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