Tyson Fury has told Deontay Wilder to "get to the back of the queue" after the former champion was asked about potential fights with Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua.
Wilder, 36, hasn't fought since being brutally knocked out by Fury in their trilogy fight last October. It marked Wilder's second consecutive defeat having also been stopped by 'The Gypsy King' the previous year. The American is set to make his ring return on October 15 against former sparring partner Robert Helenius in New York.
'The Bronze Bomber' is now gearing up for his comeback and is training with former opponent Malik Scott, who he partnered with after controversially ditching his old trainer Mark Breland for throwing in the towel to stop his rematch with Fury. Wilder has stated the heavyweight division is not exciting unless he is in the sport, which is why he decided to return.
"I'll fight them all," Wilder told ESNews. "We'll see, the future is bright. The king is back. Ain't no excitement going through unless I'm here. We've tried to prove that many times and we have. That's why I'm back by popular demand. I've been sitting at home chilling, enjoying my family."
Fury reacted to Wilder's comments by writing on Instagram : "Tell that dosser to get to the back of the queue with the rest of the losers. Don't forget the last time we saw this bomb [he needed] to get scraped off the canvas in Vegas!"
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Fury is in talks to end his retirement promise and face Usyk in an undisputed heavyweight title fight following the Ukrainian's win over Joshua last weekend. Wilder will be hoping to rebound against Helenius in October and push himself back into world title contention, with the American recently outlining his plans to retire four years from now.
"I only have until I'm 40, then I'm done," Wilder said at a recent open workout event. "I still want to continue my three fights a year, I'm young, I still feel great, when you have your happiness and your peace you're only building from there; it's never a downfall.
"You're only just building from there and to have so much love around you and stuff like that is refreshing. Even when people think you're down, sad and out for whatever reason they have in their head I tell people 'I don't live for them, I live for myself'."
