Officially ban the “face to face” between Wilder and Fury after weighing after the altercation at the press conference

“The reason why the decision was made, on behalf of the commission, is because what happened during the press conference speaks for itself,” said Thursday the executive director of the Nevada Atlantic Commission, Bob Bennett

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The unsportsmanlike show that staged this Wednesday, the American pgil Deontay Wilder and the English Tyson Fury During the last press conference prior to his fight revenge for the world title of heavyweights, he forced the Nevada State Commission on Thursday to ban the “face to face” after weighing.

The event is scheduled for this Friday at 15:00 local time in Las Vegas (23:00 gmt) and is the last before the fight to be played on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas (Nevada).

Wilder (42-0-1, 41 out of combat) is the current heavyweight monarch, version World Boxing Council (WBC), and Fury (29-0-1, 20 wins for the fast) the linear champion.

“The reason why the decision was made, on behalf of the commission, is because what happened during the press conference speaks for itself “, The executive director of the Nevada Attic Commission, Bob Bennett, said Thursday.

As soon as Fury joined Wilder on stage to begin the last press conference prior to the fight, the two pgiles faced each other in a face to face that ended in physical confrontation between both fighters and that oblige security personnel to intervene To keep them apart.

“The actions of the two pgiles pushing themselves, what was not organized, is not indicative of the image of our sport that is part of the lite, so tener a confrontation is not the best for the health and safety of boxers, lthe fans and the event, “said Bennett.

Bennett explained to reporters that last night he spoke with the president of the commission, Anthony Marnell III, and communicated his intention to cancel the “face to face” after weighing. Marnell, according to Bennett, supported the idea of ​​the cancellation, and communicated it to Wilder promoter Tom Brown of TGB Promotions.

While this morning, Bennet also met with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, co-promoter of Fury, and they both “agreed.”

Bennett's argument about prohibition is not only to avoid another “unfortunate” spectacle that harms the image of boxing, but that the fight itself is not endangered. “I am not going to endanger the public, the people or the event because everyone expects a spectacular evening,” Bennett said. “This decision is aimed at favoring all the actors involved in the fight.”

For his part, Arum admitted that it was about an unprecedented decision in the sport of boxing, but that supported her.

“If this fight depends on a confrontation in the” face to face “to sell it, we have not done our job,” Arum value. “They will take pictures, they just won't face each other.”