Chaotic footage emerged on social media on Friday night which shows Deontay Wilder chasing Billy Joe Saunders through Nando's restaurant in Belfast, after it's reported that Saunders threw chicken at the American Heavyweight champion.
The comical scene was just lacking some Benny Hill music, as the video shows Saunders sprinting out the door in a camouflage top, and moments later Wilder, in the red, slips on to the floor as he attempts to chase down the former middleweight champion, and this was just hours after Wilder stormed the press conference of Tyson Fury, who fights in the Northern Irish capital this evening.
Saunders, a friend of Fury's, has often found himself embroiled in disagreements with fellow boxers, but they are often involving his own opponents, but this time around the 28-year-old has been trying to unsettle Wilder for Fury, who heads to the ring at Windsor Park this evening to face Italian Franceso Pianeta.
It's been reported that Pianeta is the final hurdle for Fury before he lines up a potential monster fight with Wilder at the end of this year, but these chaotic scenes between Saunders and Wilder just show that if Fury were to set up a clash with Wilder then we are set for months of animosity between Team Wilder and Team Fury, and Saunders is sure to be showing allegiances to the British boxer.
There's no doubt that Wilder will be at Windsor Park tonight, and while Fury has promised to sing Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond should be victorious, but we could also see a face-off between Fury and the loudmouth American.
[📽️ Hugh O'Halloran]
