TV host Kate Abdo has reacted to Bob Arum's foul-mouthed tirade against her.
In a press conference with Tyson Fury, the 89-year old American was furious at Abdo's 'favouriting' Deontay Wester.
Bob Arum, boxing promoter, slammed Kate Abdo at a press conference
Then, he claimed to have "saved" the fight by intervening to stop Abdo and the other heavyweight boxers from having a face-off - which Abdo then appeared to initiate.
Abdo now has her opinion in a lengthy post she posted on Instagram.
Mancunian, 40 years old, wrote that he did what the broadcaster agreed to do regarding the faceoff. However, I find that this is a little irrelevant now.
"I have nothing but respect and admiration for Bob Arum, his empire and all that he has done. I know what he means by boxing and what the sport owes him.
"I believe the language he used in his interview was completely inappropriate.
"Officially, it's disappointing to have my respect be disregarded by someone I care about. But that's just life. Not everyone will show you the respect you deserve."
CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE LIVE UPDATES ON FURY VS. WILDER 3 BETTING SPECIAL GET 30/1 ON FURY OR 50/1 ON WILDER FOR HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CLASHArum claimed that both Fox Sports (and Abdo) knew that a face-off would not be part of the press conferences.
He claimed Abdo was not in order for raising it.
Abdo brought up the possibility and Arum shouted "Not a good Idea!"
She quickly changed her mind, suggesting that Arum was the one who prevented the face-off from happening.
The promoter was annoyed and said, "They bring this lady in from the UK and they're slanting all of the press conference to Wilder."
"Like I don’t care a damn, it’s obvious what she was doing!"
"And then, she realized that the understanding was: No face-off. Fox and Tom Brown disagreed with each other. There was no face-off.
"We said, “No face-off.” What did she say? "Now, we're going face-off?"
"F*** her, f*** them. We saved the fight by not letting them face off.
Wilder will be facing Fury in Las Vegas to defend his WBC heavyweight title.
After beating the American to a stoppage in the seventh round, he claimed the green strap.
