DEONTAY WILDER has claimed Oleksandr Usyk is "TERRIFIED" of him and turned down "a lot of money" to fight.
Usyk is currently set to defend his unified titles against Daniel Dubois next after talks with Tyson Fury collapsed.
The bout is yet to be announced but is set for August 26 in Poland.
And Wilder told 78SPORTSTV: "I don't think Usyk really cares. As long as he ain't got to fight me.
"I don't think he cares, as long as he don't have to fight me, it's all good, because that man is terrified of me.
"He's dodged me so many times and I know. And don't act like I don't know, I don't want anyone to come out like, 'Usyk said this and that.'
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"It would be a lie because I know a lot of s***. I'm in the business, I know. He's been offered a lot of money to fight me, many times.
"But he's denied it. They said they do not want Bomb Squad problems."
It is not the first time Wilder, 37, has accused the Ukrainian, 36, of not wanting to fight.
But in June, Usyk hit back to Seconds Out: “Please stop it, I respect this man, I treat him with honour.
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What is this talk about fear? The only thing I’m really, really, afraid of is to get my wife frustrated.”
Wilder is in talks for a super-fight in Saudi Arabia against Anthony Joshua, 33, and Usyk could be on the undercard.
Eddie Hearn told Boxing Social: "It will be Filip Hrgovic. He's next in line of Tyson Fury doesn't take the fight, which he's not."
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