Wilder Set To Sack Coach Who Threw In The Towel In Fury Fight

 

American heavyweight boxer Deontay Wilder has made a decision to let the coach who threw in the towel in the seventh round of his fight against Tyson Fury go.

Mark Breland has received backlash for the action as Wilder was being beaten to a pulp at the corner of the ring having been dropped twice earlier in the fight

But head trainer Jay Deas later said he disagreed with the move with Wilder now sharing the stance of his cornerman.

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After confirming he will be fighting Fury for the third time, Wilder revealed he is also going to change his coaching team.

“I am upset with Mark for the simple fact that we’ve talked about this many times and it’s not emotional,” Wilder told Yahoo.

“It is not an emotional thing, it’s a principle thing. We’ve talked about this situation many, many years before this even happened. I said as a warrior, as a champion, as a leader, as a ruler, I want to go out on my shield. If I’m talking about going in and killing a man, I respect the same way. I abide by the same principle of receiving.

“So I told my team to never, ever, no matter what it may look like, to never throw the towel in with me because I’m a special kind. I still had five rounds left. No matter what it looked like, I was still in the fight.

“I understand he was looking out for me and trying to do what he felt was right, but this is my life and my career and he has to accept my wishes.”

Wilder was also critical of referee Kenny Bayless who he claimed allowed Fury to hit him to the back of his head.

“The referee told me specifically that if I hit him in the back of the head or hit him on the break, he’d disqualify me,” he added.

“But I guess that was only directed towards me because he allowed Fury to do those things. That’s the one thing that bothered me of everything.”