Deontay Wilder is planning to fire his cornerman, Mark Breland, for throwing in the towel in the seventh round of his rematch with Tyson Fury.
Breland, an Olympic gold medalist and a former world champion, decided to raise the white flag at the 1:39 mark of the seventh frame while Fury was pounding Wilder, which led to the stoppage.
The American knockout sensation suffered the first defeat of his boxing career in a brutal fashion as he was dominated by his fiercest rival through seven rounds, highlighted with a pair of vicious knockdowns.
Reflecting on his first career loss, Wilder has blamed his 45-pound ring walk suit for his weak legs that made the anticipated rematch one-sided.
In a wild conspiracy theory, he said the decision of his corner to throw in the towel was influenced by Anthony Direll, a boxer who works with Fury’s trainer, Sugar Hill.
Now, an upset Wilder is looking to part ways with Breland.
Principle Thing
In a recent interview with Yahoo, the 34-year old heavyweight said he did not agree with Breland’s decision as he wanted to continue fighting Fury and ‘go out and his shield.’
Wilder shared he has talked to his team about not throwing in the towel no matter how bad the situation is.
“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 said.
“I am upset with Mark for the simple fact that we’ve talked about this many times and it’s not emotional.”
“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.”
Consequence
Breland might not be part of Wilder’s team on his next fight as the American wants him to suffer the consequence of his action last Saturday.
“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.”
Wilder will look to bounce back from this stunning loss when he faces ‘The Gypsy King’ in a trilogy bout later this year.
Fury, who remains undefeated in 31 fights, wants the third fight to happen at the Raiders Stadium in Las Vegas in front of 70 000 fans.
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