Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Another day, another back and forth battle in public between the former pupil and coach duo of Deontay Wilder and Mark Breland. Over the weekend, Breland shot down accusations that he was disloyal to Wilder during the fighter’s one-sided drubbing to Tyson Fury last February, going as far as even saying that Wilder lacked discipline during training and that the fighter’s career was all but over.
The war of words between Deontay Wilder and former co-trainer Mark Breland reached another round over the weekend once Breland clapped back at the former heavyweight champion’s claims that he was disloyal, and that he went as far as even spiking Wilder’s water during the TKO loss to Tyson Fury last February.
Former world champion and 1984 Olympics gold medalist Mark Breland has come out swinging against his former understudy Deontay Wilder. Breland was Wilder’s career-long co-trainer along with Jay Deas, but after the former WBC champion dropped his first career defeat to the hands of Tyson Fury last February, the “Bronze Bomber” decided to contentiously split from Breland, billing his coach, among other things, as disloyal for throwing in the towel as the Brit was bullying him the entire night with a vicious barrage.
NFL great Brandon Marshall, who last played football in 2018, is now targeting a boxing match with former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. TMZ Sports spoke to the 36-year-old, who is 6'5 and 230-pounds - and has now turned boxing enthusiast about his desire to step in the ring ... and his friend Evander Holyfield comparing Marshall to the 42-1-1 (41 KO's) Bronze Bomber.
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is really looking forward to the potential full division unification between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. The retired boxer is backing Fury to win. Fury's father named him after the Hall of Famer.
Carlos Takam says he is open to facing former heavyweight world champions, Deontay Wilder and Andy Ruiz Jr this year. Takam, who was beaten by Anthony Joshua in ten rounds in a challenge for the WBA ‘Super’, IBF and IBO Heavyweight titles in 2017, was reportedly considered as a potential opponent for WBC champion Tyson Fury who was set to make a UK homecoming in December, before foregoing his plans.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte, believes a clash with former world champion Deontay Wilder would be a massive fight. Wilder has been out of the ring since getting stopped in seven rounds by Tyson Fury in February 2020, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Bob Arum, co-promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, explains that his fighter has explicitly vowed to never face Deontay Wilder for a third time. In February 2020, Fury dropped and stopped Wilder in seven rounds to capture the WBC title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Dave Coldwell, veteran trainer and manager, is concerned with the mental state of former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. Back in February, Wilder was dropped and stopped by Tyson Fury in seven rounds. It was Wilder's first career defeat and he lost the world title that was captured in 2015.
Andrey Ryabinsky, the promoter for WBC interim-heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin, believes Oleksandr Usyk is a bit too small to compete with the big men of the weight class. Usyk, a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, moved up to heavyweight in 2019 with a stoppage win over late replacement Chazz Witherspoon.