Deontay gave Wlad a hard time in sparring

[joe strong]

glenn mccrory gave tyson a hard time in sparring and look what a world beater he turned out to be

tyson's downfall started in my town of edmonton. he pulled out of his fight with razor ruddock here a couple weeks before hand. he said he was sick but everyone here knows that was a load of crap. at legends gym tyson was sparring greg paige. paige laid him out sparring & tyson got up mad & stormed out of the gym. it had leaked to the local press & shortly after he pulled the plug on the fight. it was the first time tyson had ever been knocked down in any sort of fight. instead of rescheduling he went to japan & fought douglas & the rest is history. greg paige had broken tyson's aura of invisibility. in hindsight maybe he should have rescheduled here in edmonton because he beat ruddock twice after the douglas fight.

[The Hammer]

Deontay Wilder is very talented and has great potential.

He's been poorly managed, however, facing old fat middleweights instead of decent journeymen (Michael Sprott, Jason Gavern, Dominick Guinn, Nicholas Firtha, Denis Bakhtov) who will give him experience.

Deontay is fully capable of beating better opposition.