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I make this statement in relation to the outrageous and defamatory statements which have been made about me by Deontay Wilder.
On 9 May I announced the Wilder v Chisora fight, which was to take place on Saturday 15th June at Wembley Arena. There was a deal reached with Wilder’s representative, Eric Gomez, and my matchmaker Dean Powell for that fight to take place.
On the morning of the press conference at 7.26am Dean Powell received an email from Eric Gomez asking the question: “Can you please hold on the announcement until Monday next week?”. As you can see this was a question. The reason given for the request was: “don't want any bad press because of the arrest”. Neither Dean nor I were told – as Mr Wilder now seems to suggest - that Mr Wilder did not consider he had a deal or that he was unable to travel to London. Indeed, Mr Gomez went onto say in that email “everything is fine”. Therefore we took at face value that the reason for the request to postpone the announcement was because Mr Wilder did not want any bad press.
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On 9 May I announced the Wilder v Chisora fight, which was to take place on Saturday 15th June at Wembley Arena. There was a deal reached with Wilder’s representative, Eric Gomez, and my matchmaker Dean Powell for that fight to take place.
On the morning of the press conference at 7.26am Dean Powell received an email from Eric Gomez asking the question: “Can you please hold on the announcement until Monday next week?”. As you can see this was a question. The reason given for the request was: “don't want any bad press because of the arrest”. Neither Dean nor I were told – as Mr Wilder now seems to suggest - that Mr Wilder did not consider he had a deal or that he was unable to travel to London. Indeed, Mr Gomez went onto say in that email “everything is fine”. Therefore we took at face value that the reason for the request to postpone the announcement was because Mr Wilder did not want any bad press.
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