Heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder and his former co-trainer, Mark Breland, have been at each other’s throats. Breland finally responded to his firing and comments made by the former champion, including criticism for stopping Wilder’s rematch with …
Heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder and his former co-trainer, Mark Breland, have been at each other’s throats.
Breland finally responded to his firing and comments made by the former champion, including criticism for stopping Wilder’s rematch with Tyson Fury and allegations that he might’ve spiked the fighter’s water.
Wilder then responded to Breland’s comments, saying he doesn’t know where they came from.
In this episode of Jabs with Mannix and Mora, courtesy of DAZN, hosts Chris Mannix and Sergio Mora discuss Breland’s decision to come forward and more..
Heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder and his former co-trainer, Mark Breland, have been at each other’s throats. Breland finally responded to his firing and comments made by the former champion, including criticism for stopping Wilder’s rematch with …
Heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder and his former co-trainer, Mark Breland, have been at each other’s throats.
Breland finally responded to his firing and comments made by the former champion, including criticism for stopping Wilder’s rematch with Tyson Fury and allegations that he might’ve spiked the fighter’s water.
Wilder then responded to Breland’s comments, saying he doesn’t know where they came from.
In this episode of Jabs with Mannix and Mora, courtesy of DAZN, hosts Chris Mannix and Sergio Mora discuss Breland’s decision to come forward and more..
Deontay Wilder and former co-trainer Mark Breland have taken nasty public shots at one another.
Sometimes boxing relationships just go sour. Former heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder and former co-trainer Mark Breland can tell you all about it.
Wilder dismissed Breland last fall amid the lingering fallout after Tyson Fury stopped Wilder in their rematch, which took place in February. Wilder was upset that Breland stopped the fight against his wishes and later suggested the former Olympic and pro champion might’ve spiked the water he drank during the fight.
Breland recently spoke out on The Fight is Right show. And he didn’t hold back.
On the state of Wilder’s career: “[His] career is over now. I’m done, and he’s done. I’m done with him. Wilder only has his power, and we’ll see how far that takes him. That’s all I’m going to say. I wish him well and that’s it.
On the alleged spiked water: “So many people know me, my character speaks for itself. If you’re looking at tapes or whatever and stuff like that, You don’t ever see water in my hands. And regardless of that, I’m there to help you. My attitude is, ‘When you win, I win,’”
On Wilder’s allegations that Fury loaded his gloves: “If [Fury] did, I don’t know. I doubt it very much, but at the same time, he ain’t going to beat Tyson Fury.”
Deontay Wilder was saved from himself by co-trainer Mark Breland, which didn’t sit well with the fighter. Al Bello / Getty Images
On Wilder’s longtime co-trainer Jay Deas: “[Deas] was standing right there when the man was getting his hands wrapped. If they put something in there, either Jay’s blind or … Jay is right there when he’s getting his hands wrapped and he didn’t say anything. But to be honest, that’s how much he knows about boxing. Hell, he probably could’ve put a cast up in there and he wouldn’t have known.”
On Wilder’s excuses after the loss to Fury, including a wild one about a heavy mask during his ring walk that took a toll on his legs: “Some people can’t take a loss, if you lose, you lose. Don’t blame everybody, go back and think about yourself. Come on now, only foolish people come out with stuff like that because it’s crazy.”
On Wilder’s training habits: “He don’t jump rope, he don’t hit the speed bag and he don’t hit the heavy bag. To fight a guy like him, I would out-jab him. I don’t think he’d be able to touch me. I’d put him to sleep, the jab can bang that chin and put you down. If I boxed the guys he boxed, I’d beat them. That’s the bottom line. You say he had some ‘good wins’? A good win. Just that [Luis Ortiz] fight, that was it.”
Then it was Wilder’s turn to respond. He fired back at Breland on the YouTube channel 78 Sports TV.
On Breland’s comments in general: “This man was around me for so long. I fed this dude. Even when many people thought I outgrew him. Many wanted me to fire him, but I kept him on board. And to hear all these things that he’s saying, it’s crazy. You should have been gone a long time ago because of the love that I had, to continue to give you a job.
Breland is pictured here in 1984, the year he won a gold medal in the Los Angeles Olympics. Darr Beiser / USA TODAY Sports
“Even after the fact with all the medical issues that he personally has going on with himself, I still kept him around. For him to betray me and say all this stuff, it is a little hurtful only for these simple facts that how close I had him with my family. It just allows me to believe that he had something deeper rooted about me.
“I can understand why. What the f— did I do? He knows what type of person I am. He knows I look out for people. Something deeply embedded in him for him to feel some kind of way. Where is it all coming from? Is it because where I was in life and your career was short? It could be a jealousy thing.
“I can’t understand where it’s coming from. We know what the deal is. We know what’s up man. You would want to debunk something that we all have proof and evidence of. I told Jay [Deas], ‘I believe Mark did something to the water.’ I’m telling you. I know how I felt in the ring. That wasn’t me. If people understood how I felt.
“This man has been jealous of me. Now this is all coming out. I told Jay, ‘Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.’”
On his first fight with Fury, a draw in 2018: “Even in the first fight, [Breland] wasn’t even in the ring. He left as soon as the fight was over like he was mad or something. In the second fight, it was the same. His energy was off. He didn’t want to be around, as if he already knew something was up.
“Now look at him. He’s running to the U.K. to do interviews. He’s talking about the end of my career? It’s only the beginning of greatness. But for you my friend, it is the end. I’m so glad I won’t die broke. He was definitely part of what was going on. His energy said it during the first fight, and in the second, it followed.
“You can’t break a king. A king is a king. A king knows how to get back up, dust himself off and continue to lead, because he has people on the outside and the inside waiting for the king to get up.”
On what Wilder believes is Breland’s jealousy: “The only explanation I can get out of it is, he was jealous of me and my career. I don’t see anything else, because I didn’t even have a relationship with Mark outside of boxing. Maybe he wanted to be closer to me. I don’t know what it is for him to come out and say all this s— all of a sudden.
“You put another man under the bus. So many people already ridiculed him, and doubted him. He’s wrong for that s—. You did that to your own kind. I’m just so happy that I don’t. If the shoe was on the other foot, they’d prosecute me. They’d have been all over me.
“I ain’t going nowhere. They can hate all day. Hating a king like me isn’t going to do the world any good. Let him do what he does. He’s a bitch. Putting another man under the bus because you’re feeling guilty. Man up, you did the crime. Man up.”
Deontay Wilder and former co-trainer Mark Breland have taken nasty public shots at one another.
Sometimes boxing relationships just go sour. Former heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder and former co-trainer Mark Breland can tell you all about it.
Wilder dismissed Breland last fall amid the lingering fallout after Tyson Fury stopped Wilder in their rematch, which took place in February. Wilder was upset that Breland stopped the fight against his wishes and later suggested the former Olympic and pro champion might’ve spiked the water he drank during the fight.
Breland recently spoke out on The Fight is Right show. And he didn’t hold back.
On the state of Wilder’s career: “[His] career is over now. I’m done, and he’s done. I’m done with him. Wilder only has his power, and we’ll see how far that takes him. That’s all I’m going to say. I wish him well and that’s it.
On the alleged spiked water: “So many people know me, my character speaks for itself. If you’re looking at tapes or whatever and stuff like that, You don’t ever see water in my hands. And regardless of that, I’m there to help you. My attitude is, ‘When you win, I win,’”
On Wilder’s allegations that Fury loaded his gloves: “If [Fury] did, I don’t know. I doubt it very much, but at the same time, he ain’t going to beat Tyson Fury.”
Deontay Wilder was saved from himself by co-trainer Mark Breland, which didn’t sit well with the fighter. Al Bello / Getty Images
On Wilder’s longtime co-trainer Jay Deas: “[Deas] was standing right there when the man was getting his hands wrapped. If they put something in there, either Jay’s blind or … Jay is right there when he’s getting his hands wrapped and he didn’t say anything. But to be honest, that’s how much he knows about boxing. Hell, he probably could’ve put a cast up in there and he wouldn’t have known.”
On Wilder’s excuses after the loss to Fury, including a wild one about a heavy mask during his ring walk that took a toll on his legs: “Some people can’t take a loss, if you lose, you lose. Don’t blame everybody, go back and think about yourself. Come on now, only foolish people come out with stuff like that because it’s crazy.”
On Wilder’s training habits: “He don’t jump rope, he don’t hit the speed bag and he don’t hit the heavy bag. To fight a guy like him, I would out-jab him. I don’t think he’d be able to touch me. I’d put him to sleep, the jab can bang that chin and put you down. If I boxed the guys he boxed, I’d beat them. That’s the bottom line. You say he had some ‘good wins’? A good win. Just that [Luis Ortiz] fight, that was it.”
Then it was Wilder’s turn to respond. He fired back at Breland on the YouTube channel 78 Sports TV.
On Breland’s comments in general: “This man was around me for so long. I fed this dude. Even when many people thought I outgrew him. Many wanted me to fire him, but I kept him on board. And to hear all these things that he’s saying, it’s crazy. You should have been gone a long time ago because of the love that I had, to continue to give you a job.
Breland is pictured here in 1984, the year he won a gold medal in the Los Angeles Olympics. Darr Beiser / USA TODAY Sports
“Even after the fact with all the medical issues that he personally has going on with himself, I still kept him around. For him to betray me and say all this stuff, it is a little hurtful only for these simple facts that how close I had him with my family. It just allows me to believe that he had something deeper rooted about me.
“I can understand why. What the f— did I do? He knows what type of person I am. He knows I look out for people. Something deeply embedded in him for him to feel some kind of way. Where is it all coming from? Is it because where I was in life and your career was short? It could be a jealousy thing.
“I can’t understand where it’s coming from. We know what the deal is. We know what’s up man. You would want to debunk something that we all have proof and evidence of. I told Jay [Deas], ‘I believe Mark did something to the water.’ I’m telling you. I know how I felt in the ring. That wasn’t me. If people understood how I felt.
“This man has been jealous of me. Now this is all coming out. I told Jay, ‘Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.’”
On his first fight with Fury, a draw in 2018: “Even in the first fight, [Breland] wasn’t even in the ring. He left as soon as the fight was over like he was mad or something. In the second fight, it was the same. His energy was off. He didn’t want to be around, as if he already knew something was up.
“Now look at him. He’s running to the U.K. to do interviews. He’s talking about the end of my career? It’s only the beginning of greatness. But for you my friend, it is the end. I’m so glad I won’t die broke. He was definitely part of what was going on. His energy said it during the first fight, and in the second, it followed.
“You can’t break a king. A king is a king. A king knows how to get back up, dust himself off and continue to lead, because he has people on the outside and the inside waiting for the king to get up.”
On what Wilder believes is Breland’s jealousy: “The only explanation I can get out of it is, he was jealous of me and my career. I don’t see anything else, because I didn’t even have a relationship with Mark outside of boxing. Maybe he wanted to be closer to me. I don’t know what it is for him to come out and say all this s— all of a sudden.
“You put another man under the bus. So many people already ridiculed him, and doubted him. He’s wrong for that s—. You did that to your own kind. I’m just so happy that I don’t. If the shoe was on the other foot, they’d prosecute me. They’d have been all over me.
“I ain’t going nowhere. They can hate all day. Hating a king like me isn’t going to do the world any good. Let him do what he does. He’s a bitch. Putting another man under the bus because you’re feeling guilty. Man up, you did the crime. Man up.”
Deontay Wilder claims Tyson Fury’s fingernails caused his ears to bleed.
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on DAZN.com.
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Former heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder continues to make one excuse after another on why he lost his belt to Tyson Fury in the seventh round in their February rematch.
First was the costume he wore to the ring. Then he blamed former coach Mark Breland for throwing in the towel and spiking his water. And then he claimed Fury loaded his gloves, causing a dent in his head.
And, most recently, on The Last Stand Podcast with Brian Custer, Wilder (42-1-1, 41KOs) took it to a new level, saying Fury’s fingernails caused him to bleed and leaving marks in his ear.
“I haven’t yet heard valid proof of how gloves flap all the way back, why your hands were in the middle of the glove, why did my ear have scratches deep inside my ear?” Wilder said. “Because of your (Fury’s) nails. It’s so many different facts and proof that we have. But it just shows the greatness of it.”
The accusations made by Wilder haven’t been proven. The head of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Bob Bennett, whose state hosted the Fury-Wilder rematch, said the Englishman couldn’t have doctored the gloves because the commission inspected the gloves and gave them back Fury the night of the fight.
None of that matters to the “Bronze Bomber”, who insists Fury cheated to hand him his first defeat.
“He cheated. He flat out cheated,” Wilder told Custer. “That wasn’t the best man. That was a coward. He got a long reputation of being a known cheater. And if you’re known to be a known cheater, why are you gonna stop now? The gist of it, if they have the opportunity to cheat and you don’t cheat, you’re known as a sucker.
“You can go back to the rap sheet and history of him cheating and cheating even going back with the [Wladimir] Klitschko fight. So he wasn’t no better man in that fight. It’s so sad that I’m so great in this sport that they had to cheat me. [It’s] what makes me even more powerful, my legacy even stronger than it already is.”
Deontay Wilder claims Tyson Fury’s fingernails caused his ears to bleed.
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on DAZN.com.
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Former heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder continues to make one excuse after another on why he lost his belt to Tyson Fury in the seventh round in their February rematch.
First was the costume he wore to the ring. Then he blamed former coach Mark Breland for throwing in the towel and spiking his water. And then he claimed Fury loaded his gloves, causing a dent in his head.
And, most recently, on The Last Stand Podcast with Brian Custer, Wilder (42-1-1, 41KOs) took it to a new level, saying Fury’s fingernails caused him to bleed and leaving marks in his ear.
“I haven’t yet heard valid proof of how gloves flap all the way back, why your hands were in the middle of the glove, why did my ear have scratches deep inside my ear?” Wilder said. “Because of your (Fury’s) nails. It’s so many different facts and proof that we have. But it just shows the greatness of it.”
The accusations made by Wilder haven’t been proven. The head of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Bob Bennett, whose state hosted the Fury-Wilder rematch, said the Englishman couldn’t have doctored the gloves because the commission inspected the gloves and gave them back Fury the night of the fight.
None of that matters to the “Bronze Bomber”, who insists Fury cheated to hand him his first defeat.
“He cheated. He flat out cheated,” Wilder told Custer. “That wasn’t the best man. That was a coward. He got a long reputation of being a known cheater. And if you’re known to be a known cheater, why are you gonna stop now? The gist of it, if they have the opportunity to cheat and you don’t cheat, you’re known as a sucker.
“You can go back to the rap sheet and history of him cheating and cheating even going back with the [Wladimir] Klitschko fight. So he wasn’t no better man in that fight. It’s so sad that I’m so great in this sport that they had to cheat me. [It’s] what makes me even more powerful, my legacy even stronger than it already is.”
Deontay Wilder has accused Tyson Fury of loading his gloves in their fights and demanded that Fury give him a third fight.
Deontay Wilder finally had his say. And it got weird.
The former heavyweight titleholder, speaking on a Twitter video and also tweeting, accused rival Tyson Fury of loading his gloves before their two fights and “trying to weasel out of our agreement” to fight a third time.
Wilder and Fury fought to a controversial draw in 2018. Fury stopped Wilder in the seventh round in their February rematch, after which Wilder exercised a clause in their contract that reportedly requires Fury to give him a third fight.
They were originally scheduled to meet in July but the date was pushed back multiple times. Finally, when it appeared that the fight wouldn’t take place until next year, Fury decided to move on. He’s scheduled to fight on Dec. 5, although no opponent has been selected.
🤴🏿Fury Be A Man 🖕🏿@Tyson_Fury it is time for you to be a man and honor your agreement. What is this bullshit of you fighting Carlos Takam instead of me, you got to be kidding… pic.twitter.com/qeo47CfHi4
First, the alleged loaded gloves: “I saw in the first fight when Ricky Hatton was pulling down your gloves to put your fists in the improper position,” Wilder said on the video. “Y’all tried the same method the second time, but this time, you scratched flesh out of my ears which caused my ears to bleed.
“It’s impossible for a brand-new 10-ounce glove to bend, to keep a smushed-in form or to have loose space. I highly believe you put something hard in your glove. Something the size and the shape of an egg weight. It’s the reason the side of my face swelled up in the egg weight form and it left a dent in my face as well.
“But in the midst of all, you still couldn’t keep this king down. You would have had to kill me. In the end, it took a crap-in-a-bucket referee (Kenny Bayless) and a disloyal trainer (Mark Breland) to throw the towel in just to stop me.”
Fury dismissed the loaded-gloves conspiracy when Wilder’s brother made the same allegation earlier, saying Wilder trainer Jay Deas would have had to be in on plot because he watched Fury put on his gloves.
Bob Bennett, the Executive Director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, told ESPN that Wilder’s latest allegations are “absolutely false.” The official said gloves for championship fights are monitored from the time they arrive from the factory to the time they’re placed on the fighter’s fist, meaning it would be extremely difficult to doctor them.
And Bob Arum, Fury’s co-promoter, blasted Wilder in an interview with iFL TV.
“For him to castigate Kenny Bayless, the referee, and Mark Breland, his chief corner man, the way he did is disgraceful,” Arum said. “They acted properly and they saved Wilder’s life from taking any further punishment when he was completely out and getting thrashed by Tyson Fury.
“Secondly, this talk about the way gloves the way he did is disgraceful, because you have to understand the situation with the gloves in the state of Nevada where the fight took place. … Nobody,nobody, can tamper with the gloves.
“I mean, what he has done is taken something probably from a movie that used to happen maybe in the ’30s and ’40s and used that as a conspiracy to explain how he got beaten, and decisively beaten by Tyson Fury.
“It is reprehensible for him to do something like that, and it defies all belief for anybody that knows how these things happen. … What Wilder said is a sham.”
Wilder tweeted that Fury is trying to avoid him.
“When you were going through your darkest time, I told you that if you got yourself together I would give you a title shot,” he wrote. “Being a man of my word, I gave you the title shot. When that fight was a draw, I told you that I would give you a rematch.
“You know I was offered more money to fight [Anthony] Joshua than I was getting to fight you. Again, being a man of my word, I fought you like I said I would. In the rematch agreement, there was a rematch clause.
“Now it is time for you to be a man and honor your word, instead of trying to weasel out of our agreement.”
Deontay Wilder has accused Tyson Fury of loading his gloves in their fights and demanded that Fury give him a third fight.
Deontay Wilder finally had his say. And it got weird.
The former heavyweight titleholder, speaking on a Twitter video and also tweeting, accused rival Tyson Fury of loading his gloves before their two fights and “trying to weasel out of our agreement” to fight a third time.
Wilder and Fury fought to a controversial draw in 2018. Fury stopped Wilder in the seventh round in their February rematch, after which Wilder exercised a clause in their contract that reportedly requires Fury to give him a third fight.
They were originally scheduled to meet in July but the date was pushed back multiple times. Finally, when it appeared that the fight wouldn’t take place until next year, Fury decided to move on. He’s scheduled to fight on Dec. 5, although no opponent has been selected.
🤴🏿Fury Be A Man 🖕🏿@Tyson_Fury it is time for you to be a man and honor your agreement. What is this bullshit of you fighting Carlos Takam instead of me, you got to be kidding… pic.twitter.com/qeo47CfHi4
First, the alleged loaded gloves: “I saw in the first fight when Ricky Hatton was pulling down your gloves to put your fists in the improper position,” Wilder said on the video. “Y’all tried the same method the second time, but this time, you scratched flesh out of my ears which caused my ears to bleed.
“It’s impossible for a brand-new 10-ounce glove to bend, to keep a smushed-in form or to have loose space. I highly believe you put something hard in your glove. Something the size and the shape of an egg weight. It’s the reason the side of my face swelled up in the egg weight form and it left a dent in my face as well.
“But in the midst of all, you still couldn’t keep this king down. You would have had to kill me. In the end, it took a crap-in-a-bucket referee (Kenny Bayless) and a disloyal trainer (Mark Breland) to throw the towel in just to stop me.”
Fury dismissed the loaded-gloves conspiracy when Wilder’s brother made the same allegation earlier, saying Wilder trainer Jay Deas would have had to be in on plot because he watched Fury put on his gloves.
Bob Bennett, the Executive Director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, told ESPN that Wilder’s latest allegations are “absolutely false.” The official said gloves for championship fights are monitored from the time they arrive from the factory to the time they’re placed on the fighter’s fist, meaning it would be extremely difficult to doctor them.
And Bob Arum, Fury’s co-promoter, blasted Wilder in an interview with iFL TV.
“For him to castigate Kenny Bayless, the referee, and Mark Breland, his chief corner man, the way he did is disgraceful,” Arum said. “They acted properly and they saved Wilder’s life from taking any further punishment when he was completely out and getting thrashed by Tyson Fury.
“Secondly, this talk about the way gloves the way he did is disgraceful, because you have to understand the situation with the gloves in the state of Nevada where the fight took place. … Nobody,nobody, can tamper with the gloves.
“I mean, what he has done is taken something probably from a movie that used to happen maybe in the ’30s and ’40s and used that as a conspiracy to explain how he got beaten, and decisively beaten by Tyson Fury.
“It is reprehensible for him to do something like that, and it defies all belief for anybody that knows how these things happen. … What Wilder said is a sham.”
Wilder tweeted that Fury is trying to avoid him.
“When you were going through your darkest time, I told you that if you got yourself together I would give you a title shot,” he wrote. “Being a man of my word, I gave you the title shot. When that fight was a draw, I told you that I would give you a rematch.
“You know I was offered more money to fight [Anthony] Joshua than I was getting to fight you. Again, being a man of my word, I fought you like I said I would. In the rematch agreement, there was a rematch clause.
“Now it is time for you to be a man and honor your word, instead of trying to weasel out of our agreement.”
Deontay Wilder and career-long trainer Mark Breland have split, BoxingScene.com. The former heavyweight titleholder is preparing for his third fight against Tyson Fury. The bout is being for December at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, the new home …
Deontay Wilder and career-long trainer Mark Breland have split, BoxingScene.com.
The former heavyweight titleholder is preparing for his third fight against Tyson Fury. The bout is being for December at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, the new home of the NFL’s Raiders.
Jay Deas, who has been Wilder’s trainer, will continue to work with him.
“That was the decision that was made,” Shelly Finkel, Wilder’s co-manager, told BoxingScene on Friday. “After his next fight it will be determined if the right decision was made or not.”
Wilder was upset with Breland for ended his rematch with Fury, who won by a seventh-round knockout on Feb. 22, but he stated shortly afterward that he would retain he longtime mentor.
Deontay Wilder and career-long trainer Mark Breland have split, BoxingScene.com. The former heavyweight titleholder is preparing for his third fight against Tyson Fury. The bout is being for December at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, the new home …
Deontay Wilder and career-long trainer Mark Breland have split, BoxingScene.com.
The former heavyweight titleholder is preparing for his third fight against Tyson Fury. The bout is being for December at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, the new home of the NFL’s Raiders.
Jay Deas, who has been Wilder’s trainer, will continue to work with him.
“That was the decision that was made,” Shelly Finkel, Wilder’s co-manager, told BoxingScene on Friday. “After his next fight it will be determined if the right decision was made or not.”
Wilder was upset with Breland for ended his rematch with Fury, who won by a seventh-round knockout on Feb. 22, but he stated shortly afterward that he would retain he longtime mentor.
