DEONTAY WILDER fears his assistant trainer Mark Breland was influenced to throw in the towel against Tyson Fury by one of Javan ‘Sugarhill’ Steward’s fighters.
Wilder, 34, was dominated last Saturday by Fury, 31, twice being dropped before Breland rightfully ended the fight in round seven.
Mark Breland threw in the towel for Deontay Wilder against Tyson FuryCredit: PA:Press Association
But the Bronze Bomber raged at his coach insisting he was “willing to die” and has always told his team under no circumstances should they ever chuck in the towel for him.
In his latest rant, Wilder claimed Breland could have been urged to end the fight by Anthony Dirrell, who is trained by Fury’s coach Sugarhill.
He told BoxingScene: “I don’t wanna put negative thoughts in my head or have any kind of conspiracy theories going on, but it makes you think.
“Somebody that did something that’s not up to him, and even when they’re instructed not to, they still proceeded on.
“And then getting influenced by the opposite team, one of the guys that train with the opposite trainer, you know, it makes you think. He was influenced by Dirrell.
“They said Dirrell was in back of him screaming, ‘Throw the towel in! We love our champ!’ And, you know, [Anthony] works with ‘Sugar’ as well, the opposite trainer, Tyson’s trainer.
Breland – who amazingly was once trained by Sugarhill’s late, great uncle Emanuel Steward – insisted he did not hear Dirrell’s cry to stop the fight in Las Vegas.
But Wilder – who also blamed his 45lb ring walk for being too ‘heavy’ and affecting his performance – is not convinced by Breland, and will make a decision on whether he stays part of his training team once he is back from his holiday.
He added: “[Breland] said he didn’t hear nothing, but everybody’s saying the same thing.
“A lot of people that’s around, a lot of people that was in my camp, and if everybody’s hearing it and if my people in the corner can hear him, and Mark said he can’t hear [him], there’s something wrong with that.
“It’s a lot going on with Mark as well. But, you know, we’re gonna make a big decision by the time I come back from Africa. And we’re gonna go from there.”
Wilder hinted Breland could be sacked for throwing in the towelCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Wilder reckons Sugarhill Steward’s fighter influenced Breland to throw in the towelCredit: Reuters
Anthony Dirrell, left, is trained by Fury’s coach SugarhillCredit: Getty Images – Getty
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