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      Deontay Wilder to return to ring next May and quashes retirement rumours with Anthony Joshua fight in sights

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      DEONTAY WILDER has quashed retirement talk and will return to the ring next May.The American heavyweight suffered a brutal beating at the hands of Tyson Fury over the weekend.
      Deontay Wilder was put down three times in his fight with Tyson FuryCredit: Getty
      He was KOd in the eleventh round after being dropped three times by the Gypsy King.
      It came after an epic trilogy encounter at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, in front of a wild sold out crowd.
      There were fears Wilder would retire from boxing after the savage battle, where he suffered numerous injuries.
      The 35-year-old broke his hand in the encounter and will have surgery to fix the problem next week.
      But 42-2-1 brawler’s manager Shelley Finkel has confirmed he will be back next in late April or May.
      He has been banned from a quick ring return after being told he can’t compete for six-months by medics.
      Finkel exclusively told SunSport: “He’s sore but he was OK, he was home yesterday.

      “He’s healing and at this point, if everything is OK, after the hand surgery he’ll probably look to enter the ring mid next year, like April or May.”
      He also confirmed that Wilder DOES respect Fury but his “mind was not really there” after eleven brutal rounds.
      He added: “Him and I have spoke about that and he does (respect Fury).
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      “I think his mind wasn’t really there, I think if Deontay saw Fury now he would give him a big embrace.”
      Wilder initially drew with Fury, 33, in 2018 and was then beaten in the rematch last year, losing the WBC title.
      But he refused to accept the loss, blaming it on everything bar a boxing masterclass from the Gypsy King.
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      Watch stunning new ringside footage inches away from Tyson Fury as he KOs Deontay Wilder with brutal right hook

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      SENSATIONAL new footage of Tyson Fury’s emphatic victory over Deontay Wilder has emerged.The Wythenshawe warrior and Wilder took part in one of the most epic fights in recent heavyweight history in Las Vegas last weekend.

      @trboxing YOUR FIRST LOOK AT THE FURY KO FROM RINGSIDE 🔥 #furywilder3 ♬ original sound – Top Rank Boxing

      Stunning new footage of Tyson Fury’s epic KO has emergedCredit: TikTok: TRBoxing
      The ringside camera captured the exact moment Fury flatlined the AmericanCredit: TikTok: TRBoxing
      Defending WBC champ Fury retained his title with a stunning 11th-round knockout, which came after a gruelling back-and-forth.
      And amazing new ringside footage of the dramatic moment Fury flatlined the American has started doing the rounds on social media.
      Boxing fans were quick to comment, with one saying of the KO: “This is Fatality.”
      Another said: “Wow. Great knockout.”
      “Little defensive guard by wilder clearly shattered at that stage.”
      And another said: “I hadn’t seen this angle.

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      “Wilder was battered but from their previous fight, he’d complained that he lost while on his feet.
      “So it was only right he was put horizontal, convincingly.”
      The release of the new footage came shortly after a clip of Fury’s post-fight encounter with Wilder made its way on to social media.
      Shortly after seeing his rival come over, a dazed and dejected Wilder repeatedly said: “No love.”
      Fury, 33, replied: “Never mind love, there’s respect.
      “You got beat fair and square tonight. That’s it. I respect you because I’m a man.”
      An irate and out-of-breath Wilder then roared “I won’t respect you, I won’t respect you. I will never respect you.”
      Before he was moved on, Fury told his rival: “Don’t show bad sport[manship], you lost fair and square.”
      I’M NOT A CHEAT
      The clip then showed Fury turning his attention to Wilder’s co-manager, Shelly Finkel.
      He told the American: “Listen, I never cheated in my whole life. I played fair and square.
      “He’s got a bad hatred towards me, I don’t know why.
      “But let me tell you, he lost like a man tonight. He put me down three times, I had to put him down four. ”

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      Footage of Fury’s post-fight encounter with Wilder has also been releasedCredit: Top Rank
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      Eddie Hearn accidentally lets slip he thinks Oleksandr Usyk will BEAT Anthony Joshua in rematch in embarrassing gaffe

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      EDDIE HEARN has accidentally let slip he thinks Anthony Joshua will be BEATEN by Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch.The British heavyweight lost his world title belts after a unanimous points loss to the Ukrainian last month.
      Anthony Joshua is set to take on Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch next yearCredit: Getty
      There was a clause inserted in their fight contract which gave Joshua the opportunity of an immediate rematch.
      The 31-year-old activated that last week, and the pair are set to face off again in March or April.
      But Hearn has sensationally admitted he thinks his client will LOSE again in a bizarre faux pas.
      It came after a comment that Usyk would take over P4P king Tyson Fury instead after his win over Deontay Wilder.
      He let slip to DAZN: “Dillian Whyte against Tyson Fury is a massive fight here, massive fight.
      “The build-up would be maybe as good as the fight, but we know Dillian Whyte deserves his shot.
      “Victory against Otto Wallin, nobody can deny him that shot at the world heavyweight title.
      ‘USYK WILL FIGHT FURY’
      “He’s had two fights in two years, Tyson Fury, and he hates inactivity.
      “If he sits it out, AJ’s going to fight Usyk in March or April and Usyk’s going to fight Fury in September or October.
      “It’s going to be three fights in three years, let’s get a bit of momentum.”
      Fans reacted in hysterics after the gaffe, with some claiming he means it deep down and other thinking it was a slip of the tongue.

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      One viewer said: “Lets just hope its just mind games to make Usyk over confident haha. still bad look tho.”
      Another added: “Freudian slip I guess, he loves AJ as a great friend but let’s be real even Eddie must be disappointed.
      “He must be finding it tough to sell this timid and scared version of AJ who seems to have regressed as a fighter since Ruiz 1 as he’s seemingly so paranoid about taking hits now.”
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      Five biggest bans in boxing after Deontay Wilder’s six-month suspension following Tyson Fury fight including Mike Tyson

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      BOXING has seen plenty of its big stars receive bans for their actions inside and outside the ring.Whether it be medical suspensions or bans for performance-enhancing drugs, some of the biggest names in the sport have served time on the sidelines.
      Deontay Wilder was slapped with a six-month ban following his war with Tyson FuryCredit: REX
      The Bronze Bomber suffered a brutal 11th-round KO defeat to The Gypsy KingCredit: GETTY
      And with former WBC champ Deontay Wilder being handed a six-month ban following his epic trilogy fight with Tyson Fury, SunSport thought it’d only be right to look back at some of the most notable suspensions in the sport’s history.
      Muhammad Ali – Three years
      The Greatest was banned from boxing in the United States for three years in April 1967 after refusing to be drafted for the Vietnam War.
      The suspension robbed Ali – an outspoken critic of the war – of some of his prime years, with the former heavyweight champ returning to the ring aged 28.
      The late Ali said of his refusal to be drafted: “My conscience won’t let me go shoot my brother, some darker people or some poor hungry people in the mud for big, powerful America.
      “And shoot them for what? They never called me n*****, they never lynched me, they never put no dogs on me, they didn’t rob me of my nationality – rape and kill my mother and father.
      “Shoot them for what? How am I gonna go shoot them? Poor little black people and women and children. How can I shoot them people?
      “Just take me to jail.”

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      Muhammad Ali served a three-year suspension in the late ’60s after refusing to be drafted for the Vietnam WarCredit: Getty
      Tyson Fury – Two years
      The Gypsy King and cousin Hughie received two-year suspensions in 2017 after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone.
      Tyson and Hughie, 33 and 27 respectively, failed drug tests before their respective 2015 clashes with Christian Hammer and Andriy Rudenko.
      The duo claimed they unintentionally ingested the substance by eating uncastrated wild boar, which can increase the output of 19-norandrosterone.
      In December 2017, UKAD handed the pair retroactive two-year bans, meaning they were free to resume their boxing careers.
      Hughie and Tyson Fury received two-year bans for their respective failed drug testsCredit: Reuters
      Jarrell Miller – Two years
      Big Baby was slapped with a two-year ban from the sport last December – 14 months after testing positive for a cocktail of performance-enhancing drugs before his proposed showdown with Anthony Joshua.
      Remarkably, the New Yorker was initially given a six-month suspension by the WBA after testing positive for Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator GW501516, Human Growth Hormone and EPO.
      But ahead of his proposed comeback fight against Jerry Forrest last July, Miller once again had GW501516 in his system.
      The Nevada State Atheltic Commission opted to throw the book at the 33-year-old, slapping him with a two-year suspension.
      Jarrell Miller was slapped with a two-year ban last DecemberCredit: Getty
      Mike Tyson – 15 months
      The Baddest Man on the Planet received a 15-month suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission and fined a whopping £2.1million for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear in their 1997 rematch.
      Tyson recalled the infamous incident ahead of his comeback fight in 2020, admitting: “I bit him because I wanted to kill him.
      “I was really mad about my head being bumped and everything. I really lost consciousness of the whole fight. It took me out of my fight plan and everything.”
      When asked if he would do it again, Iron Mike said: “I say, ‘No, never ever again’.
      “But I might do it again. Well if he does what he was doing to get bitten, I would bite him again. Yeah.”
      Iron Mike was banned for biting Evander Holyfield’s earCredit: Sky
      Canelo Alvarez – Six months
      Pound-for-pound king Canelo was slapped with a six-month ban in September 2018 after failing two drug tests, both of which found traces of the banned performance-enhancer Clenbuterol in his system.
      The Mexican blamed the positive tests on tainted meat from his homeland and is adamant he’s never intentionally taken any prohibited agents.
      He told ESPN: “I don’t want to get anyone else involved.
      “This was my mistake for not reading up on the risks, not researching more, more on the subject, on what’s going on with the beef in Mexico.
      “But I didn’t do anything intentionally. I didn’t do anything to try to enhance my performance. I would never do anything like that.
      “It was a mistake and nothing more, not educating myself about this problem in Mexico. It was my mistake, and I won’t repeat it.”
      Pound-for-pound king Canelo was banned for six months after testing positive for clenbuterolCredit: Getty
      Deontay Wilder – Six months
      The Bronze Bomber was issued a six-month medical suspension following his back-and-forth war with Fury, which he lost via 11th round KO.
      Wilder, however, can return to the ring sooner if he receives clearance from a doctor.
      A swift return to the ring, however, is highly unlikely as he broke his hand in his epic trilogy fight with Fury.
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      Deontay Wilder fought with no ‘legs under him’ after Tyson Fury ‘threw his equilibrium off’ in first knockdown

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      DEONTAY WILDER fought with no ‘legs under him’ after Tyson Fury ‘threw his equilibrium off’ following an early knockdown. Wilder bravely battled through 11 rounds before being knocked out to end an enthralling trilogy bout in Las Vegas.
      Tyson Fury landed a shot to Deontay Wilder’s head that ‘threw his equilibrium off’Credit: EPA
      Tyson Fury first floored Deontay Wilder in round threeCredit: Getty
      Wilder looked exhausted during the trilogy boutCredit: Getty
      But the American looked spent for much of the fight after he was floored for the first time, three rounds in.
      His manager Shelly Finkel claimed Wilder’s exhausted look and overall performance was hampered after Fury’s punch-perfect shot.
      Finkel told SunSport: “He’s doing well, he gives all credit to Fury to perform the way he did.
      “But early in the fight Deontay, probably around the third round, when he got hit, he got hit by the ear and it threw his equilibrium off.
      “And I was watching and I said, ‘What happened to his legs?’ Because he trained so hard.”
      Fury, 33, had Wilder, 35, hurt in the third on the ropes after a left hook followed by a right hand landed right around the side of the ear.

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      The Gypsy King then landed a short uppercut and hook combination that sent Wilder crashing to the canvas.
      Fury looked to be on the road to an early night’s work, only to then be dramatically floored twice himself in the following round.
      He later regained control, dropping Wilder in the tenth before a brutal right hand settled it all with a round to spare.
      But the Bronze Bomber refused to quit all night, ever threatening with his lethal right hand, and restored his reputation with the gutsy performance.
      Finkel said: “It was a show of his determination and his no-quit attitude, many other fighters probably would have quit during that fight. 
      “He started out great; the first round he won the round obviously on all three cards and he was following the game plan. 
      Early in the fight Deontay, probably around the third round, when he got hit, he got hit by the ear and it threw his equilibrium off.Deontay Wilder’s co-manager Shelly Finkel
      “But then, when certain things happened in the third round, he had to change it but even with that, if you look later on he caught Fury a couple of times flush. 
      “But due to him not having his legs under him, he didn’t have the normal Deontay power.” 
      Wilder’s effort in recapturing the WBC title and gaining retribution can only further be hailed after he broke his right hand during the fight.
      He has returned home to Alabama and will have surgery to fix one of the most dangerous weapons in boxing history.
      Wilder has been hit with a six month medical suspension, but is in line to return no later than May 2022.
      Finkel revealed: “He’s sore but he was OK, he was home yesterday.
      “He’s healing and at this point, if everything is OK, after the hand surgery he’ll probably look to enter the ring mid next year, like April or May.” 
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      Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury: How brother Tyson set off feud which led to imminent million-pound blockbuster boxing fight

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      TYSON FURY is responsible for the imminent multi million-pound boxing match between his brother Tommy and Jake Paul. A single tweet from the Gypsy King in March, after Tommy went 5-0, caught Paul’s attention.
      Jake Paul calling out Tommy Fury in a videoCredit: Instagram / @jakepaul
      Tommy Fury wearing a blonde wig to mock Paul
      This is the tweet that kickstarted the feud
      The end of the social media post read: “@jakepaul where you at?”
      The YouTuber then hit back and claimed to have no knowledge of who Tommy was, despite his appearance on reality TV show Love Island in 2019.
      He said: “I get to the bottom of the Tweet and he’s calling me out to like fight someone, and the Tweet is about his brother.
      “Oh, I didn’t even know he had a brother. Then he’s calling me out to fight his brother, and I’m like, ‘Bro, what the f*** is going on here?’
      “I didn’t know Tyson Fury had a bro? I like Tyson Fury.
      “I don’t want a beef with Tyson Fury, but damn, if Tyson Fury took a s***, it would be his little brother.
      “He’s literally like this little kid. My point is here. You’re Tyson Fury’s little brother. If you want to fight me, don’t let your big bro do s*** for you.
      “Log in to Instagram or Twitter and call me out for yourself, bro. What’s going on in this boxing world?”

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      Tommy, who was not aware Fury would call out Jake, then responded and quickly videos were being exchanged back and forth between the two.
      It included Paul accusing Fury’s girlfriend Molly-Mae Hague of messaging him in 2018, while the British light-heavyweight mocked the American while wearing a blonde wig.
      Soon after the verbal jabs, Paul, 24, knocked out retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 37, to go 3-0 in his career.
      It followed knockout wins over YouTube rival ‘AnEsonGib’ and ex-NBA player Nate Robinson, 37.
      Tommy, 22, in June then went 6-0 while it was announced Paul would fight ex-UFC champion Tyron Woodley, 39, in August.
      Beforehand, Tommy was considered as an opponent, but his profile Stateside was deemed not big enough.
      Instead, Paul would have his rival fight on his undercard, against a sparring partner of his, Anthony Taylor, 32.
      BACKSTAGE BEEF
      Tommy, who signed a two-fight deal with US network Showtime, won on points while Paul did the same – putting them on course for a grudge match.
      And the rivalry reached new heights when the pair came face-to-face backstage, causing a melee between their teams.
      Tommy said afterwards: “There was a moment in that corridor where everything was going off between the security, my team, his team and it was just me and him.
      “I looked dead into his soul. When the cameras are not around, he doesn’t want to know.
      “Let’s be honest, if he really wanted to fight me, I’d have been in that ring there at the end through the ropes, let’s go, there’s no return.
      “But he didn’t want that and the reason why he didn’t want me in the ring is because if I was getting in there, he wouldn’t be able to go back on it.”
      NEGOTATIONS OFFICALLY START
      Talks between the two began soon after, but immediately hit a road bump.
      Tommy admitted he rejected two fight offers, believing he was being lowballed.
      So Paul publicly bumped the deal up to $1million, plus what SunSport understands to be additional pay-per-view bonuses.
      But Tommy responded: “To everybody out there, $1million for a fight of this magnitude is not even worth getting out of bed for, this fight is going to gross millions and millions of pounds.
      “I cannot walk down the street without anybody asking me when are you fighting Jake Paul, so until you want to make a serious offer and put it on the table, we can’t think about fighting pal.”
      A NEW HOPE
      Paul’s advisor Nakisa Bidarian told SunSport: “This is an unbelievable offer.
      “More than most UFC champions get as a guaranteed base. It’s comical them saying it’s not worth getting out of bed for.”
      But hope was not lost and again it was back to the negotiation table, with an agreement edging closer.
      Tommy’s promoter Frank Warren even revealed terms are being finalised for a fight by the end of the year.
      Warren told iFL TV: “Hopefully we’ll finish it off this week and we can move forward. It’ll be in late November, December.”
      ‘STAY TUNED’
      Paul has since remained silent, a sign that an agreement could be close, while Tommy was full of confidence.
      Before Fury’s trilogy win over Deontay Wilder, he said on BT Box Office: “Things are looking good.
      “I can’t say too much as I leave that up to my lawyers. But things are looking good, stay tuned.” 
      And whether purist and traditional boxing fans like it or not, many will stay tuned, and likely contribute to a PPV blockbuster success.
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      Unseen footage emerges of dazed Deontay Wilder telling Tyson Fury ‘I won’t respect you’ after Brit’s classy gesture

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      DRAMATIC new footage of Tyson Fury’s post-fight encounter with Deontay Wilder has come to light.The Gypsy King closed the book on his rivalry with the American last weekend with a brutal 11th-round KO victory in Las Vegas.

      Moments after the stunning stoppage, Fury went over to Wilder’s corner to give him props for his herculean effort.
      But despite their epic back-and-forth, the WBC champ was met with animosity from his rival.
      Shortly after seeing Fury come over, a battered and bruised Wilder repeatedly said: “No love.
      An irate Fury replied: “Never mind love, there’s respect.
      “You got beat fair and square tonight. That’s it. I respect you because I’m a man.”
      Former WBC champ Wilder then said: “I won’t respect you, I won’t respect you. I will never respect you.”

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      Before he was ushered away from Wilder’s corner, Fury then said: “Don’t show bad sport[manship], you lost fair and square.”
      Former unified heavyweight champion Fury then turned his attention to Wilder’s co-manager, Shelly Finkel.
      The Wythenshawe warrior told the American lawyer: “Listen, I never cheated in my whole life. I played fair and square.
      “He’s got a bad hatred towards me, I don’t know why.
      “But let me tell you, he lost like a man tonight. He put me down three times, I had to put him down four. ”
      Fury, 33, slammed Wilder for his lack of sportsmanship in the post-fight press conference, saying: “An idiot.
      Tyson Fury went over to a defeated Deontay Wilder as show of respectCredit: Top Rank
      But the Bronze Bomber refused to give Fury his duesCredit: Top Rank
      “He’s got no love for me Deontay Wilder, because I’ve beat him three times.
      “I’m a sportsman, I went over to him to show some love and respect and he didn’t want to give it back.
      “That’s his problem, I’ll pray for him so God will soften his heart.
      “I want to thank everyone in the building tonight who came out to show support for my sport, boxing. Thank you.
      “It was a great fight, October 9th 2021 will go down as a great fight in history. I hope anyway.
      I will never respect youDeontay Wilder to Tyson Fury
      “Like the great John Wayne said ‘I’m made of pig iron and steel baby.’
      “First of all, I’d like to say thank you to my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, in the name of Jesus I won this fight tonight.
      “I give him the glory he gives me the victory.
      “I was down a couple of times, I was hurt.
      “Wilder is a strong puncher and he’s a tough man. I was hitting him with some tough shots.
      Fury was disappointed by Wilder’s actions after their epic heavyweight warCredit: REUTERS
      “It was a great fight tonight, worthy of any trilogy in the history of our sport.
      “I’m not going to make any excuses, Wilder is a tough fighter who gave me a real run for my money tonight.
      “I always said ‘I’m the best in the world and he’s the second-best.”

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      He’d do what Tyson Fury did – Eddie Hearn claims Dillian Whyte would steamroll through Deontay Wilder as ‘he’s too big’

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      DILLIAN WHYTE has been tipped to follow in the suit of Tyson Fury and put a beating on Deontay Wilder if he ever gets his hands on the American.Former WBC champ Wilder suffered a brutal 11th-round knockout loss in his trilogy fight with the Gypsy King last weekend, although he turned in a spirited display before being stopped.
      Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury renewed their rivalry in Las Vegas last weekendCredit: REX
      Gypsy King Fury retained his WBC heavyweight title with a vicious 11th-round KOCredit: GETTY
      And Eddie Hearn reckons fellow Brit Dillian Whyte would turn in a similar performanceCredit: MATCHROOM BOXING
      Wilder, however, struggled to deal with the size and weight of the 6ft 9in, 277lb Gypsy King, who made every bit of his advantages count.
      And Matchroom Boxing chief Eddie Hearn is adamant Whyte would do the same thing to the Bronze Bomber, although he admits the Brixton banger’s love of a tear-up could see him laid out.
      He told iFL TV: “Whyte would do exactly the same to Wilder that Fury did, in terms of being too big and strong, but could also get KO’d.”
      Hearn, 42, reckons former unified heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua and his successor Oleksandr Usyk would also beat Wilder.
      But he admits the pair – who will renew their rivalry next year – could also be taken out by the heavy-handed Olympian.
      He continued: “AJ, too sharp, too good a technician, but could also get KO’d. Usyk would school Wilder, but could also get KO’d.”

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      Wilder, 35, suffered a broken hand in his ill-fated bid to reclaim the WBC title and is set to undergo surgery next week.
      His co-manager Shelly Finkel revealed to SunSport this week: “Deontay broke his right hand behind the third knuckle and he has to have that fixed next week.
      “He has to have surgery, the knuckle is OK, it’s the bone behind the knuckle that broke.

      “He’s sore but he was OK, he was home yesterday.
      “He’s healing and at this point, if everything is OK, after the hand surgery he’ll probably look to enter the ring mid next year, like April or May.”
      A dejected Wilder refused to show Fury any respect in the immediate aftermath of the bout but gave the lineal champ his dues after his post-fight check-up.
      Deontay Wilder will undergo surgery on his broken hand next weekCredit: REX
      He said: “I did my best, but it wasn’t good enough tonight. I’m not sure what happened.
      “I know that in training he did certain things, and I also knew that he didn’t come in at 277 pounds to be a ballet dancer.
      “He came to lean on me, try to rough me up and he succeeded.”

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