At the conclusion of last nights epic trilogy fight, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury took the time to check in on his fallen foe and offer the hand of sportsmanship, but was not welcomed by the former champion who couldn’t even bring himself to offer a handshake to the victor. Fury later stated that he would pray for Deontay Wilder that he could find it within himself over time to be gracious and accept the loss like a sportsman. Trainer, friend and former opponent of Deontay Wilder, Malik Scott explained exactly why the former champion continued to hold such bitter animosity. Scott explained that Wilder still believes that some type of skullduggery took place in the 2nd fight involving weights and manipulated gloves and simply can’t forgive and forget. Scott revealed that Deontay had suffered a broken hand following last nights fight and was hospitalised at university medial centre for precautionary measures and still struggles to realise why he lost. Malik himself took the time to congratulate the champion and his trainer Sugar Hill Steward, a long time friend and didn’t hold any personal issues against Fury and his crew despite the deep seeded trash talk in the days prior to the fight, but makes no excuse for his charge who may need time to process a defeat of this magnitude. Malik ensured that Wilder was fine and had asked him to break down what went wrong on the night in order to move forward from such a harsh loss. Malik was employed by Wilder following the 2nd fight with Fury after accusing former trainer Mark Breland of having ulterior motives for throwing in the towel to signal the end of their 2019 fight. Unfortunately between rounds 8 and 11 in last nights fight it appeared that Deontay Wilder was almost sleepwalking and was dead on his feet and following the drama and Wilders distain towards anyone in his team who would even consider surrendering him during a fight, the fighters best interests may have been compromised. Referee Russell Mora stood by and watched Wilder stagger into repeated unanswered head shots but never had the gumption to make the call to save the fighter for another day.. Deontay Wilder appears fine fortunately but I think the Nevada Commission need to look closer at the health implications that could arise from such neglect, safety in the sport is paramount and although the paying public demand a conclusive ending, only time will tell the damage that selective ignorance can cause to fighters that are too brave to make rational decisions.
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