‘I'd be concerned about him fighting' – Boxing legends including Tyson Fury urge Deontay Wilder to QUIT before comeback
DEONTAY WILDER has been urged to hang up his gloves just a month before his ring return.
The former long-reigning WBC heavyweight champion will bid to get back to winning ways on
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Deontay Wilder has looked like a shell of his old self in his last few fights
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The American has suffered three brutal knockout losses in his last five losses
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Former foe Tyson Fury has urged 'The Bronze Bomber' to hang them up
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The American has looked like a
shell
of the fighter who struck fear into the
hearts
of heavyweights during his pomp, so much so that a litany of boxing icons, Fury, included, have urged him to call it a day.
During an appearance on the
'When I beat Wilder, he was 44 and 0, with 43 KOs, and he KO'd the guy who went the distance with him in the rematch, so that means he knocked out every single person he ever faced. 44 people.
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'Obviously, he lost the three fights to me and since that third trilogy, we took a lot of lot of years off each other's lives.
"That war, which ended in the 11th round by knockout, that took a lot out of our tanks.
"Between me and Wilder in that trilogy there was 10 knockdowns. It takes a lot out of a fighter.
'Even when he's come back and had a couple of fights since, he's only a shadow of his former glory.
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Deontay Wilder has vowed to return to the summit of the heavyweight division
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"The only thing left that remains the same about Deontay is his name.'
Legendary boxing coach Teddy Atlas, who used to train
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Atlas told
power
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"As long as you have
power
, you've got a shot.
"But the way he's looked, the punishment he took against Zhilei Zhang.
"Wilder took a lot of punishment in his last few fights.
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"And the way he took it, how clean he got hit, and how he reacted to it, just as a human being.
"Forget trainer, promoter, anything, just as a human being, I'd be concerned about him fighting again.'
Wilder and his team are hoping a win over Herndon will kick-start an unlikely run to a world title, with head coach Malik Scott saying: "He's still got that urge to become champion, because he's a champion at heart.
"He's on the second half of his career, he's filthy rich.
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"He wants to make another run at the heavyweight
championship
of the world."
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