Wilder’s trainer disagrees with assistant’s call to throw in the towel

Feb 24 2020 by Bloody Elbow

 
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Jay Deas did not throw in the towel on Deontay Wilder as first believed.

Deontay Wilder wanted to “go out on his shield” in his TKO loss to Tyson Fury, and it seems as if his own trainer agreed with him.

While the towel was thrown in from Wilder’s corner as he took a sustained beating against the new WBC heavyweight champion, longtime head trainer Jay Deas revealed that he wasn’t the one who made the call to protect his...

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