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 fighter. Former welterweight champion and assistant trainer Mark Breland decided enough was enough, and Deas disagreed.
“Mark [Breland] threw the towel,” Deas said in the post-fight press conference. “I didn’t think he should’ve.