Had Deontay Wilder’s corner not thrown in the towel against Tyson Fury on Saturday, referee Kenny Bayless likely would have stopped the fight anyway.
Speaking to The Metro in a recent interview, the veteran referee said he warned Wilder that he was going to stop the fight if ‘The Gypsy King’ continued to have his way with him.
“I looked him in the face and I gave him the line that us referees give the fighters to let them know, ‘hey, you’ve gotta show me something.’ They know that if you go back out there and you don’t show me something, then I might have to do my job and stop it.