Deontay Wilder vs. Dominic Breazeale - May 18, 2019

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The dad trains all 3 of his sons but I’m sure you knew that.

I thought so.

[Jeff_lacy_ko]

Barring an injury or massive punch landing this should be over quick.

Wilder clearly has rare power and brezeale gets hit by everything

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Live undercard streaming information

[chinarich]

ESPN had an anonymous trainer assess Wilder -- then let Wilder respond.

TRAINER: Deontay Wilder is the rare fighter gifted with one-punch power. Unfortunately, it's only his right hand.

WILDER: The right hand, of course, has the ultimate power. But it's the way I set it up. That's just the punch you see that takes them out. The left brings the damage too. It can knock you out just as well. Trust me.

TRAINER: He's athletic and tall with good reach, but he tends to fight at his opponent's range instead of using his length.

WILDER: I'm one of the few tall guys that'll come down to your height. I'm so athletic! I do that because I use different styles. I'm never one way. People think I'm doing it because that's just my style. No, no, no. I'm doing things for a reason. They don't understand what they see.

TRAINER: His knockout streak has kept him from developing into the great boxer he could be. Also, his lack of weight and strength allows bigger opponents, like Tyson Fury [Wilder and Fury fought to a controversial draw on Dec. 1], to wear on him.

WILDER: I can count on one hand how many times I've outweighed my opponent in my pro career. People have in their mind that you have to be a certain weight. I debunked that years ago. Weight does add to the velocity [of the punch], but the technique, fast-twitch muscles, timing and positioning of your hands all work together. Boxing is a true science. That's why I can knock down a guy [Fury] 50-plus pounds heavier than I am.

TRAINER: Dominic Breazeale [21-0, 18 KOs] is a notch below the elite level, and Wilder will stop him in the last third of the fight.

WILDER: I'm going to go in there and destroy him. And I'm in a sport that allows you to do it. He's going to quit on himself. It's either going to be by choice or by force.

Deontay must have seven fingers on that hand then, maybe that’s why he punches so hard...

One thing I do appreciate about Wilder is that he’s an in shape heavyweight, there’s no excuse for a professional sportsperson to be be a waddling tub of lard just because there’s no upper weight limit.

[oogiebe]

Deontay must have seven fingers on that hand then, maybe that’s why he punches so hard...

One thing I do appreciate about Wilder is that he’s an in shape heavyweight, there’s no excuse for a professional sportsperson to be be a waddling tub of lard just because there’s no upper weight limit.

very good and overlooked point!

[jamamb]

thats a big part of why opponents outweigh him so often, like, chris arreola is not a naturally bigger guy

[oogiebe]

Wilder really does have scary power.

[jamamb]

ya though you can never tell from pads

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ya though you can never tell from pads

The sound to me can be telling. I was imagining getting thwacked by that right.

[sturm vogel]

Unless Wilder breaks his right hand, cracks his own neck, and trips on an oil spill while in the ring and knocks himself out by punching his own head, he wins by crushing the fight out of Breazeale.

[candyslim]

Wilder is rightly a huge favourite in this fight but I wouldn't write off Breazeale just yet. He is painfully slow and probably isn't even capable of outboxing Wilder, but on the positive side he is huge, he is very strong, he is tough as old boots and there is no quit in him. You know he will be especially fired up for this fight.

As I've said several times before, I regard him as being very similar to Johann Duhaupas who Wilder eventually stopped but both their faces were swollen and banged up at the end. If Breazeale could improve on Duhaupas' performance, it wouldn't take much of an improvement to make it very interesting indeed.

I'm expecting Wilder to win inside the distance but I like this fight. I do think Breazeale has a decent chance of pulling off an upset.

[Finkel]

I'm curious how tall that trainer is holding the pads. As breazeale tends to fight very upright...

[Thomastearns]

Wilder really does have scary power.

And carries it late too. So fighting him is not a question of just surviving the first few rounds as it is with some heavyweights.

And also how good is it, ego wise, having Mark Breland working the pads?

[Finkel]

And carries it late too. So fighting him is not a question of just surviving the first few rounds as it is with some heavyweights.

And also how good is it, ego wise, having Mark Breland working the pads?

Thanks, so Mark Breland is about 7-8 inches shorter than breazeale

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Wilder: No Regrets Over Saying Breazeale May Die on Saturday!

"[Breazeale's] life is on the line for this fight and I do mean his life. I am still trying to get me a body on my record," Wilder said.

"Dominic Breazeale asked for this. I didn't go seek him. He [sought] me. So if it comes it comes. This is a brutal sport. This is not a gentleman sport. We don't ask to hit each other in the face but we do anyway. And you can ask any doctor around the world, he will tell you, your head is not meant to be hit.

"On this particular time we have bad blood against each other. This is the only sport where you can kill a man and get paid for it at the same time. It's legal. So why not use my right to do so?"

Wilder was confronted over the statements, where he was directly asked if he now regrets making those comments about Breazeale.

"I don't regret nothing that I say. I am passionate about what I say and passionate about what I do. I've always been real. I don't worry about being politically correct," Wilder told BBC Sport.

Breazeale: I'm Super Upset Over Wilder's Talk of Killing Me

"I'm super upset," Breazeale told CBS Sports' "State of Combat" podcast on Tuesday. "You never want to hear an individual -- and I don't care what sport it is but especially in the sport of boxing -- who has the ability to put someone else in a bad state of mind or hurt them physically [talk like that]. I don't think he understands what he's saying. He's just not all there, if that makes sense.

"Both he and I have knocked out individuals with shots where I am like, 'Oh God, I hope he is going to be OK from this.' But that's just my ring gentleman ship and having a care for life. Because of it, he is going to have to pay [on Saturday]. He was going to pay anyways and I was going to have sportsmanship behind it but now when I put this beating on him and I hurt him and punish him, I'm not going to shake this man's hand. I'm not going to tell people I feel sorry for him if he's hurt. It is what it is and he has comeuppance coming his way.

"There is no way you can get behind a heavyweight champ who wants to put harm on another individual or take another man's life or put them in a coma," Breazeale said. "That just doesn't make any sense and that's not the barbaric state of mind that any champion should be in."

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Looks like they boost the mic up on purpose cuz they know Wilder’s gonna be chattin his usual crap.

[dagilechia]

btw, imo Breazeale is Wilder's 3rd best opponent to date

[candyslim]

3rd or 4th. Stiverne in the first fight might be better than Breazeale is now but not by very much.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZwbRxSLN_w

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[oogiebe]

Breazeale: 255 LBS
Wilder: 223.25 LBS

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Breazeale: 255 LBS
Wilder: 223.25 LBS

Finally Wilder back above 220 pounds.

[oogiebe]

Finally Wilder back above 220 pounds.

Agreed. He needs to be heavier than his last two fights. Breazeale looks like soft cheese.

[jamamb]

Agreed. He needs to be heavier than his last two fights. Breazeale looks like soft cheese.

thats the thing when ppl go on about wilder fighting heavier guys, a large part of it is that he just happens to be in shape rather then being a fat tit of a man