Teddy Atlas: 'Bully' Deontay Wilder has been exposed by Tyson Fury
- Joe Hewlett
- 16 March 2020
Deontay Wilder will never be the same again after his heavyweight rematch defeat to Tyson Fury, according to Teddy Atlas.
The 'Gypsy King' delivered on his promise by taking the fight to Wilder from the opening bell, dropping him twice before ending proceedings in the seventh round.
The rematch was a highly-anticipated battle following the first fight between the duo in 2018, which ended in a controversial draw in Los Angeles. Depending on the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Fury and Wilder will go to blows once again at the end of this summer after Wilder exercised his clause for an immediate rematch.
While not much interest remains in seeing the trilogy bout, Fury had to agree to the fight otherwise a trip to court and a dented bank balance could’ve been on the horizon.
The 'Bronze Bomber' has been vocal in being determined to win back his WBC title whilst also discussing the reasons as to why he lost, including a 40-pound costume he wore for his ring-walk.
It apparently took all the energy out of his legs and caused him to have poor balance for the duration of the fight. It had nothing to do with Fury being the better man on the night...
Atlas, who inspired Michael Moorer to heavyweight glory against Evander Holyfield, believes the bully got found out.
"Yeah, [Wilder] has changed, it’s real," Atlas told SiriusXM Boxing. "If you want to call it the pink elephant in the room, it’s there, it’s the truth, you do get changed. Deontay even more explicitly.
"He's been exposed as the guy who technically doesn’t have [the necessary skills], but he can punch. He's had that and it’s pulled him out of the fire many times but this time, he also showed, bringing up Tyson, I think there’s some relevance to that, he showed that he’s a bully.
"I'm not here to knock Deontay Wilder and I’m not trying to be one of these haters or mean spirited. But I'm just talking about it’s almost inherent that a puncher would be partly a bully because they get their way all of the time."
"It's kind of like being a spoiled brat. They're used to always getting their way. They have the gift but there’s never an argument with a puncher. They always get their way but this time he didn't get his way."
