Deontay Wilder baffles followers saying he ‘zoned out’ in shock Joseph Parker loss
Deontay Wilder says he “zoned out” throughout his shock defeat to Joseph Parker on the weekend.
The former heavyweight champion was overwhelmed for the third time in 4 outings after Parker sealed a completely deserved unanimous resolution victory in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Wilder, 38, was surprised by an enormous proper hand within the eighth spherical, after which Parker, 31, took management of the battle.
Speaking afterwards, Wilder bizarrely claimed he “zoned out” for a complete minute through the spherical and was caught “in a dazing moment”, insisting none of Parker’s punches “fazed” him.
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“He caught me in a dazing moment. I f***ing zoned out for one minute, I don’t know what the f*** happened,” the American mentioned. “The punch came but it wasn’t nothing that hurt, none of his punches fazed me at all.”
Wilder’s feedback did the rounds on social media, and one fan replied: “Is he still dazed? What on earth is he talking about?” Another wrote: “He said ‘I zoned out for a minute, I didn’t know wtf happened’, then two sentences later, ‘he didn’t faze me at all’. Make it make sense lol.”
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Defeat for the Bronze Bomber has probably scuppered the £100million two-fight deal he agreed with Anthony Joshua earlier this month. The duo have been set to step toe-to-toe in a few mouth-watering bouts in 2024, however solely on the belief they’d each win their fights on the weekend.
Joshua held up his finish of the deal by stopping Otto Wallin in emphatic style to register his third successive in-ring win, following back-to-back defeats to Oleksandr Usyk. But Wilder’s poor efficiency earlier within the evening left their future battle contract in tatters.
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Many followers urged Wilder to retire within the aftermath, however the Alabama native insisted he wasn’t carried out but. “Sorry if I let anyone down. This is not the end, we’ll be back,” he wrote on Instagram. “I’m a warrior, I’ll be back soon… Life is about falling and getting back up, you must get back up.”