DEONTAY WILDER insists that he beat Tyson Fury in his first fight. He says: "I definitely knocked out him out."
Wilder brutally sent the Brit down to the floor in the final round in their first showdown four year ago. This was despite it ending in a controversial draw.
Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury first fought in December 2018.
Fury rose from the dead to defeat the referee's count to win the rest of the round. Wilder, however, believes that he added the Gypsy King to his victim list.
Wilder answered an Instagram Live question about his top knockouts. There are so many.
"I'm going to give you the ones I think of."
"Bermane Stiver II - I was transformed and had an outward experience with him. It was crazy.
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"Artur Szpilka. Szpilka was another.
"And the 12th round knockout by Fury. I knocked his ans out. That fight was a win for me.
"Not just with me knocking him out, but also the ref giving him extra time because he felt it would be the right thing because of the fight it was.
"It was a highly anticipated bout, with a lot at stake, and sometimes these referees go beyond their character feeling like, ‘I'm gonna do what's best to the sport' instead of following the rules.
SUN BINGO GET PS50 BONUS & 50 FREE SPINS TODAYWilder believes Jack Reiss, the referee, should have stayed out of the fight after Fury was flat on his back.
He said, "I certainly knocked him out." Jack Reiss was the referee. If you look back at any of his fights, you will see that he stopped a lot fights very early.
"Sometimes they don’t even get up, and he’s waving it off.
"When I knocked Fury out, I literally saw it with my own eyes. That's why I was so shocked.
"Not only did I see the count, but I also saw this man's eyes rolling back in his head. That's how this s*** was.
"I saw his veins pop out of his head, and I knew he had suffered a concussion." He was gone. That's a wave-off, period.
Wilder would fight Fury two more times. In the end, he suffered stoppage losses of 11th and seventh rounds.
Although the Alabama slammer hasn’t fought since last October's brutal defeat to Wythenshawe warrior, he recently announced that he will be returning to the ring.
He stated, "I cannot stop right now. I must continue my journey. I must, I must.
"I am looking to resume my career. There are many other things that I need to do.
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"I'm taking my children away if they come back, because now my life is full of joy like I want.
"I have sacrificed so much in order to be in this place in my life. To be able live my life the way I want it to for the rest of their lives."
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