Dillian Whyte claimed that he saw Deontay wilder 'twitching' cold on the floor by Wladimir Klitschko during sparring

DEONTAY WILDER was celebrated in defeat as having a chin that is as strong as his fighting spirit following Tyson Fury’s three-part victory.

Dillian Whyte, a fellow heavyweight, claimed that he saw an American being knocked out cold by Wladimir Klitschko in sparring.

Wladimir Khlistchko sparred with Dillian Whyte in 2014.

Title hopeful Whyte was a sparring buddy for Klistchko, the former world king.

The Brit admitted that Wilder and other training partners were subject to a lot of abuse in an interview last year.

Sky Sports' Whyte said: "I have seen him get knocked out. Wladimir knocked his out."

He knew what had happened. He was open to the possibility. He was roughing Wlad, bringing the smoke, going wild.

"Wlad backs up and changes his footwork. He feints, feinting, jabs at the body, throws that feint Jab, and then he is gone. Wilder was out of the picture, and he was gone.

"It was not a knockdown. He was knocked cold. You should also be twitching.

"That's probably why they didn't want him fighting Wlad because Wlad was going fight Wilder as a professional and Wilder never dreamed of it."

After watching his sparring partners be put down, Whyte said he was mad at Klitschko and ended up being sent home.

He would be back, however, with Anthony Joshua, his rival, whom Whyte defeated in 2009 in the amateurs, before losing the rematch six years later in the professional ranks.

Klitschko's camp was the scene of a clash between two Londoners. The pair were eventually split, but there was a fight outside.

Whyte said: "I wanted Joshua to punch me up at first because he was speaking a lot of smack.

"There was genuine irritation there. Bashir [Ali] stopped me from getting at him, and then it got squashed. It was a little edgy.