Deontay Wilder Turns Down Floyd Mayweather’s Offer To Train Him

The former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has turned down Floyd Mayweather’s offer to train him ahead of a potential trilogy fight with Tyson Fury.

Last month, Mayweather suggested he would be able to improve Wilder’s boxing skills and help him beat ‘The Gypsy King’ who beat him by seventh-round TKO earlier in February.

”Tyson Fury‘s solid, he’s got skills,” Mayweather said speaking to ClubShayShay. “Deontay Wilder‘s got bombs, but we can make his skills a lot better. I’m here to help fighters, even Wilder. I’m here, all he’s gotta do is let me know what he wanna do and we can make it happen.”

Wilder has since emphatically turned down ‘Money’, claiming the offer was a show of “fake love” designed to boost his own profile.

“My thing is, every fighter I’ve fought, Floyd has bet against me,” Wilder said.

“Even with Mark [Breland], I need [a trainer], Mark ain’t on the team no more. Nobody had anything good to say about my trainers before, but all of a sudden, you need him.

“All this time, and all of a sudden now? Why? I don’t need anybody. I’ve made it all this far. Why do I need to change up anything? Of course, we need to replace, and you’re going to see what it is. But nobody has reached out to me.

“It’s publicity. When I see people do that stuff, it’s for publicity. But to the offer [from Mayweather], thank you, but no thank you. I don’t feel any love from that man. Their actions don’t show that.

“It’s fake love to me, but they know that themselves. They can’t look me in the eyes and tell me they care about me and want to see me do well.

“They can’t look me in the eyes and be sincere about that because I would feel them. They can’t do that because they know it’s not real. It’s not. It’s for publicity.”

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