Deontay Wilder's former trainer has claimed he feared his fighter had suffered a brain injury during his rematch with Tyson Fury.
Wilder was dropped twice by Fury and was bleeding from the ear when Mark Breland threw in the towel in the seventh round. The deposed heavyweight world champion reacted furiously and sacked Breland from his coaching team.
Wilder also accused Breland of spiking his water, one of a number of baseless conspiracy theories spouted after his first professional defeat.
Breland broke his silence on the controversy last weekend and has now explained why he threw in the towel. "At that fight just as many others we had NO cutman because Deontay won't need it," he said. "I'm not a doctor but I know blood coming out your
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