Wilder Hits Back Over Klitschko Knockout

Deontay Wilder, the big punching WBC Heavyweight Champion, has hit back at rumours that he was knocked out in sparring by Wladimir Klitschko.

The claims surfaced in a recent interview with respected UK boxing analyst Johnny Nelson.

The American fighter took particular offense to Nelson’s assertions that he’d been ‘knocked out cold twice,’ as well as being dropped a further time by a shot to the body.

Johnny Nelson, himself a former cruiserweight world champion, also implied that Wilder may lack the required appetite to fight Anthony Joshua in a unification fight.

In Wilder’s quick response, he certainly appears to have the required heart and desire for a fight with Joshua.

As to the validity of Nelson’s claim? For now, the jury’s out…