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Deontay Wilder rejects Floyd Mayweather’s offer to train him
- Deontay Wilder dismissed Floyd Mayweather’s offer as a publicity stunt
- Mayweather said earlier this year he would train Wilder after loss to Tyson Fury
- Mental Health and Psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19
Deontay Wilder rejects Floyd Mayweather’s offer to train him.
Deontay Wilder has emphatically turned down Floyd Mayweather’s offer to train him, claiming the retired boxing great was only after publicity.
Mayweather offered Wilder the opportunity to work with him earlier this year, vowing that he would get him back to winning ways after his brutal defeat at the hands of Tyson Fury.
Wilder, who has been with head trainer Jay Deas since turning professional in 2008, was due to fight Fury for a third time at the back end of this year but those plans were abandoned after they failed to reach an agreement before his rematch clause expired.
The former WBC heavyweight champion has revealed he is looking for a new co-trainer as Mark Breland, who he was furious with for throwing in the towel against Fury, has left his team.
But he has ruled out Mayweather replacing him.
‘It ain’t even for me to discuss.
‘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.’
