Deontay Wilder challenged Tyson Fury for the WBC World Heavyweight Championship in Las Vegas on October 9th last year in their third fight together. The Rock also previously sent a bold message to Deontay Wilder.
After a very long back and forth boxing match that featured Deontay Wilder knocking Tyson Fury down twice during the fourth round, it was Tyson Fury who won the boxing match after he defeated Deontay Wilder in the 11th round.
Deontay Wilder will return to the ring one year after suffering his second career loss to Tyson Fury when the former heavyweight champion takes on Robert Helenius at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Oct. 15 headlining a FOX pay-per-view.
According to Sportskeeda, Wilder traveled to Los Angeles eight years ago and confronted Zelenoff in a boxing gym. The fight was captured on video as Wilder battered the YouTuber and knocked him to the floor.
I really went there to kill him — to shoot him, to be honest,” Wilder said. “Devil got in me at one point of time because we were in some alleys and my voice changed. … Cuz was there with me. I brought cuz with me too. … My face changed because I knew what my capabilities were.”
The 36-year-old changed his mind when he realized the possible consequences for his cameraman.
“I knew I couldn’t do it because my cameraman was one of my good friends and I had a vision of him snitching on us and I would’ve had to shoot him too,” Wilder said. “I told him, I said, ‘I couldn’t do it because I would’ve had to shoot you too. Because I saw you telling on us.’ And he started, ‘Oh no, D.’ And I’m like, ‘No, I’m serious. I would’ve had to shoot you too.’”
Deontay Wilder travelled to LA and beat up internet troll Charlie Zelenoff back in 2014…
Wilder said Zelenoff racially abused him and made threats about his daughter. pic.twitter.com/fnNohDnnns
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) July 4, 2022
