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Wilder Keeping Trainer Who Threw in Towel vs. Fury

Despite being upset at his camp for throwing in the towel against Tyson Fury last Saturday, Deontay Wilder is keeping co-trainer Mark Breland as part of his team, he told ESPN's Dan Rafael.

Breland ended the one-sided fight in the seventh round after watching his boxer get knocked down twice and sustain major punishment throughout the bout. The loss was Wilder's first as a heavyweight boxer.

"I'm a warrior. I feel the same way I felt on fight night—if I have to go out, I want to go out on my shield," Wilder told ESPN.