Deontay Wilder suffered the primary knockdown of his profession after displaying a member of the previous guard contempt.
The 2010 incident towards veteran heavyweight Harry Sconiers handed Wilder his maiden journey to the canvas and, many consider, his first knockout defeat.
Controversy surrounds the battle, as World Boxing Information has reported on many events. Wilder needed to take the journey to the canvas on the chin after making an attempt to get inside the pinnacle of Sconiers on the weigh-in.
In response to Sconiers, Wilder used an ‘over-the-top intimidation method’ to show he was the person. Sconiers didn’t purchase it then, nor did he within the ring. He waited for his likelihood to make Wilder remorse his disrespect.
When the time was proper early on, and Wilder bought too assured, Sconiers unleashed a haymaker and despatched the long run WBC heavyweight champion flying. In a debate that has raged for fourteen years and which WBN has by no means been in a position to corroborate, Wilder was reportedly down for over eleven seconds at Fantasy Springs On line casino in Indio, California.
Ring Journal, Editor-in-Chief Dougie Fischer, at ringside for the battle, acknowledged his ideas on the knockdown.
“I used to be on the Sconiers battle. It was on the undercard of an Eloy Perez battle. I can inform anybody who wasn’t there that Wilder was not solely dropped laborious by the journeyman. If reminiscence serves me, it was the second spherical – he dropped Sconiers, after which Sconiers dropped him. He bought up on very wobbly legs, however he survived.”
Deontay Wilder ‘buried’ video could present Harry Sconiers ‘knocked him out’ https://t.co/qLQdXu8OUM #boxing pic.twitter.com/hux8MJFFF9
— World Boxing Information (@WorldBoxingNews) July 9, 2020
Fischer’s account doesn’t match the damaging rumor mill, which states Wilder bought up after a sluggish rely of ten or extra. Nevertheless, Wilder would have acquired the advantage of the doubt had Golden Boy Promotions not buried the footage within the aftermath.
The proof suggests Wilder had one thing to cover after racking up a document of stopping each opponent inside 4 rounds and being the way forward for Oscar De La Hoya‘s firm till a break up with Al Haymon.
WBN repeatedly requested GBP and Fantasy Springs to supply the footage, however they might not regardless of videographers filming the battle. Fantasy Springs knowledgeable WBN that they solely had footage of the principle occasion. Golden Boy failed to answer a number of requests for the video.
Golden Boy additionally deleted historical social media posts utilizing the ‘yfrog’ kind on social media. Subsequently, it is going to be robust to show except somebody from the corporate breaks out and talks concerning the incident.
Wilder was solely 12-0 then and would go one other ten years earlier than struggling a loss. It might have been very totally different had Sconiers been given the decision. As historical past stands, Wilder dropped Sconiers 4 occasions and halted him in 4 rounds. These info won’t ever alter except somebody ultimately speaks out.
Sconiers have to be content material with being the primary man to place Deontay Wilder on the ground.
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