Deontay Wilder had a lackluster showing on Saturday night in his heavyweight bout against the polarizing Englishman Tyson Fury. After assessing what went wrong during the fight, Wilder is also pointing to things outside the ring that contributed to his first career loss. One factor Wilder pointed to was the elaborate pre-fight costume he wore to the ring which weighed around 40-pounds. 

Wilder spoke with Yahoo Sports' Kevin Iole and said, “He [Tyson Fury] didn’t hurt me at all, but the simple fact is, Kevin, that my uniform was way too heavy for me, [...] I didn’t have no legs from the beginning of the fight. In the third round, my legs were just shot all the way through. But I’m a warrior and people know that I’m a warrior. It could easily be told that I didn’t have legs or anything. A lot of people were telling me, ‘It looked like something was wrong with you.’ Something was, but when you’re in the ring, you have to bluff a lot of things. I tried my best to do so. I knew I didn’t have the legs because of my uniform."

Wilder added, "I was only able to put it on [for the first time] the night before but I didn’t think it was going to be that heavy. It weighed 40, 40-some pounds with the helmet and all the batteries. I wanted my tribute to be great for Black History Month. I wanted it to be good and I guess I put that before anything."

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