Tyson Fury believes Deontay Wilder should give his trainer Mark Breland a payrise for deciding to throw in the towel during their rematch in February.
Fury dominated Wilder in Las Vegas and knocked down the Bronze Bomber twice on the way to a convincing victory in the seventh round.
Wilder was furious with Breland’s decision to put a stop to the fight, while reports shortly after his loss claimed that the former WBC heavyweight champion had decided to part ways with his long-time trainer ahead of the third fight later this year.
Wilder has since indicated that Breland, who he has worked with since he turned professional in 2008, will remain in his corner ahead of his third fight with Fury.
And Fury believes Breland’s decision to act has salvaged Wilder’s career as it stopped him from suffering ‘severe’ damage.
Asked if it was the right decision to stop the fight, Fury told Behind the Gloves: ‘Yeah, to be honest with you, the fighters are there to fight, we’re warriors, we fight on until we die, basically.
‘That’s why in boxing there has been a few people die because they are too brave for their own good.
‘But it is up to the corner, that’s what you pay them for, to look out for your interests, what you are too in a rage to see at the time.
‘I believe they left him in too long anyway. I believe that something severely bad would have happened to him if he had been left in because he was going down the same kind of road as these fighters who have had brain damage.
‘He couldn’t protect himself. He didn’t win a round, he didn’t win a second of a round.
‘He was getting badly injured. There was very bad swelling on the top of his head and on the side of his jaw.
‘I think that Mark Breland, never mind sack him or slag him, I think they need to give him a pay rise. Because without Mark Breland there wouldn’t have been a third fight, he would’ve been retired from boxing.’
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