Deontay Wilder has reverted again to his outdated methods by providing up excuses for his shock defeat to Joseph Parker. The American was completely outboxed by his foe on the again finish of final 12 months in Saudi Arabia on the 'Day of Reckoning' invoice.

Wilder by no means actually received going and struggled to discover a dwelling for his trademark proper hand over the 12-round distance. Many pundits prompt ring rust had performed a component in his lacklustre show having solely accomplished one spherical of boxing in simply over two years since his trilogy combat with Tyson Fury. 

Wilder agrees with this evaluation however did not cease there. He provides that the lengthy flight to Saudi Arabia took it out of him as effectively. “It was a boring fight, nothing really happened," he told ES NEWS.

"I went right back to training the next day. He really didn’t do nothing, they just went off the little flurries or whatever. I was out the ring for nearly two years with only one round and faced someone who was consistently fighting.

“I had less than three weeks to train. I had to go 10 to 12 hours. In the training for that I had to travel two times, 20 hours of travelling. And those guys were already in Europe, they were only 2/3 hours away. I’m not complaining, I’m just saying what I had to go through.”

This comes after Wilder insisted that he had 'zoned out' quite than been harm by Parker throughout an eighth spherical that noticed the previous WBC champion hold on for expensive life after consuming a sequence of clubbing overhands. "He caught me in a dazing moment," Wilder mentioned on his wobbly eighth spherical. "I f***ing zoned out for one minute, I don’t know what the f*** occurred. The punch got here however it wasn’t nothing that harm, none of his punches fazed me in any respect.”

Wilder has turn into recognized for making excuses for his shortcomings. After dropping to Fury again in 2020 the Bronze Bomber reeled off a litany of weird the reason why he was overwhelmed by the Brit that deflected the blame away from himself.

The worst of the bunch was Wilder claiming his walkout outfit was so heavy that it weakened his legs earlier than the bout and alleging his coach Mark Breland had spiked his water. Clearly, Wilder hasn't discovered a lot from his errors.