Foreman defends Wilder over his long list of excuses for Fury defeat

George Foreman defends Deontay Wilder over his long list of excuses for Tyson Fury defeat as the ex-world champion insists ‘you can’t just say I lost’ after making his own sensational claims for losing to Muhammad Ali

  • Deontay Wilder has relentlessly reeled off excuses for his defeat by Tyson Fury
  • Bronze Bomber accused Fury of cheating and his ex-trainer of spiking his water
  • George Foreman sympathises and said he had no choice but to make excuses
  • The 72-year-old made his own sensational claims after losing to Muhammad Ali 
  • He believes ex-WBC king Wilder is setting himself up for an ‘excellent comeback’ 

Deontay Wilder has been defended by George Foreman over his long list of elaborate excuses for his defeat against Tyson Fury, with the former world champion insisting he ‘couldn’t just say I lost’.

The Bronze Bomber suffered the first defeat of his professional career as Fury stopped him in seven rounds to wrench away his WBC world title last February.

Wilder has since made a number of excuses for the defeat and even accused Fury of cheating by hiding a hard object in his gloves and his ex-trainer Mark Breland of spiking his water with muscle relaxers.

George Foreman has defended Deontay Wilder over his list of excuses for his loss to Tyson Fury

Wilder has relentlessly reeled off excuses, including that his ring-walk costume was too heavy

He also claimed that his ring-walk outfit was too heavy, referee Kenny Bayless was biased and that he was suffering with a bicep injury.

Wilder has been ridiculed for his failure to accept the defeat, with Bob Arum comparing him to Donald Trump and Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn even saying recently that he had ‘lost his mind’ after he doubled down on his theory that Breland had tampered with his water.

But Foreman, who himself went to extreme lengths to justify losing his famous Rumble in the Jungle battle with Muhammad Ali back in 1974, can sympathise with Wilder. 

Fury demolished Wilder in their rematch last year to inflict the first defeat of his pro career

Foreman (right) sympathises for Wilder and insisted he had no choice but to make excuses

‘When I lost to Muhammad Ali in Africa all those years back, the ropes were loose, someone put something in my water, it was too early in the morning – the excuses went on,’ Foreman told iFL TV.

‘You’ve got to have excuses when you lose, especially when you’re undefeated. You can’t just say, “I lost”. You can’t say that.’

The 72-year-old believes Wilder can make an ‘excellent comeback’ but he is not in the heavyweight world title picture right now, having not fought since surrendering his WBC belt to Fury last year.

Foreman made his own sensational claims after losing to Muhammad Ali back in 1974


Foreman says Wilder (left) can make an ‘excellent comeback’ with the Bronze Bomber slated to face a slimmed-down Andy Ruiz Jnr towards the end of the year

Fury had given Wilder a glimmer of hope of sealing a trilogy clash – which was abandoned after the Brit’s team claimed his rematch clause had expired – last week by saying he was not ruling out fighting him instead of Anthony Joshua.

But Wilder will now have to bide his time for a shot at redemption after it was revealed this week that Fury and Joshua had both signed the contracts to meet in the first of two heavyweight blockbusters in the summer.  

Wilder has been inactive for over a year now but is slated to face former unified champion Andy Ruiz Jr at the backend of 2021 with the winner potentially going on to get a shot at either Fury and AJ.




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