Deontay Wilder apologises after “breaking mascot’s jaw” live on television

Erm, Deontay... I don't think you were supposed to try and kill him

Deontay Wilder, the current WBC Heavyweight champion boasting an utterly ridiculous undefeated record of 40 wins and 39 by knockout, absolutely fucking leathered a man in a mascot suit live on television. No, really. He... I have to choose my words delicately here... he just twatted him. Right in the gob. Take a look. https://twitter.com/BTSportBoxing/status/1051121030960504834 Or, if you want it in true meme format: https://twitter.com/FootballJOE/status/1051091018815287296 Anyway, after smashing an utterly helpless man in a costume, the Bronze Bomber has taken to Instagram to, firstly, dispute the idea that he didn't know there was a real person in the mascot suit. And secondly, to apologise, and state that the victim has his "up most high respect". Phenomenal, by all accounts. Wilder wrote:

"Yea, Anything headlining I didn’t know a 'Human Being' was in there is just straight 'Click Baiting'. Like come on now, I guess the Mascot rolled out there. show so [sic] respect! I sincerely apologize to the brave man that was injured (if this is true). "I have the up most [sic] high respect for him, his participation, willingness and courage. If this is true Nacion ESPN I personally would like to invite him to my Dec.1 fight. Word Is Bond -CHAMP #BombZquad #PeoplesChamp."

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo5fuYuHlSj/?taken-by=bronzebomber I don't know if it is possible to have a favourite part of that Instagram caption, but gun to my head I would choose the #BombZquad and the stylised spelling of 'squad' with a Z. Zquad. Z-quad. Zzzquad. Fantastic. Wilder, who could presumably break one of those punching machines you see oddly aggressive men in vests spend €20 in pound coins on in the pub instead of, oh I don't know, having a drink and chatting to people and enjoying themselves rather than attempting to be overtly masculine in their every waking moment, is set to fight Tyson Fury in December. He'll take on the Gypsy King in Las Vegas, with the winner set to be granted a fight against Anthony Joshua sometime next year. Will Fury manage to put up a better fight than the quite frankly pathetic efforts of the cartoon mascot man? Almost certainly yes. Well worth a watch, I reckon, especially if the pair of them throw away any semblance of technique and just start windmilling at each other like two 16-year-olds in the playground. Here's hoping.