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Boxing Fans Disgusted With Deontay Wilder’s Mike Tyson Comment

The fallout still continues from what is quickly becoming one of the most controversial topics of the fight game so far in 2018.

Comparing fighters of the past with those of today is often a futile exercise. Something that perhaps should never be done really, but alas, it happens.

Fans drive these debates more often than not but every once in a while a modern fighter will take this step all by himself.

Current WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has recently told the media that he believes he fought a prime Mike Tyson (the 1986 version of “Iron” Mike) that he would have beaten him.

This has gone down like a sack of spuds, as you can imagine.

Fans are still venting their fury at the comments made by Wilder, here’s some of the continued disgust going around:

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