Deontay Wilder insists he took his foot off the gas against Derek Chisora this past Saturday.<\/p>\n
Wilder and Chisora had quite the showdown inside The O2 Arena in London. Chisora had success early on, but he started to fade down the stretch. While Wilder wasn\u2019t exactly fresh in the later rounds, he did have more in the tank than his opponent.<\/p>\n
Amid two knockdowns in favor of Wilder and a point deduction against him, \u201cThe Bronze Bomber\u201d earned a split decision victory. This was Chisora\u2019s retirement fight, and Wilder claimed he held back to avoid hurting one of British boxing\u2019s most beloved heavyweights.<\/p>\n
During his post-fight interview, Wilder said that he was looking after Chisora\u2019s health when he had him reeling late in the fight (via MMAMania<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cThis was his retirement fight, and I as I was telling him in the ring when I started seeing his eyes well, his temple bump a bit I told him,\u201d Wilder explained. \u201c\u2018Bro you have got to live for your kids, I don\u2019t want to hurt you too much longer.\u2019 So, I started to have fun in there because I saw my brother starting to get hurt.<\/p>\n \u201cI started to see his eyes wince a little bit,\u201d Wilder added. And that is what boxing is all about. Too many lives have been lost in this ring. Nobody give a f*ck about us. Fighters have to look after each other. And tonight, I looked after him tonight. I didn\u2019t wanna go too hard on him because i started to see the veins come out of his head.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I want him to live for his kids,\u201d he concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s time for us to take care of each other, I have seven kids of my own.\u201d<\/p>\n