In an interview with The Athletic, Malik Scott said: “Deontay Wilder is now very strong.
“We worked immediately after Wilder's defeat to Fury. He asked me to be the coach and I agreed immediately. I used my psychology, experience, and boxing tactics, combining everything that Deontay Wilder was absorbed to” upgrade “him.”
In fact, Malik Scott was a defeat of Deontay Wilder, when the former WBC king won Knockout Scott in just one half in 2014.
However, Wilder attaches great importance to Malik Scott, and then invites this boxer to be his coach. “Iron muscle bomber” considers Scott as the key to its success.
“Malik Scott is my real brother. Even before Malik and Malik fought, we were very close.”
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“I always want to make him a coach because of his genius and thinking like a warrior. He knows what to do, but only does not have a good enough body to be able to do what in his mind.”
“I am a athlete, and with the instructions and teachings, I can do what he thinks and what he builds the strategy,” Deontay Wilder answered Premier Boxing Champions.
Deontay Wilder sets very high targets in Tyson Fury rematch at the end of July, to compete for the WBC heavy belt. Wilder met “King Gypsy” first in 2018 with a draw, before he failed in February 2020, after Fury won the technical knockout in the 7th half.