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Former world heavyweight champ Wilder considering retirement
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Former world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder
Former world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder

Deontay Wilder has revealed he could hang up his boxing gloves after losing his trilogy fight with Tyson Fury.

Wilder failed to regain the WBC heavyweight title at the T-Mobile Arena, where he was knocked out by Fury in October.

The 36-year-old American is mulling over whether a second defeat to the Gypsy King will be his last bout.

Speaking to Kevin Hart on the Laugh Out Loud Network, the Bronze Bomber said: "It's mixed feelings, because ultimately I have accomplished all my goals in this sport.

"I told my daughter when she was one that I'd be a champion and I'd be able to support her beyond her belief.

"I've done that. There's a lot of things that I've accomplished that I feel I [don't] have to prove to anyone, because I've already proven [myself].

"Should I push forward? Should I give it a go one more time? Or should I just retire and focus on the other things that I already have, other things that I want to get into?"

Fury is the only fighter to have beaten Wilder. Their first bout ended in a controversial split draw and the Brit won the second by TKO. 

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