DEONTAY WILDER’s padman was on the receiving end of a vicious uppercut during a recent training session at the UFC Performance Institute.
Wilder has made the MMA promotion’s state-of-the-art training facility his base for his return to the ring in October.
Deontay Wilder is hard at work in the gym ahead of his return to the ring
The former WBC heavyweight champion accident caught his padman with an uppercut
The punch snapped back his trainer’s head
The heavy-handed American is seemingly more motivated than ever to return to the ring with a bang after his brutal trilogy loss to Tyson Fury last year.
And padman Don House ended up feeling the full force of a stinging uppercut on his chin.
Wilder, 36, accidentally landed the shot on House while working on close-range punching against the ring apron.
As soon as he landed the punch, he said: “Oh s***.”
House, however, shook it off and said: “Don’t worry, keep going. I ain’t knocked out. I’m rolling with it.”
Boxing fans were quick to comment, with one saying: “Man I’d be scared to hold them mitts.”
Another said: “His right hand has the motion of a piston.”
And another said: “Fury, somehow, ate those punches.”
Another chimed in: “Oh yea he looking good.”
Former long-reigning WBC heavyweight champ Wilder will be back in action on October 15 against Finnish man-mountain Robert Helenius.
The fight will be his first since his 11th-round KO defeat to Fury last October.
He said: “It’s been a long journey for me and as of today it continues. I
” thought so many times about whether I should stay out of the business or come back.
“Once I got my statue in my hometown and saw so many people arrive and celebrate with me and my family, to see all the emotions, grown men crying in front of their children and saying he is a real true king, made me feel like my job is not done.
“So, here I am once again, looking forward to returning to the ring.
“I am looking forward to coming to Barclays Center, a place where I have had my most devastating knockouts and a place I consider my second home.”
