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The time has come for Matchroom Boxing to take on Queensberry Promotions in the much anticipated 5v5 encounter on June 1. The original main event was set to be Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev but after the injury to Beterbiev, attention now turns to Deontay Wilder vs.

Zhilei Zhang, and ahead of that heavyweight bout – Dan Rafael has spoken “The Bronze Bomber” about the Joseph Parker defeat, the upcoming Zhang fight and getting his hunger back. Deontay Wilder Reflects on Mistakes Attention quickly turned to the Parker defeat and Wilder said: “We made a lot of mistakes in the final quarter of camp.” He continued: “The main factor I feel was the inactivity.



” Reflecting on mistakes in the camp, the American fighter said: “If anything, I learn from my mistakes.” Looking at the details of the Parker defeat: “For one, I couldn’t pull the trigger at all,” said Wilder. He continued: “Many times I seen openings and shots that I could have threw my right hand and certain things.

” The Alabama native then said: “When it was time to fight, I couldn’t pull the trigger.” Rafael then dug deeper into the inability of Wilder to pull the trigger, and “The Bronze Bomber” said: “I’m far from a shot fighter.” I started late in this business.

I haven’t taken a lot of damage.” Wilder then spoke about his hunger returning: “My hunger has came back. I wasn’t hungry in that fight.

” He continued: “My hunger is back because of the meetings I had wit.

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