Deontay Wilder Suspended for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Deontay Wilder Suspended for Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Posted: December 4, 2009

At a pro show in Cincinnati Ohio last week, Alabama’s Deontay Wilder (8-0) received both a first round knockout victory and a suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct.

3773-2-27 Conduct when contestants enter the ring.

(A) No contestant or promoter may display any type of entrance theme that includes music, video, or any type of physical display that contains any profanity or any derogatory ethnic remarks. Anyone violating this rule may be suspended for up to six months.

The 24-year old 2008 Olympic bronze medal winner fought 244 pound Jerry Vaughn (2-1), of Tennessee, in a scheduled six rounder at the Duke Energy Center. The mismatched November 28 heavyweight bout ended at 1:02 of the first round leaving the 31-year old Vaughn with a ruptured ear drum and Wilder undefeated but his license suspended.

Ohio officials report that Wilder’s entrance theme included profanity, in violation of a state rule, but would not comment further. He was initially suspended for six months but officials changed the suspension to three months. Wilder has thirty days to appeal the suspension.

On the same card, Michigan boxer Rasool Shakoor (2-7-1) lost a unanimous decision to Ohio’s Jesse Carradine in a six round super featherweight fight.