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Watch heavyweight boxer Deontay Wilder get in a fight with a fan

To be fair, the fan had it coming.

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Rob Price

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Posted on Nov 21, 2014   Updated on May 30, 2021, 4:03 am CDT

Undefeated heavyweight boxer Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder” made a promise. Once he reached 5,000 fans on his official Facebook page, he vowed, he’d fight a fan. Today, that day has come. 

It’s not clear how the (un)lucky fan was chosen—but one punch, and it’s all over.

Ouch.

H/T Reddit | Screengrab via Deontay Wilder/YouTube | Remix by Rob Price

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*First Published: Nov 21, 2014, 7:50 am CST

Rob Price

Rob Price is a technology and politics reporter who served as the U.K.-based morning editor for the Daily Dot until 2014. He now works as the news editor for Business Insider, and his work has appeared in Vice, Slate, the Washington Post, and the Independent.

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