Deontay Wilder has claimed his fear of his own power stopped him from securing a knockout win against Tyson Fury.
The American managed to retain his WBC strap against Fury in a controversial draw at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on December 2.
Many believed Fury, despite being knocked down twice, had done enough to get the victory.
And the pair are now looking at scheduling a rematch for next year.
But the reigning WBC champ claimed he was too “anxious” and that’s what prevented a stoppage victory.
“In that fight with Fury it was crazy, I couldn’t straighten my right arm out,” Wilder said on the Joe Rogan podcast.
“I feel like something was stopping me from really just throwing it straight and to the end for some reason.
“I was very anxious of knocking him out — I couldn’t straighten it [his right arm] out.”
Revealing how his team were urging him to let loose.
Wilder believes his mind wouldn’t let him throw his hands at will.
Wilder believes his mind wouldn’t let him throw his hands at will.Source:Getty Images
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“I kept going back to my corner, ‘Why you can’t throw the right hand — it’s right there’,” he added.
“He’d (Fury) be right there and I was still over loop my punches, I’ll telegraph it, it felt like something was stopping me.
“I understand it now, I understand everything.”
The 33-year-old then opened up on some of the horror injuries he has inflicted on his opponents — even stating that he feared he had “killed” one opponent.
“I’ve always like said, ‘damn you got all this power, me being the person with it, I’ve felt many of the times — I’ve felt dangerous,” Wilder added.
“I’ve felt like at times it can be too much power, I get scared of myself at times.
“Because I know I’ve got the potential to hurt someone — seriously.
“Just looking back at some of the guys I’ve knocked out and seeing the reactions, I’ve broke guys arms, I’ve broke the eye sockets, I’ve put them in seizures, almost killed (Artur) Szpilka in New York, he laid there for a while.
“I didn’t even see him (Szpilka) breathing, it’s been amazing to have so much power, but still trying to understand it as well.”
The moment one of those devastating punches well and truly connected.
The moment one of those devastating punches well and truly connected.Source:Getty Images
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With discussions ongoing for a proposed rematch between Fury and Wilder, the American has said he will gain two stone if he meets the Gypsy King again.
Wilder, 33, scaled in at 212.5lbs against Fury, as he was outweighed by 44 pounds by the Gypsy King, who came in at 256.5lbs.
He said: “We gonna adjust the weight.
“We gonna do a lot of things. Especially with the weight. Because these guys have outweighed me the majority of my career.
“My goal was always to be 245, that’s what my goal has always been. But somebody’s gonna get hurt.
“If weight brings big man power, and I already had the power and the speed, somebody gonna get hurt.
“So if people wanna see me put on weight and someone get hurt, then so be it.”