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Boxing news: Dominic Breazeale brands Deontay Wilder a "disgrace" ahead of heavyweight showdown

Dominic Breazeale plans to do heavyweight boxing a favour by beating Deontay Wilder next weekend.

The American challenger has branded Wilder as a "disgrace for heavyweight boxing" and is looking to end his four-year reign as WBC champion.

Breazeale, who was blown away by Anthony Joshua in his sole defeat when he challenged for the IBF belt in 2016, will be the underdog against Wilder.

But he is adamant he can not only beat the Bronze Bomber but send him into early retirement and blow the heavyweight title picture wide open.

"A win for myself is a win for the world," Breazeale told Sky Sports.

Deontay Wilder will defend his title against Dominic Breazeale (Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME)

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"Nobody no longer wants to see Deontay Wilder as WBC heavyweight champion.

"He's a disgrace for not only American boxing, for heavyweight boxing in general.

"I think he finds it humbling and I think it ends his career, it retires him.

"A guy like Wilder, the surrounding that he has, he's not used to being down in the dumps and being a depressed individual.

Wilder drew with Tyson Fury in his last fight in December (Action Images via Reuters)

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"I think it cripples him, it sends him into some type of a depression and he never comes back to fight again."

There is plenty of bad blood between the pair after they were involved in a confrontation at a hotel in Birmingham, Alabama a few years ago.

Since losing to Joshua in 2016, Breazeale has reeled off three straight wins by stoppage to move his record to 20-1.

Wilder, meanwhile, failed to win for the first time in his professional career with his controversial draw against Tyson Fury last December.

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