An impassioned Deontay Wilder declared Monday that he will exercise his rematch clause for a summer trilogy fight against Tyson Fury, insistent that his technical-knockout loss to the Englishman on Saturday was the result of situations that will not occur again.



“The rematch is definitely going to happen,” Wilder told The Athletic in his first public comments since he left MGM Grand Garden Arena. “We’re going to get it on. I want to get right back to it.”



Fury’s seventh-round TKO victory was sealed when Wilder’s assistant trainer, former welterweight world champion Mark Breland, threw in the towel during a Fury flurry with Wilder on the ropes. He had been knocked down twice previously. Wilder was upset with the decision, questioning Breland’s thought process in the moment. He told The Athletic that he is considering removing Breland from his corner moving forward.



Wilder said another major contributor to...