ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – In this corner, standing 6-5, weighing 295 and wearing blue trunks, the champion of the world – J.J. Watt.

In the other corner, the Denver Broncos’ offensive line.

That’s the way it looked today when Watt was involved in two of three fights that broke out during the third and final day of practice at the Broncos’ training facility.

“Everybody wants to pick on the big guy,” Watt said after practice. “If you want to fight, that’s fine, but the only time they wanted to fight was after a play when they got beat. “It’s funny to me when people want to fight after they get beat on a play.”

The first fight involved Watt and guard Orlando Franklin, 6-7, 320. Then other players got involved.

Later, Watt tangled with multiple players.

It was like gunfighters riding into Dodge City and challenging Matt Dillon because of his reputation.

“I don’t think there was a real major scuffle, so that was a good thing,” Watt said. “Hey, it’s football. There’s testosterone out here. We’re professional athletes. We’ve been going at it for three days. Guys get excited.”

During Wednesday’s practice, Watt got into it with offensive tackle Greg Clark. Watt beat Clark on the play. Watt’s helmet came off, and Clark gave him a shove after the whistle, drawing a flag from the official.

“Don’t get mad when you get beat,” Watt told Clark.

After today’s practice, Watt was surrounded by reporters who wanted to know why the Broncos’ offensive linemen were going after him.

“You don’t normally fight when you win the rep,” he said. “When you don’t win the rep, people tend to get chippy.

“I have no interest in fighting someone when I beat (him). When somebody hits me, I don’t feel the need to hit back. There’s too much to lose.

“I let my play on the field do my talking unless it gets to some extreme crazy point, but it hasn’t reached that point.”

The fighting didn’t bother coach Bill O’Brien.

“I’m from Boston, so when chippy was used that was with like the big, bad Bruins in the 80s,” he said. “Chippy was a hockey term, not a football term.

“It was competitive. Two teams going at it, teams that I felt took care of each other, good teams working against each other as far as being good sportsmen and things like that. I thought it was a good three days.”

Overall, Watt was like his teammates and coaches who thought the three days of practice were good for the Texans.

“It’s been a great trip for us,” he said. “It’s like an old-school training camp where you go somewhere with just your brothers on the team and you play against another team. For a whole week, it’s just you around your brothers, and you get a whole lot closer.”