Wilder arrested on concealed weapon charge during traffic stop
Former WBC heavyweight titlist posts bond in Los Angeles
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Former WBC heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder was arrested for possession of a concealed weapon early Tuesday during a traffic stop in Los Angeles.
Wilder was stopped in Hollywood around 1:15 a.m. PT after police claimed the windows of his Rolls-Royce were illegally tinted and his license plate obstructed, according to TMZ, citing police sources.
According to the report, police said they smelled marijuana and searched the car, during which they found marijuana and a 9mm gun and arrested Wilder. The report said that Wilder, who was said to be cooperative during the incident, was booked on a felony charge of possession of a concealed weapon before being released on a $35,000 bond at 6:34 a.m. PT.
“I’d rather be safe than sorry. The End,” Wilder posted on Tuesday afternoon to Twitter in an apparent reference to having a weapon in his car.
Wilder (43-2-1, 42 KOs), 37, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, held the WBC title from 2015 to 2020 and made 10 successful defenses before being knocked out by Tyson Fury in the seventh round of their February 2020 rematch of a previous draw.
Fury also knocked out Wilder in the 11th round of their epic October 2021 fight of the year in their trilogy fight. Wilder has fought once since, notching a crushing first-round knockout of Robert Helenius this past October.
Wilder and fellow former titlist Andy Ruiz Jr. have been ordered to meet in a WBC final eliminator but there has been little movement on that fight. Rumors also abound about a possible long-awaited showdown with former two-time unified titlist Anthony Joshua later this year in the Middle East.
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I can't say i'm shocked, it is America after all. It has many fine people which makes it sad that a minority want the country as a version of the lawless wild west were they put weapons of war in front of the lives of people and are happy to have scared children in schools that more resemble military prisons. Its extra sad that they ignore the second amendment which was written when the founders wanted a militia led military defence, which obviously became out of date, but they love to ignore the part that says 'A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state". The second amendment comes from English Common Law and was heavily shaped by the English Bill of Rights 1689.
I'm not surprised and I'm not upset at Wilder. We all make mistakes and shi** happens.