My dream was to play for Alabama – football, basketball.
DEONTAY WILDERI was raised by both parents up to 17. We had a good family. We had a middle class family, good teaching and good surroundings, raised by the church, where I went every week whether I wanted to or not.
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I don’t play boxing.
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When you have a fighter willing to do that, when he is seriously hurt and in pain but still fights, you’ve got a dangerous man on your hands.
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Whether somebody think badly of me, whether somebody don’t feel that I should be doing this or I should be doing that way, I don’t really care. Whether they think that my fatigue is being laid, legs are skinny, I don’t care.
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I have so many things that I want to do with my life. I just don’t see myself being a fighter forever. Boxing is my love and passion. It also opens up and sets up other things in my life as well.
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People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down.
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I didn’t even know about amateur boxing, period.
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It’s a great feeling to be the WBC champ of the world, but there’s more to gain from this.
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My goal is to unify the division. Whoever’s got those belts, that’s who I want.
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I can adapt to any environment or any situation I need to, so I am ready to go to Russia. You take what you get or start crying about it, but I am re-doing ‘Rocky IV.’ I am doing the black ‘Rocky.’
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There is no bigger fight than Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.
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I’m not losing no time soon, or ever, till I retire.
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I’m one of the baddest, hardest-hitting heavyweights in the business. Right here from Alabama, baby.
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Boxing is my true calling. I’ve found my purpose in life.
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The British scene in boxing, not just the heavyweight division, is popping.
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There’s no other heavyweight in the division like me, especially when it comes into the athletic department. I’m the most athletic heavyweight in the division.
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