When I structured my career, I looked at Muhammad Ali, which is my all-time favorite and an idol of mine, and what he has done for this sport. He was a real-life hero.
DEONTAY WILDERThe craziest thing about it, I used to hate fighting, but you had to show how tough you was; you had to show you wasn’t no punk.
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I don’t see myself being in the sport a very long period of time, so I want to fight as much as possible.
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Once I knock Szpilka out, I want all the Polish fans to come on the ‘Bronze Bomber’ train as I bring the heavyweight division back to the top.
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I’m not playing around in 2016.
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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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I don’t have any doubt in my mind: I could knock out any man in the heavyweight division.
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It’s contagious to do great. But once that one bad apple falls, everybody else will fall, and that’s how it is.
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When I am in the ring, all I think about is knocking my opponent’s head off, getting him out of there. Hurting him. Putting pain to him. I will have no mercy. I will have no pity.
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I’m ready for Joseph Parker. The question is, is he ready for me?
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This is no game. You get up in there, and you take some punches. You risk your life, and then let me see you talk then. That’s why I don’t respect people who criticize fighters.
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I didn’t even know about amateur boxing, period.
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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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Street fight, you just ground and pound ’em. Boxing is totally different.
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Working with one of the best strength trainers in the world, I’m getting more dangerous. I’m getting stronger and stronger.
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People who know me know that if I say I’m going to do something, I’m doing it. I am hungry. I am determined.
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The British scene in boxing, not just the heavyweight division, is popping.
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