To make it in boxing, you must captivate the fans in America, too.
DEONTAY WILDERGoing to Russia is going to be nothing for me. I’m going to treat it like it’s the U.S. because, at the end of the day, it’s one man, one ring.
More Deontay Wilder Quotes
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I don’t know how a man can live with himself to get to the top knowing he didn’t do it the right way.
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I’m not going nowhere, no matter who I fight.
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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 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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I’m looking forward to the fighting with no headgear – I’m jealous. I kind of want to go back to the Olympics to experience no headgear.
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I think Joshua has been doing a good job winning his fights and beating the guys in front of him. You got to congratulate him for his success.
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Every guy I touch, it’s the same result. When I land, it’s like seeing one of those preachers on TV. When I touch them, they fall out.
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I’m ready for Joseph Parker. The question is, is he ready for me?
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At the end of the day, I am going for all the belts, so I am going to have to go through all of them. And I would live to fight the U.K. guys – even in the U.K.
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I like to have fun in the ring, but I knock them out.
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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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God definitely blessed me with power. I still don’t know the limits of my own power.
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I don’t care what you have done before or what you are capable of: if you come up against a guy like me, you are in trouble.
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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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This is the hardest part for me. Just the waiting – the waiting to fight. The work has all been done, and you just have to wait.
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I 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 will be that guy to change this sport, especially in the heavyweight division. A lot of people have lost interest. I’m the right man for the job… I want to make it bigger and better than it ever have been before.
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There comes a time when you have to put forth the action and actually see whether you’re really just talking to promote yourself, just to sell yourself, or to build your confidence or build confidence around you… or are you the real deal?
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I don’t play boxing.
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Street fight, you just ground and pound ’em. Boxing is totally different.
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Against Bermane Stiverne, they said he was going to be the toughest test, but I passed that with flying colours.
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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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We knew Stiverne was tough. You’ve got to give it to him. He’s got a tough chin.
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I could put everything I got in the bank on my abilities and skill and will, and what I’m capable of doing in the ring.
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To build my legacy and be that person I want to be, this is what it’s going to take: to get on the road and travel. Let’s do it that way.
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I decided to do something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time – go get a chef and a nutritionist – and I brought them on board.
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