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.
DEONTAY WILDERI definitely got into a lot of fights when I was a kid. I never understood it. I was one of those quiet kids. I never picked with no one.
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The British scene in boxing, not just the heavyweight division, is popping.
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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 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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I’m not going nowhere, no matter who I fight.
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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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Going 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.
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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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I never want to hurt no one to the point so they can’t go back to their children.
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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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The 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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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.
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My right hand is a monster.
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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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Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.
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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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