It’s a great feeling to be the WBC champ of the world, but there’s more to gain from this.
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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When one guy is doing good, it makes all the others want to achieve greatness.
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You have to, as an individual, know how to tune that stage of your life that’s in the past out.
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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 can be a tennis player, a golf player, and even a soccer player.
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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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I’ve been talking about unifying the division for a long time.
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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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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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Boxing is my true calling. I’ve found my purpose in life.
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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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Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.
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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 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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My goal is to unify the division. Whoever’s got those belts, that’s who I want.
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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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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 didn’t even know about amateur boxing, period.
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Street fight, you just ground and pound ’em. Boxing is totally different.
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I am going to get world-wide recognition from whoever wants it, and whoever wants to challenge me.
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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 had a lot of great moments with David Haye.
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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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People have to realize that God has blessed me with power. He hasn’t got me this far for no reason. I feel like God has a plan for me in this sport. That’s how I have came up this fast.
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Fury made a name for himself in America, and as a fighter, you have to establish yourself there, first and foremost, to be known worldwide.
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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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