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.
DEONTAY WILDERI’m one of the baddest, hardest-hitting heavyweights in the business. Right here from Alabama, baby.
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When one guy is doing good, it makes all the others want to achieve greatness.
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I would love to go to England.
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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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I can be a tennis player, a golf player, and even a soccer player.
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I didn’t even know about amateur boxing, period.
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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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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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When they throw punches, the breathing, the sparring. The heavy bags being hit. All of that – it was a heavenly sound to me.
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To make it in boxing, you must captivate the fans in America, too.
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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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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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I want the people to be able to see me and be able to see a great performance.
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Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.
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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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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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