I’m one of the baddest, hardest-hitting heavyweights in the business. Right here from Alabama, baby.
DEONTAY WILDERI’m one of the baddest, hardest-hitting heavyweights in the business. Right here from Alabama, baby.
DEONTAY WILDERWhen they throw punches, the breathing, the sparring. The heavy bags being hit. All of that – it was a heavenly sound to me.
DEONTAY WILDERWe know Fury likes to entertain and promote.
DEONTAY WILDERI’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.
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.
DEONTAY WILDERI would love to go to England.
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.
DEONTAY WILDERI didn’t even know about amateur boxing, period.
DEONTAY WILDERIt’s a great feeling to be the WBC champ of the world, but there’s more to gain from this.
DEONTAY WILDERI want to defend and put my title on the line as much as possible. If the top in the division are ready to try to come and take my belt – and the key word is ‘try’ – I’m ready to give them that opportunity.
DEONTAY WILDEROnce 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.
DEONTAY WILDERMy goal is to unify the division. Whoever’s got those belts, that’s who I want.
DEONTAY WILDERI 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’ve been talking about unifying the division for a long time.
DEONTAY WILDERI wanted to show the world what Deontay Wilder is all about. I’m a heavyweight, and I’m exciting.
DEONTAY WILDERThis 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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