We knew Stiverne was tough. You’ve got to give it to him. He’s got a tough chin.
DEONTAY WILDERI don’t have any doubt in my mind: I could knock out any man in the heavyweight division.
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There is no bigger fight than Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.
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Street fight, you just ground and pound ’em. Boxing is totally different.
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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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I had a lot of great moments with David Haye.
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People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down.
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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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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 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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Everybody has their due season. And it’s all about what you do in your season.
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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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Some guys may play around and say a couple of things, but if I say it, I mean it. I may laugh, it may be funny, but if I say I’m going to get you, I’m going to get you.
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I don’t have any doubt in my mind: I could knock out any man in the heavyweight division.
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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 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.
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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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All my prayers go out to Tyson Fury. I know it’s difficult to be in his situation.
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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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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 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 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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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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Once 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.
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I like to have fun in the ring, but I knock them out.
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I’m not going nowhere, no matter who I fight.
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When one guy is doing good, it makes all the others want to achieve greatness.
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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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