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" Street fight, you just ground and pound 'em. Boxing is totally different. "
Deontay Wilder
Boxing
Just
Street
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" Whether somebody think badly of me, whether somebody don't feel that I should be doing this or I should be doing that way, I don't really care. Whether they think that my fatigue is being laid, legs are skinny, I don't care. "
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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've been talking about unifying the division for a long time. "
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" Having patience is one of the hardest things about being human. We want to do it now, and we don't want to wait. Sometimes we miss out on our blessing when we rush things and do it on our own time. "
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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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" When I went to college, I went to a junior college. I wanted to go to the University of Alabama but had to go to junior college first to get my GPA up. I did a half-year of junior college, then dropped out and had my daughter. College was always an opportunity to go back. But she, my daughter, was my support. I gave up everything for her. "
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Daughter
Support
Opportunity
" I don't just rely on my right hand when I'm in the ring. That's the least thing I think about. I think about the preparation I've trained for, and I try to execute. And guys can't stand up to the power. I've been blessed with that, and it's something that can't be taught. "
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Power
Preparation
Try
" Working with one of the best strength trainers in the world, I'm getting more dangerous. I'm getting stronger and stronger. "
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Stronger
Best
Strength
" When one guy is doing good, it makes all the others want to achieve greatness. "
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Doing
Good
Want
" 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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Think
Pain
Head
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Name
You
Yourself
" 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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Up
Parents
Good
" 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.' "
Deontay Wilder
I Am
Black
Environment
" You always pray for a healthy child, and in this situation, Naieya was born with Spina Bifida... We had choices on the table, and choices to terminate the pregnancy. We could have went on with our lives, and that would have been it, but we decided to take on the challenge. "
Deontay Wilder
Challenge
Child
Choices
" 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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Me
End
Treat
" I want the people to be able to see me and be able to see a great performance. "
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Want
People
Me
" I don't see myself being in the sport a very long period of time, so I want to fight as much as possible. "
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Myself
Long
Time
" I am going to get world-wide recognition from whoever wants it, and whoever wants to challenge me. "
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Going
Challenge
Recognition
" Against Bermane Stiverne, they said he was going to be the toughest test, but I passed that with flying colours. "
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Said
Going
Flying
" Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat. "
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Cheat
Some
Playing
" When I was up in college, I had a friend, and he was the only guy who knew I wasn't going to be able to attend school no more because I had a child on the way. I remember we was right at the lunch table. I was like, 'Man, I should start boxing.' I felt like every fighter that's on TV made a lot of money. I was like, 'You gotta make a lot of money.' "
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School
Money
You
" 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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My Life
Passion
Life
" 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. "
Deontay Wilder
Try
Want
Possible
" 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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Success
Good
Think
" I was born a leader, never a follower. I never felt peer pressure. If the group goes left, I go right. "
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Group
Pressure
Right
" No matter how many fights I got into, I was always the victor. I didn't like it, though. I remember being 12 years old, and I looked in the sky, and I said, 'God, I don't want to fight no more. I'm tired of fighting. I know what I want to do in my life, and fighting's not going to get me there.' "
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Sky
Fight
Life
" Boxing is my true calling. I've found my purpose in life. "
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True
Boxing
Calling
" 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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" All my prayers go out to Tyson Fury. I know it's difficult to be in his situation. "
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Prayers
Situation
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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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