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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. "
Deontay Wilder
Me
Fight
Work
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" I 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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