{"id":70304,"date":"2018-02-09T18:11:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T23:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=70304"},"modified":"2019-02-14T05:50:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T11:50:04","slug":"deontay-wilder-has-the-boxing-world-buzzing-with-recent-media-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=70304","title":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder Has the Boxing World Buzzing With Recent Media Comments!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit Esther Lin\/Showtime<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just days after the birth of his daughter, American heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder met with members of the Southern California media on Thursday as he prepares to defend his WBC Heavyweight World Championship against fellow-undefeated challenger Luis Ortiz Saturday, March 3 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING\u2122.<\/p>\n

Wilder and his girlfriend, fellow \u201cWAGS Atlanta\u201d star Telli Swift, welcomed their daughter into the world on Tuesday before Wilder turned his focus to March 3, climbing in the ring at Team Watson Boxing Club in the San Fernando Valley to work out with his trainer Mark Breland, the former U.S. Olympics gold medalist and former WBC Welterweight World Champion.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old Wilder owns a perfect record of 39 wins, zero losses and 38 knockouts. Fighting out of his hometown of Tuscaloosa, Ala., he was a 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist and is the only reigning American heavyweight world champion. The 6-foot-7 Wilder faces the toughest opponent of his career in Ortiz, a 6-foot-4 Cuban who owns a professional record of 28-0 with 24 knockouts.\u00a0You can also be a heavyweight champion by using the fitness accessories the influencers use in daily routine.<\/p>\n

Here is what Wilder had to say on Thursday:<\/p>\n

DEONTAY WILDER:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOnce I unify all the titles then line up the mandatories, I\u2019ll easily get to 50-0. I\u2019m not a 12-round fighter, and I don\u2019t get overtime. I\u2019m a knockout artist. So that being said, I don\u2019t take much damage, but I give all the damage. I put people in the hospitals. I put people in stretchers. When you fight me your head is not the same when you leave. When you fight me you\u2019re really signing a death warrant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is one of the biggest fights of my career and I\u2019m up for the challenge. I\u2019m going to pass with flying colors.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrtiz has got that reputation of being the bogeyman but I\u2019ve never been scared of the bogeyman. For that reason, I wanted him. A lot of people have been avoiding him, even champions that are champions to this day have avoided Luis Ortiz. But this champion right here took on the opportunity.<\/p>\n

Even when [Ortiz] failed the drug test once, I still blessed him again because I\u2019m very adamant about what I want to do. I want to fight the best. I say I\u2019m the best. I say it very proudly, I say it very confidently. I say it so boldly and I want to show the world that I don\u2019t play around. If I say it, I really mean what I say. I don\u2019t have time to waste.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he fails again then somebody\u2019s going to need to go whoop his ass. The public needs to whoop his ass. All of Miami should get up and do that. The first time, a lot of people spent a lot of time and a lot of money for tickets and he did what he did. A lot of people were enraged. I heard it and a lot of people blamed me, which I don\u2019t know why. But, with this fight right here and what I did with my last performance, it makes it even better. It intensifies the whole fight. So, if he [fails his drug test again] then shame on him. I feel sorry for his soul and his life. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s going to do that. I think he has a lot of responsibilities in his hands right now. At this point in time he knows he needs to do the right thing. Three times is not the charm in all instances.\u201d<\/p>\n

On his lifestyle outside of boxing:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI just think life itself is just mental. I do a lot of visualization. I do a lot of meditation. It strengthens my mind to go through a lot of the situations that I go through. Having a baby and being on a reality show, all of that is fun stuff. Some people know how to maintain it and some people don\u2019t. I\u2019m just a guy that multitasks a lot of things. I can do a lot of things. Even when I\u2019m talking to you, my mind can be in so many different places right now and still be able to comprehend and interact with you. So, I think I was meant for a lot of things. Boxing is just not what all I can do. I\u2019m so talented in so many different areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a laid back guy. In my personal life I\u2019m just a cool, calm and collected dude that likes to live life and I love peace. Unfortunately, in what I do in the ring, I turn into the \u2018Bronze Bomber\u2019 and the \u2018Bronze Bomber\u2019 don\u2019t get caught by no one.\u201c<\/p>\n

On being on reality TV and recognized by non-boxing fans:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s very important. People need to know who the heavyweight champion of the world is. America got a bad man, an ass-whooper, right in America. I think it\u2019s important and people should understand and should know who that is. That\u2019s why I do the things I do. That\u2019s why I\u2019m so competitive. That\u2019s why I speak the way I speak. Sometimes it may annoy people, it may get on people\u2019s nerves and I never hear it in front of my face, but I understand it. I do it to show people that I\u2019m going to speak it and you\u2019re going to see me deliver it. I think you get the most respect when you say something you\u2019re going to do and you do it. Look at Ali, people hated him. They say he was a big mouth who ran his mouth too much but he proved himself many times and that\u2019s that thing I want to do. I want to speak what I say I\u2019m going to do and you watch me work.\u201d\u00a0When you plan to practice for the match.<\/p>\n

On Anthony Joshua:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI want him just as bad as everybody else wants him. If it was up to me, we would\u2019ve been fighting two years ago. I\u2019ve been calling this man out. When they hyped him up and said he was this, said he was that. I\u2019m the type of person that I get happy for other people. With me and my happiness and me being successful, that\u2019s all up to me. It ain\u2019t up to nobody else. So, when I see other people doing great things, when I see good things coming to other people, I get happy for other people. It\u2019s a hard thing for people to get happy for other people because things don\u2019t happen for them but I\u2019m not like that because I know my blessings will sure enough come. All I got to do is keep working.<\/p>\n

\u201cI come in peace all of the time but with him, I don\u2019t think Joshua wants to fight me. His promoters don\u2019t want him to fight me. They\u2019re on the goal of trying to build this resume, saying they want to be the first billionaires, stuff like that. But doing that, the plans all end with me. All roads lead to me. I\u2019m not going nowhere, no time soon. They know black don\u2019t crack. So, I\u2019m going to be around for a long time. I ain\u2019t the best heavyweight in the division. I\u2019m the best heavyweight on this earth. I\u2019m just waiting on the opportunity to prove it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prediction on Joshua-Parker:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always said \u2018later rounds\u2019. I see that fight going later rounds if Joseph Parker is smart in what he does. He has nice movement and is able to execute on all of the opportunities that he sees with Joshua. Because Joshua can\u2019t move his head. He\u2019s a muscle, body-building type of guy. You\u2019ve seen my dance? [chuckles] With that, if he\u2019s able to calculate what he needs to do in the ring \u2013 because the ring has a lot of secrets \u2013 if he\u2019s able to do things he needs to do, I see late rounds. But, like I said before, I think they\u2019re going to have to knock Joshua out because they\u2019re not going to give it to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prediction for March 3:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople ask me the round and I always see threes. This year is a magical year. It\u2019s the year of the 33. So, I see threes everywhere. I see three rounds or less, maybe shorter than that. It all depends on how I feel when I see him.\u201d<\/p>\n