I've been getting nothing but positive feedback from fans all over. Even if they weren't a fan of Deontay Wilder they are now for this very fight, hopefully I can win them over to stay a fan of Deontay Wilder after this fight. ... It's a great thing that we're going over to Russia defending my title in somebody else's backyard.

Deontay Wilder

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This is all for Naieya (daughter), man. I will be a champion one day, I promised that to her.....And now that I have this opportunity I can't let her down.

Deontay Wilder

daughter opportunity men

I want to bring excitement back to the heavyweight division.

Deontay Wilder

heavyweights division want

And I don't want to sit around. I want to fight four times a year. Whoever's ready, I'm ready.

Deontay Wilder

four fighting years

After that I am looking for a unification bout, i want one champion, one face, one name and he goes by the name Deontay Wilder.

Deontay Wilder

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Luis Ortiz @kingkongboxing is first then Tyson Fury @Tyson_Fury Next.

Deontay Wilder

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When I hit him with the right hand the first time, his body language changed.

Deontay Wilder

sports

Theres been a lot of animosity and a lot of words that were said and it just came out of me tonight.

Deontay Wilder

sports

The $50M offer for him to fight me next in the US is still available, today I even agreed to their offer to fight Joshua next in the UK. If he prefers the fight in the UK, the ball is in their court.

Deontay Wilder

sports

I don't have any concerns. I don't let my brain sit back and think about if I don't knock him out or are they going to rob me, or anything like that, i just don't want my mind to be on that when I'm in a fight. I want to have a clear mind. I want to go in there and do what Deontay is capable of doing.

Deontay Wilder

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My expectation is, of course, to win. To come back with that victory for America, this is a big fight, not just for Deontay Wilder, for America. It's like Russia vs. America.

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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.

Deontay Wilder

wait blessing time patience

I was born a leader, never a follower. I never felt peer pressure. If the group goes left, I go right.

Deontay Wilder

never born leader pressure

Anybody who knows me knows that I don't just love this sport, I am in love with it. I am really in love with this sport. I am obsessed with boxing. I eat, breathe and sleep it. You know, I do it all; this is my life. This is not a hobby for me. This is a lifestyle for me, and I address it accordingly. I take it very, very seriously.

Deontay Wilder

i-am me love life

When one guy is doing good, it makes all the others want to achieve greatness.

Deontay Wilder

doing good achieve greatness

I had a lot of great moments with David Haye.

Deontay Wilder

had great great-moments moments

I never want to hurt no one to the point so they can't go back to their children.

Deontay Wilder

never go hurt children

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.

Deontay Wilder

i-am will think pain

It don't matter if I got a broke hand, got a torn muscle: I'm going to fight like heavyweight champions do.

Deontay Wilder

champions muscle fight matter

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.

Deontay Wilder

stand-up preparation power blessed

When they throw punches, the breathing, the sparring. The heavy bags being hit. All of that - it was a heavenly sound to me.

Deontay Wilder

being me breathing sound