WBC Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KO's) is on course to return this September with a date and venue to be announced. Many opponents have been rumored but for certain it won’t be his mandatory Alexander Povetkin. Wilder expects that fight to happen sometime in the near future because Povetkin is the mandatory and because Wilder loves his WBC Heavyweight title.
“I got the most precious, most well-known belt in boxing, the WBC Heavyweight champion,” Wilder told BoxingScene.com. “I’m the legitimate champion because I have what people want, the WBC title. I got the belt that all the greats I had. That’s why Wladimir Klitschko wants what I have. I got that belt so we sitting good, so I’m the legit heavyweight champion.”
Though all the belts were held by the Klitschko brothers, Wladimir has never held the WBC title. Should he go on to face Wilder, all the major heavyweight titles will be on the line. Wilder believes the fight between him and Klitschko will happen next year in America.
“We’re going to stay here in America,” Wilder said. “I’m looking for some time mid to next year, that was one of my goals in boxing to have all the belts, to be the first American undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
Wilder feels age may be catching up to Klitschko and expects the Klitschko-Fury fight to be a good one.
“He looked old and credit to Bryant Jennings,” stated Wilder. "When you have something people want, you are going to get that best out of them. With (Tyson) Fury, I see it being a great fight, you’re not used to seeing him fighting a taller guy, and he (Klitschko) says he likes to fight the taller guys. It’s going to be interesting to see him dealing with a tall guy that can eliminate the clinching. If Fury trains hard and does what he has to do, he can make it a great fight.”
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“I got the most precious, most well-known belt in boxing, the WBC Heavyweight champion,” Wilder told BoxingScene.com. “I’m the legitimate champion because I have what people want, the WBC title. I got the belt that all the greats I had. That’s why Wladimir Klitschko wants what I have. I got that belt so we sitting good, so I’m the legit heavyweight champion.”
Though all the belts were held by the Klitschko brothers, Wladimir has never held the WBC title. Should he go on to face Wilder, all the major heavyweight titles will be on the line. Wilder believes the fight between him and Klitschko will happen next year in America.
“We’re going to stay here in America,” Wilder said. “I’m looking for some time mid to next year, that was one of my goals in boxing to have all the belts, to be the first American undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
Wilder feels age may be catching up to Klitschko and expects the Klitschko-Fury fight to be a good one.
“He looked old and credit to Bryant Jennings,” stated Wilder. "When you have something people want, you are going to get that best out of them. With (Tyson) Fury, I see it being a great fight, you’re not used to seeing him fighting a taller guy, and he (Klitschko) says he likes to fight the taller guys. It’s going to be interesting to see him dealing with a tall guy that can eliminate the clinching. If Fury trains hard and does what he has to do, he can make it a great fight.”
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