WHILE Deontay Wilder is widely expected to defeat Chris Arreola on July 16, the WBC heavyweight champion maintains he has to remain wary of his new challenger.
โLook at my fight with Eric Molina, or my fight with Johann Duhaupas, they just degrade them, they call them bums and [say] โwho are they?โโ Wilder said. โIt doesnโt matter, this is the fight business, you never know what can happen. I think itโs really going to be a great fight and itโs going to be a win for boxing and a win for the fans of boxing and itโs going to be a win for my state. I canโt wait.โ
He continued, โOnly a fighter will know how serious it is to get up in the ring and take some punches to the head, keep in mind your head is not meant to be hit in the first place, weโre the only people to get up in this ring and do it. So we do it because we love to do it. With that being said, when my life is on the line, I take this seriously. Iโve got family to support, Iโve got kids that really love their dad. Thatโs all the motivation I need.
โWhen you get two fighters that fight with their heart, that do it for the legacy and not really the money. The money is a part of itโฆ Itโs part of the business, itโs part of the game, the moneyโs part of it. But when you get two warriors that are fighting for their legacy, it makes for great boxing.โ