Fight Hub TV was able to catch up with former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder during the Andy Ruiz vs. Luis Ortiz fight and took a couple of minutes to chat about his upcoming return to the ring in October and what he hopes to do beyond it’s. Wilder says he’s ‘back’ now, and will enter the next phase of his career to bring even more excitement. Take a look at some of what Wilder had to say below.
Wilder on his interest in facing Andy Ruiz
“I’m at a 10 whoever, whatever, whenever. Deontay Wilder is on his back and I don’t duck or dodge fights. I always want the most exciting fights and if that’s the next exciting fight after running the business, so be it, so be it. I am willing and I am able, everyone knows it. Everyone in the heavyweight division knows what Deontay Wilder brings, I’m willing to die for what I believe in, and that’s what I bring to the table.
“So, with that being said, I’m good to go. They are afraid of me, I am not afraid of them, and that is the difference”.
On the changes we could expect to see from him
“This whole reign, this second reign is about me being happy and at peace. And that is what I will show in the ring: to be out and be happy, in peace and go back to doing what I love to do. So you can always look forward to big fights sitting on the edge of your seat when Deontay Wilder walks in. We will see what happens on October 15, it will tell a great story. I have Robert Helenius and I’m looking forward to that fight, and then after that fight moving on to even bigger things, better things.”
