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Mark Kriegel Āhuatanga Special Interview With Heavyweight ka nguha Deontay Wilder: “Kāore e taea te ahau kia ia ki raro”

Stiverne Wilder Letterhead

 

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"Ko tenei katoa hoki Naieya (te tamahine), kotahi. Ka waiho ahau hei toa i tetahi ra, I korero ahau e ki ia ... ratau i teie nei e to e ahau i tenei e faingamālie ahau e taea e kore e tukua ki a ia ki raro "-. Deontay Wilder

 

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Tūturu nguha taumahamaha Deontay Wilder, o Tuscaloosa, Ala., he waimarie ki te whakatutuki i tana whakamutunga ka riro ko ia te toa toa taumaha taumaha i whanau mai i U.S. i roto i te tata ki te tekau tau ka wero ia ki a WBC Champ Gold Cup. Kairipoata hākinakina rongonui, Mark Kriegel te mau a'oraa ki Wilder e pā ana ki tona haere–tona aroraa–ki te tiki ki tenei taime tino i roto i tona ora. Tirohia tenei "Tohu Motuhake" a kaua e ngaro i te pakanga o tona ao, tenei Rāhoroi i 10 p.m. AND/7 p.m. PT ora i runga i SHOWTIME® i MGM Grand i roto i te Las Vegas.

 

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"RETURN ki te kororia": Stiverne VU. Wilder, he whawhai 12-a tawhio noa mo a Stiverne WBC Heavyweight Championship tango wahi Rāhoroi, Jan. 17 i te MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas, Kei te ruruku whakatairangatia ana-e Don King Productions a Whakatairanga Boy Golden a kaitautoko, kurahauao me Mexico - ora te reira ki te whakapono te reira!. I roto i te 12-a tawhio noa tahi-āhuatanga, hinga kore WBC Super whā World Champion Leo Santa Cruz tohe ki Ihu Ruiz a tūturu Amir ahau tutaki Fidel Maldonado Jr. i roto i te 10-a tawhio noa a'ee super Kōmāmā mō te WBC Continental Amerika Taitara Super Kōmāmā. Ka tango i te hui te wahi i te MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas, Nev., a ka Air ora i runga i SHOWTIME® (10:00 p.m. AND/ 7:00 p.m. PT). Ka hoki te telecast wātea i roto i te reo Pāniora mā hōtaka ororongo Tuarua (SAP). Ka teata pāngia e afaro ora i runga i SHOWTIME EXTREME (8:00 p.m. AND/PT, roa i runga i te Tai Te Hau-ā-uru).

 

Kei runga i te hoko tikiti mo te hui, me te utu i $500, $350, $250, $125 a $50, e kore e tae atu utu ratonga hāngai, me te takoha. E whāiti tīkiti ki waru (8) ia tangata whai rohe wha (4) i te $50 awhe utu. Ki te ki atu tenei na roto i te waea ki te kāri matua nama he, karanga Ticketmaster i (800) 745-3000. Kei te waatea nga tiikiti i www.mgmgrand.com ranei www.ticketmaster.com.

 

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Gold Cup, DEONTAY Wilder, Kaiwhakatairanga DON KING AND "Tuhinga ki te kororia" TA whawhai UNDERCARD ARRIVALS GRAND AT MGM GRAND i Las Vegas

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Las Vegas (Jan. 13, 2015) - "RETURN ki te kororia: Stiverne vs.. Wilder " Ko te mana i konei whawhai wiki rite WBC Heavyweight World Champion Te faahemaraa "Sands. Ware ", tūturu No. 1 kaiwero Deontay "Ko e rererangi parahi" Wilder, Hall o Rongonui kaiwhakatairanga Don King, WBC Super whā Champion Leo "Earthquake" Santa Cruz me nga whawhai katoa i runga i te SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® ora tripleheader i runga i SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. AND/7 p.m. PT) tenei Rāhoroi, Jan. 17, hanga o ratou Taenga mai o te rahi i MGM Grand tenei ahiahi.

 

Tenei ko te aha i te whawhai i ki te mea i runga i o ratou Taenga mai o te i roto i te Las Vegas Rātū:

 

Gold Cup , WBC Heavyweight World Champion

 

"Ahau tino e kore e ite tetahi kare ki Deontay Wilder. Ko te mea tino nui, ko te hoki ki ahau, ki te paruru i toku taitara ao.

 

"Te paru katoa korero e ia e kore e e manukanuka ki ahau. E kore ia tetahi mea e hiahia ana ahau. Ko ahau te Sharing. Tēnei whawhai, Ko te mekemeke tenei, Ko tenei hoki mau. Puritia e ahau toku kukū i runga i te whawhai.

 

"Ako'i matou rite ko ia te toa. E kore matou i paraparau no ni'ai tona wheako mua. Ako'i matou rite kua riro ia 12 rauna i mua i.

 

"Au i konei ki te whawhai mo te iwi. Whawhai ahau ki te faauru te iwi ki hea i roto i te ao, e te toku hopoi'a mai ahau i te toa ao. "

 

DEONTAY Wilder, Tūturu Nama 1 WBC Heavyweight ka nguha

 

"Me ahau ki te tuku i tenei kararehe i roto o te ahau i roto i. Ko ahau na rite mo tenei whawhai. Kei te mau mai i tatou i whakahokia te wehenga taumahamaha.

 

"Kia ahau patoto i tenei taata i roto i ka te reira i runga i ki te taata i muri hoki i ahau. Ka tino haere ia ki raro,, Kei te haere ahau ki te kino ia ia te kino.

 

"Kore i faaruru e ia te tangata ki toku pūkenga tu'aro. Anake toku toa e haere ana ki te kino ia ia.

 

"Kahore he wahi pai ki te whai i te whawhai o tenei nui atu i roto i Las Vegas. Ka pahū te whawhai, whakaongaonga a ka kawea mai e ahau i tenei whitiki taumahamaha hoki ki a Amerika.

 

"A, no te i koe kia nui inoino ki te tangata e hanga ana i te reira no te he whawhai nui. Ko nga mea katoa e kua mea ahau e pā ana ki a ia, ka kua mea katoa ia e pā ana ki e noho ki ahau i runga i Rāhoroi."

 

LEO Santa Cruz, WBC Super whā World Champion

 

«Ua ineine anei haere tonu ahau ki nga whawhai. E kore ahau haafaufaa i tetahi toa no te mea ko te hunga e taea kino ia koutou te hunga e.

 

"A, no te hoatu e koe ki a ratou i te rave'a haere mai ratou ineine me te hiakai no te mea e hiahia ana ratou ki te tango atu i te taitara i a koutou.

 

"Tetahi toa he mōrearea i roto i te whakakai; kotahi tokua taea e huri i te whawhai. Ruiz Ko te toa pai.

 

"Ako'i ahau pakeke tino mo tenei whawhai kia rite ki te mahi tonu ahau. Ahau hinengaro me tinana kaha ahau, a kua ahau te mahi nui ake i runga i toku kaha ahu ki tenei whawhai. "

 

Ko Ihu Ruiz, Super whā nguha

 

"Ko ahau te tino oaoa ki te kia i konei. Fafau atu nei au ki a koe, pērā i Rāhoroi ka koe he toa hou te ao.

 

"Kua hihiri ahau, me te titiro atu ki tenei whawhai. Ko te he honore ki ahau mo konei, me te mauruuru mo te faingamālie ko ahau.

 

"Te ia [Santa Cruz] he toa e koe tatou pai mōhio o. E matau ana ahau ki tona kāhua me te ara ia whawhai engari koe rite, me te mateuteu ki te riro tatou.

 

"Ko ia he toa taikaha, me te pera ahau ahau. E kore e whakaaro ahau ranei toa he painga i runga i te tahi atu. Whakaaro ahau e haere ki a koe ki te kite i te rua whawhai kaha Mexican haere ana i reira, te haere i te reira ki te waiho hei whawhai whakaongaonga. "

Amir HERE, Super Kōmāmā ka nguha

 

"Au tino oaoa ki te hei i runga i te undercard o te American whawhai taitara taumahamaha nui. Ahau haere mai ahau i konei ki te tango i te tiaki o te pakihi, me te haere atu i te reira. Ahau haere mai ahau i konei ki te mahi i te mea e ahau pai e rave.

 

"Mekemeke Ko te aha e rave ahau, me koe rite tatou. Katoa e faufaa ko e whiwhi ahau i te wikitoria, engari tino hiahia ana ahau ki te riro impressively.

 

"E e ahau kapi nga mea nui ake hoki 2015, engari me ahau ki te tango i te tuatahi tiaki o te pakihi i runga i Rāhoroi.

 

"[Maldonado Jr.] kahore he piro. E kore ahau e titiro ki runga ki tetahi toa. Tango ahau katoa fakamātoato. "

 

Maldonado Fidel JR., Super Kōmāmā ka nguha

 

"Ko ahau te tino māia haere ki tenei whawhai. Tenei toku puni whakangungu pai e kua i ahau i roto i toku mahi ngaio, Ahau rite. "

 

"Ko te whawhai nui rawa, kua tonu ahau i roto i tenei me toku faingamālie lelei taha ki te whakamatau e no ahau, ka whiwhi te rongo.

 

"E mohio ana ahau e [E ahau] Ko te kē Olympic, te ia he toa pai. Kei te underestimating ahau te iwi, na haere ahau ki te haere ki roto i te reira, ka patoto ia ia i roto i ".

 

DON KING, Hall o Rongonui kaiwhakatairanga

 

"Ko te whawhai taitara taumahamaha tenei. Kei te mau mai i tatou i Las Vegas hoki ano.

 

"He harikoa i te whakapaipai o te mekemeke ao ki te kia hoki tatou. Ko te Tyson Mike o nāianei, Gold Cup, ka tona taitara ao te parururaa i konei i te MGM Grand Garden Arena. DM Bermane toa, e haere tatou i ki te kawe mai Tyson hoki i roto i te faatuhaaraa ki te whawhai ki a ia. Tenei whawhai ko te 'Hoki ki kororia.' Mekemeke haere rite e haere ki te heavyweights, me te wehenga taumahamaha ko hoki. Tenei ko tetahi o te nui whawhai i ia tatou i roto i te tau. "

 

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"RETURN ki te kororia": Stiverne VU. Wilder, he whawhai 12-a tawhio noa mō te wahi WBC Heavyweight Championship tango a Stiverne Rāhoroi, Jan. 17 i te MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas, Kei te ruruku whakatairangatia ana-e Don King Productions a Whakatairanga Boy Golden a kaitautoko, kurahauao me Mexico - ora te reira ki te whakapono te reira!. I roto i te 12-a tawhio noa tahi-āhuatanga, hinga kore WBC Super whā World Champion Leo Santa Cruz tohe ki Ihu Ruiz a tūturu Amir ahau tutaki Fidel Maldonado Jr. i roto i te 10-a tawhio noa a'ee super Kōmāmā mō te WBC Continental Amerika Taitara Super Kōmāmā. Ka tango i te hui te wahi i te MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas, Nev., a ka Air ora i runga i SHOWTIME® (10:00 p.m. AND/ 7:00 p.m. PT). Ka hoki te telecast wātea i roto i te reo Pāniora mā hōtaka ororongo Tuarua (SAP). Ka teata pāngia e afaro ora i runga i SHOWTIME EXTREME (8:00 p.m. AND/PT, roa i runga i te Tai Te Hau-ā-uru).

 

Kei runga i te hoko tikiti mo te hui, me te utu i $500, $350, $250, $125 a $50, e kore e tae atu utu ratonga hāngai, me te takoha. E whāiti tīkiti ki waru (8) ia tangata whai rohe wha (4) i te $50 awhe utu. Ki te ki atu tenei na roto i te waea ki te kāri matua nama he, karanga Ticketmaster i (800) 745-3000. Kei te waatea nga tiikiti i www.mgmgrand.com ranei www.ticketmaster.com.

 

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WBC paparahi AMERIKA super ka TITLE Kōmāmā runga i te raina no mata tūturu Amir Imam Fidel Maldonado JR. SATURDAY, Jan. 17

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Ko Te Toa o te Ao Taumaha o te WBC a Bermane Stiverne e Whakahee ana ki te Kore Toa. 1 Kaiwero whakahauanga, Deontay Wilder;

Leo Santa Cruz kore i hinga Te āta WBC Super whā World Karauna ki a Ihu Ruiz

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Las Vegas (Jan. 12, 2015) – Ko te whawhai tenei Rāhoroi, Jan. 17, i waenganui i tūturu super Kōmāmā Amir “Young te Kaiwhakaako” E ahau (15-0, 13 Koó) me te pakeke-patu Fidel “Ko te Atrisco Kid” Maldonado Jr.. (19-2, 16 Koó) inaianei ka waiho mo te WBC Continental Amerika Championship Super Kōmāmā, I kauwhautia te reira i teie mahana.

 

Ko te-rounder 10, e whakatuwhera te ora SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Tuhinga o mua Rāhoroi, Jan. 17 i 10 p.m. AND/7 p.m. PT, ka mua i nga taitara taitara e rua o te ao i runga i te kaari whawhai i te MGM Grand Garden Arena i roto i te Las Vegas tahi ka whakanuia-e Don King Productions a Whakatairanga Boy Golden

I roto i te Rāhoroi o hui matua tino âwhina, he pakeke te patu i te Toa Toa Taumaha WBC o te Ao Bermane “B.Ware” Stiverne (24-1-1, 21 Koó), o Las Vegas, Ka tiakina ki hinga kore mātanga knockout me te kaiwero whakahauanga Deontay “Ko te rererangi Bronze” Wilder (32-0, 32 Koó), o Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Mano-ahuareka hinga kore WBC Super whā World Champion Lion “Earthquake” Santa Cruz (28-0-1, 16 Koó), Tuhinga o mua, Ka aituä tona whitiki ki Ihu “Star” Ruiz (32-5-5, 22 Koó) i roto i te tahi-āhuatanga.

 

Kei runga i te hoko tikiti mo te hui, me te utu i $500, $350, $250, $125 a $50, e kore e tae atu utu ratonga hāngai, me te takoha. E whāiti tīkiti ki waru (8) ia tangata whai rohe wha (4) i te $50 awhe utu. Ki te ki atu tenei na roto i te waea ki te kāri matua nama he, karanga Ticketmaster i (800) 745-3000. Kei te waatea nga tiikiti i www.mgmgrand.com ranei www.ticketmaster.com. Ko te a'ee tuatahi kore-teata tuatahi, ka timata i 3 p.m. PT.

 

E ahau (korerotia “IN-mama”), o Fort Lauderdale, Fla., i te ara o Albany, N.Y., Ko te a Ākuira he runaruna me te mētara hiriwa i te 2011 U.S. Tamataraa Olympic. Ka rite ki te ngaio, te Imam pūmanawa, 24, Kua nuinga i tona ara; 11 o kua mutu ana whawhai i roto i te tuatahi, tuarua ranei a tawhio.

 

Ko te-pai i nga wa katoa Maldonado Jr.., 23, i riro ono pāngia tika, e rima i te knockout, i mua i te mutunga o tana faaoaoaraa whakamutunga i roto i te toru o tawhio noa kahore whakataetae i runga i Dec. 20, 2014, i roto i te Cancun, Mexico.

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“RETURN ki te kororia”: Stiverne VU. Wilder, he whawhai 12-a tawhio noa mō te wahi WBC Heavyweight Championship tango a Stiverne Rāhoroi, Jan. 17 i te MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas, te tahi ka whakanuia-e Don King Productions me Whakatairanga Boy Golden me pütea e kurahauao me Mexico – Ora te reira ki te whakapono te reira!. I roto i te 12-a tawhio noa tahi-āhuatanga, tohe hinga kore WBC Super whā World Champion Leo Santa Cruz ki a Ihu Ruiz me tūturu Amir Imam tutuki Fidel Maldonado Jr. i roto i te 10-a tawhio noa a'ee super Kōmāmā mō te WBC Continental Amerika Taitara Super Kōmāmā. Ka tango i te hui te wahi i te MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas, Nev., a ka Air ora i runga i SHOWTIME® (10:00 p.m. AND/ 7:00 p.m. PT). Ka hoki te telecast wātea i roto i te reo Pāniora mā hōtaka ororongo Tuarua (SAP). Ka teata pāngia e afaro ora i runga i SHOWTIME EXTREME (8:00 p.m. AND/PT, roa i runga i te Tai Te Hau-ā-uru).

 

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Bermane 'B. Hua’ Stiverne Proud to be 1st Haitian & Quebecer Heavyweight Champion o te Ao

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Las Vegas (January 12, 2015) – Ahakoa kua noho ana ia i roto i Las Vegas mo te tekau tau o mua, Bermane “B. Hua” Stiverne (24-1, 21 Koó) Ko te tino whakakake ki te hei i te tuatahi toa ao taumahamaha i tona Haiti Māori, me te pai kia rite ki te tuatahi i te Porowini o Quebec ki te mau i taua taitara i hiahiatia.

I teie mahana,, Stiverne Ko te tauira i roto i tona Haiti taketake, me te i roto i tona fare tuarua, Quebec, i reira whakangungua ia mō ngā tau e maha hei runaruna me te ngaio, i roto i te tua ki te whawhai i roto i te Montreal rua rite te pro.

Hanga Stiverne te korero tuatahi o tona Kaunihera Mekemeke World (WBC) taitara taumahamaha, i riro ia whakamutunga o Mei ki te ono-a tawhio knockout hangarau whakamīharo o te kino Chris Arreola (35-4), tenei Rāhoroi po (Jan. 17) ki tūturu, kaiwero whakahauanga Deontay “Ko te rererangi Bronze” Wilder (32-0, 32 Koó), whakakitea ora i runga i Showtime Championship mekemeke (10 p.m. AND/7 p.m. PT) i MGM Grand i Las Vegas. Kei te hoki whakakitea Stiverne-Wilder ora i roto i te Canada i te TVA Sports.

Fanauhia i roto i te Haiti rite te tamaiti whakaotinga, me te 11th o 13 tamariki, “B. Hua” oho ki tona hapu i te tau o te 10 ki Miami, i reira, ho'i,, I whakaweti ia i te kura. Anō ia i roto i te Montreal, Quebec, haere maha hoki a mai i waenganui i reira me te Miami, i mua i neke ki Las Vegas i roto i 2004.

 

“I noho ahau i konei i te United States mai i te 1988,” Stiverne Dirita. “Neke taku na metua ki Miami, a, hoki mai, ka i waenganui Miami me Montreal. I muri i te kura, i ahau paari, Neke ahau ki a Las Vegas ki te whai i taku mahi mekemeke.

 

“Tohu ahau i te whenua i whanau ai ahau i roto i, Haiti, a ka Quebec, engari e ahau te aroha ano hoki te United States. Ko, tuatahi, Ahau i Haiti, a e hiahia ana ahau ki te hoatu te tumanako ki te hunga Haiti kahore nei he rota. E hiahia ana ahau ki te faauru iwi i reira na roto i te tuku mohio ratou i te reira e kore e mahuinga te wahi e whanau ai koe, moe e ahei te haere mai pono rite te mea hoki ahau. E kore e te rota o te whai wāhitanga ki reira reira ka tumanako ahau whai Haiti ratou moe rite i ahau.”

 

(L) WBC toa taumahamaha o Bermane Stiverne me tona kaiwhakahaere Camille Estephan

“E matau ana ahau ki te pehea e whakakake Bermane ko ki te hei i te taata matamua Haiti, me te tuatahi i Quebec ki te hei toa taumahamaha o te ao,” Kaiwhakahaere o Stiverne Camille Estephan tāpiri. “Te reira i tino tikanga o te ao ki a ia. Quebec Ko te Tuhinga mō te mekemeke me te wehenga taumahamaha ko te tino nui o te mekemeke. Kua kï tatou e, e kapi te hunga e mea mekemeke te mate. Ko te tau record o pāpāho tono taipitopito mō tenei whawhai i te taumata ao he haurangi.”

“B. Hua” o Stiverne!

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BERMANE STIVERNE AND DEONTAY WILDER TALK TRAINING CAMP AND THEIR PLACE IN HEAVYWEIGHT HISTORY BEFORE THEIR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWDOWN ON SATURDAY, Jan. 17 AT MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA LIVE ON SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®

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Las Vegas (Jan 9, 2015) – As we near the epic return of world championship heavyweight action in the United States, WBC Heavyweight World Champion Gold Cup (24-1-1, 21 Koó) and unbeaten knockout specialist Deontay Wilder (32-0, 32 Koó) are deep in training camp for their championship showdown on SHOWTIME®.

 

Kei runga i te hoko tikiti mo te hui, me te utu i $500, $350, $250, $125 a $50, e kore e tae atu utu ratonga hāngai, me te takoha. E whāiti tīkiti ki waru (8) ia tangata whai rohe wha (4) i te $50 awhe utu. Ki te ki atu tenei na roto i te waea ki te kāri matua nama he, karanga Ticketmaster i (800) 745-3000. Tickets also are also available at www.mgmgrand.com ranei www.ticketmaster.com.

 

Read below for what the fighters have to say about how training is going, what their place in heavyweight history is and what the fans can expect to see on Jan. 17 i te MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas:

 

Q: Where have you been training? Who have you been training with? How has training been going?

 

Gold Cup: I am in Vegas training at the Mayweather Gym. I have had many sparring partners, seven total and they have been alternating since it has been a very long camp. I began training camp in August because we didn’t even know when this fight was going to happen so we had to be ready for any time and we did better than ever. It has been a long, long training camp and I am in the best shape I have ever been in.

 

I plan to go in the ring between 238 a 242 pauna. We thought about going lower but I am a super heavyweight and that is the weight where I am best.

Deontay Wilder: Camp has been great. It’s been a long hard road but we’re here now. I had my whole team which was excellent — Jay Deas, Mark Breland, Russ Anber, Cuz Hill and my strength coach Peter Khoury, so it couldn’t have been any better.

Q: How do you feel about fighting on the big stage as the main event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena?

 

BS: Fighting at the MGM Grand is a dream come true. I have been dreaming of becoming a champion my whole life. When I think of the MGM I think of all the history and I want to write a new chapter.

DW: I’m super excited about fighting on the big stage. The bigger the better! The more attention and people watching, the more I like it. We’ve been working towards this for a long time, and I am glad we have gotten to this level.

 

Q: If you could meet any heavyweight champ who would it be? Is there a heavyweight that you would say you emulate?

BS: Muhammad – he was the greatest, he called himself “The Greatest” before he even knew he was The Greatest. He worked hard every single day to fulfill it and that is what I do. No corners cut.

DW: I’ve never patterned myself after any other heavyweight, but if I could meet one from the past it would be Joe Louis. He’s part of my nickname. He was the ‘Brown Bomber’ and since I’m from Alabama like he was and I won the Bronze medal at the Olympics, I’m the ‘Bronze Bomber.’

Q: How do you feel about being in the biggest heavyweight title fight in the United States in a decade?

 

BS: The Heavyweight Champion is what it’s all about. It’s the King of the Jungle. It is the Champion of all the Champions. I am happy to bring it back. Boxing is alive and well.

DW: It’s time for the heavyweight division to be important again and I’m the guy to do it, so I can’t wait.

 

Q: Which heavyweights inspired you or did you admire on your climb to this point?

 

BS: Iron Mike Tyson and James Toney – I really admire the way they fought. I loved Iron Mike’s explosiveness and speed and his fast hands. Tyson could hurt you with any punch at any angle and that is my forte. When I hit somebody, I see it in their eyes and their legs and I feel their pain.

DW: My daughter is my inspiration. I always admired guys like Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes though.

Q: Is there any extra motivation fighting for the WBC title that has been held by so many of the greatest including Muhammad Ali?

BS: The WBC heavyweight belt has been held by many great champions. It’s the biggest prize out there.

DW: A lot of great champions have held the WBC title belt, so it’s the big one and I’m honored and excited to be fighting for it.

 

Q: How important is it for you to represent your home country in this fight? Do you feel any additional pressure because of it?

BS: I am blessed to have been born in Haiti and lived in Quebec, Canada and now Las Vegas and I like to think of myself as an inspiration to kids in Haiti that have suffered so much – just like me. I want them to know that if they work hard they can achieve their dreams.

DW: Ka rite ki mea ahau, I am honored and excited. A lot of greats have held the belt and I am ready to make history and be one of the greats. Representing the U.S. in a heavyweight fight, bringing it back home, it’s an honor.

Q: He aha koe e whakaaro o tou hoa tauwhainga, does anything he does concern you?

BS: I think Wilder is a clown. Wilder thinks this is the WWE. He acts like it’s the WWE. This is for real. It is going to hurt very bad.

DW: I have no thoughts about Bermane Stiverne. I’m just ready to fight and leave it all out in the ring.

Q: What should the fans expect on Jan. 17? E whai koe i te matapae?

BS: On Jan. 17 I will hurt Wilder and I will knock him out and it will be a lasting image in peoples’ minds for a very long time.

DW: Fans should expect a great night of boxing and everyone will see Jan. 17. -. Be there or tune in on TV if you can’t. You don’t want to miss it!

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