Since his crushing first-round KO of fellow American Dominic Breazeale, Deontay Wilder has revealed what he has been up to since taking time out of the ring.
After a manic 12 months, which has seen fights with Breazeale and Tyson Fury, ‘The Bronze Bomber’ has focused on his family duties and charity work.
Speaking about his much-needed break before gearing up for a return towards the end of the year, the WBC king told Premier Boxing Champions: “I have been doing a lot of traveling. I’ve spent a lot of time with family and been doing a lot of charity work. I got two events coming up.
“I’m making a couple of decisions, writing off different cheques and stuff like that. I have been spending my time productively, and that’s for sure.
“I have a couple of projects going on personally with my homes in different areas, so that’s been crazy. I’ve just been in different States, traveling and getting things done, so there have been a lot of things going on with me.
“I’m just living, man, just doing my job as the champ, trying to give back and enjoy the fruits of my labor.
“I’m just ready to get back. I’m getting that itch to get prepared to get back into camp and do what I gotta do.
“It’s just been an exciting time for boxing overall. It’s just a great time to be a heavyweight. I’m just ready to get back in there and do what I do best.”
Wilder will soon return to camp with Jay Deas ahead of his upcoming 10th defense of his famous WBC green-and-gold belt against Luis Ortiz.
WBN was informed that the rematch between Wilder and ‘King Kong’ was scheduled for November 9th.
When explained his decision to face Ortiz, Wilder vowed to add another KO to his record and get rid of any uncertainties from the first bout.
“With Ortiz, there was a controversy about whether they would give me more time (to recover). You know, the commentators did a lot of damage the first time around,” Wilder exclusively told WBN.
“They made it seem like when the referee called me over, he gave me extra energy or extra time to breathe. I don’t know where they got that, but some people ran with it.
“Besides that, another reason I’m fighting Ortiz is that no one else wants to fight him. They always say he’s old, but no one at the top is giving him the opportunity.
“Of course, I’ve got ties to Ortiz dealing with his daughter (a rare skin condition) and my daughter (spina bifida). So that’s the reason I blessed him the first time.
“I’ll be honored to bless him again because none of these guys want to fight him. I’ll beat him a second time and then come to Tyson Fury.”
