Deontay Wilder challenged Tyson Fury for the WBC World Heavyweight Championship in Las Vegas on October 9th last year in their third fight together. The Rock also previously sent a bold message to Deontay Wilder.
After a very long back and forth boxing match that featured Deontay Wilder knocking Tyson Fury down twice during the fourth round, it was Tyson Fury who won the boxing match after he defeated Deontay Wilder in the 11th round.
Deontay Wilder will return to the ring one year after suffering his second career loss to Tyson Fury when the former heavyweight champion takes on Robert Helenius at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Oct. 15 headlining a FOX pay-per-view.
“I know I’m great,” Wilder told Kenneth Bouhairie and Michael Rosenthal on the PBC Podcast.
“I have three, maybe four years left, and then I’m completely done. I’ve done great with my finances. I make more money outside of the ring than inside of the ring. To even get in the ring, I need to have a certain minimum. It feels good to make a decision about when and what you want to do. I’m not coming back to the sport because I need to. And it’s a great feeling to be on the opposite side because most of the time [other boxers] need money.
I didn’t at all [keep up with anything in the sport]. My wife goes to fights and watches way more than I do. When I’m away, I’m away. I go missing in action on purpose. I’m a renaissance man. I’m more than just boxing. I’m more than just an athlete.”
