- Hi, I'm Deontay Wilder,
WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World
and I'm going undercover on the internet.
And it's actually me.
[upbeat music]
Seriously, it's me!
First up, Facebook.
"Congrats, but, um, please try at least give us
"two or three rounds next fight.
"Please, and thank you."
Oh, Kari, you're so sweet
but unfortunately me, my saying is:
I don't get paid for overtime, honey.
So I'm sorry.
But I'll try better next time, baby.
Thank you for supporting me.
Posted.
Art James says, "You're earning your way to greatness.
"Ducks no one and respects the sport.
"Do you have a clothing line?"
Art, actually I do have a clothing line.
I just started it with my last fight with Dominic Brazil.
And you can go to deyontaywilder.com or Bombzquad,
spelt with a "z", that's bombzquad.com.
And you'll find Bombzquad apparel there.
Hey, don't spend your money all in one place.
[upbeat music] Up next, YouTube.
Nerd with Jordans says "I think Wilder
"would have been a good NBA post player."
I used to play sports throughout highschool
I played football, basketball, baseball, and I ran track.
If I had time for soccer
I would've done that as well too.
Coming up in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, my goals was
to be a football or basketball player.
Mainly football, because that's what we're,
we build football players.
But I think I would've been a good post,
NBA post player myself, man.
Dunking on a couple of peoples.
But god blessed me with the talent of boxing.
If it could be any sport that I could transition over night
it would be, I would probably say baseball.
More money, less risk.
You keep all your money.
[laughing]
Deontay Wilder vs McGregor, who will win?
Ah, man, bad, you know, unfortunately
that's a fantasy fight, and I am way to big
for Connor McGregor right now.
Did you see what Floyd did to him?
You know, it was a great fight overall,
but I'm way too big for Connor,
and unfortunately we'll probably never fight.
If it was boxing, or MMA,
I don't think it would be a chance.
You know, consider that I am the hardest hitting puncher
in the world or probably in the history of boxing, period.
And you know, four hours of gloves would probably,
I would probably seriously hurt somebody
with four hours of gloves.
Ah, and we'll keep it like that.
Reddit. [upbeat music]
R/Boxing says, "Is there some hidden genius to
"Deontay Wilders style?"
R/Boxing of course there is!
Actually there is man,
there's a lot of genius behind my craft, my art, my skill.
True story: Years ago, my grandmother said
I was anointed by God.
You know, I come from a very religious family.
And she'd always be a teacher to me
instead of a disciplinary type of grandmother.
And she said that, "You're anointed by God.
"God is trying to use you."
And you know, I think I found my true ability.
And purpose on Earth.
And that's to knock people out.
Next is, Quora. [Upbeat pop music]
Quo-ra, Quora. "Is Deontay Wilder gifted
"with freak genetics and the hardest
"hitter of all time?"
I am, I'm definitely blessed with a freak of nature power.
You know, I've had it ever since I've known me,
ever since my first fight, in the kindergarten.
I've been knocking people out.
And yeah, just something about it.
You know, all seriousness sometimes I think
about the extent of my power,
and I don't know the measurement of it.
And then, sometimes it makes me scared
that I have it because I know I can seriously hurt someone.
Submit.
"Could Deontay Wilder defeat Muhammad Ali if
"both were in their prime?"
You know, when it comes to Muhammad Ali,
that is my idol, man.
You know, Muhammad Ali is one of the reason why
I'm in this sport.
He's one of the reason why I'm proud to say
I'm the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
And to carry the WBC belt, on of the belts that he had,
you know and Muhammad Ali,
he was the man in heavyweight division.
And he'll forever live on in my heart.
So, unfortunately this is a fantasy fight,
and I wouldn't wanna fight my man.
Come on. [laughing]
Boom by aye Ali, boom by aye Ali!
Boom by aye.
Next.
"How do a skinny and light boxer like
"Deontay Wilder compared to other heavyweights
"have a freakish power from hell?"
You know, dealing with boxing,
it's so many different myths in here.
You have so many different trainers
that will tell you the proper way to throw a jab
or the proper way to throw a right hand
or maybe even the proper way to throw a hook,
even how to fight going backwards or going forward.
Feet coordination, different things,
they always say that you need certain things
to progress and prevail in boxing.
And for me, many things that they said
Deontay Wilder didn't have.
Like big legs.
They said you had to have these massive legs
to have so much power.
But me, most of the time when I walk around
at a good beach, I see more woman have bigger legs than I.
So I always like to think that what they say I can't do,
I'ma show you I can.
Why doesn't Deontay Wilder drop down to cruiserweight
if he is already so low for a heavyweight?
Well, I thought about it before.
I thought about being able to conquer another division
as well as conquer my own division.
I'm already the heavyweight champion
in the heavyweight division.
And the cruiserweight is just a little bit
under the heavyweight division.
So I kinda got bored at one point in time in my career,
and I'm like, "Man, I'm going to cruiserweight."
When I said I had no cruiserweights calling me out.
I don't think no one want,
would be able to wanna compete with me.
With the power that I have in heavyweight division,
already knocking guys out, you know, over 200 pounds,
even some of them are over 300 pounds, you know.
And I've still managed to knock guys out.
I think dropping down to cruiserweight,
I'm definitely gonna hurt somebody that's for sure.
And it takes a while to drop weight, man.
I swear, I lost weight in the Olympics.
One time I had to lose two pounds,
and it was the worst day of my life, okay?
Imagine losing seven, 10 more pounds.
No, thank you.
I like to come in to weigh-in with
a doughnut in my hand. [Upbeat music]
Instagram!
One of my favorites.
gratefulking96 says, "Where are the boxing video games?"
I'm saying the same thing!
Where in the hell is 'em?
I'm looking for the video games as well too.
But I think have no fear,
because I think video games is coming soon.
We got a lot of talks about video games,
especially boxing.
So, I'm looking forward to maybe seeing myself,
playing myself in a video game.
My power better be all the way up to 100.
tytyreik says, "How many hours of sleep do you get?"
[sighing deeply] I don't get no sleep.
True, I don't get none.
You know I have seven kids.
You know, my career is booming.
I'm at the top of my field right now.
I'm constantly going.
I'm thinking about buying a private jet
because I'm flying so much,
you know, and the saying is:
You can sleep when you die.
And I think I'm going down that avenue.
I'ma probably sleep when I die.
Because I got a lotta living to do while I'm alive.
Next!
DjSilencedosh says, "How do you prepare
"when you're facing Bronze Bomber?"
Till this day, till this day!
Till this day!
I had to add them other two till this days
on there, I always ask myself the same thing.
I always ask myself how, how would I beat myself.
And even trying to give a proper assessment
of how to beat myself,
I can't come up with no kind of conclusion of how.
You know, the only thing I can come up with
is may the best man win.
Next!
Skylar_Sanjay says, "Is LeBron your cousin?"
[laughing] You know what?
True story: Back in 2007...
2007, 2008, during the Olympics, Beijing,
people come up to me all the time asking me,
"Are you LeBron James?"
Asking for autographs and stuff.
"James, I love you, James!
"James, James, James, James!"
They really thought I was LeBron, you know.
That happened to me so many times for
at least about a year or two.
And it died down, and they finally came to realization
that I am the baddest man on the planet.
So now they call me Champ Wilder.
Next!
Twitter.
[upbeat jazz Music]
lightBoom say, "When Deontay Wilder started making music?"
You know, music is a hobby of mines.
I like to play around with it.
You know, every now and again.
Music travels around the world,
and you just never know what message
that someone else can relate to.
And I like to inspire the world with certain
creativities that I come up with my words
or my mindset, or how I put it and displays it.
So, you know, music is a big part of my life as well.
You know. And I'm looking forward to the future
of exercising my freedom of speech
and putting a beat behind it.
[Bird Tweets]
Boxing Forum 24 says,
"Your favorite Deontay Wilder fight?
The favorite fight would have to be
the Arthur Szpilka fight.
I was right here in New York at the Barclays Center
in Brooklyn, and Szpilka was a Polish guy.
And he gave me a great fight.
All the Polish in the city came out.
And they were singing
and, man, they was hoo-rahing.
And it was lit.
Until the ninth round.
I set Szpilka up, and I laid him down
with the big Alabama hammer, from Hell.
And it landed perfectly on his chin.
And three to five seconds, I thought I killed him.
He wasn't breathing.
His chest wasn't inflating and deflating.
And his girlfriend came over and she said, "Arthur! Arthur!"
And she was crying, I could see.
It was almost like a Rocky movie.
But Adrian came over to the apron this time
and to make sure he was up.
And when Szpilka got outta the hospital,
he came into the hotel room,
still with a hospital gown on.
And he said, "Deontay Wilder can't punch hard!
"I wanna fight him next."
And I'd just knocked the guy out.
So that was hilarious to see him out of the hospital
with great spirits, although I felt like I killed him.
But it was amazing knockout.
And I think to this day,
that's one of my favorite knockouts.
[Bird tweet]
Drew says, "How does anybody agree to fight Deontay Wilder?
"Like you're gonna die."
[laughing] Man, you know what, Drew?
It's a tough business.
I can tell you that right now.
It's a tough business, and only the brave survives.
But it's no other sport like boxing, you know?
And, you gotta give all my opponents credit
just to step in the ring with me.
Because, you know, when you see me fight,
you know you're gonna be at the edge of your seat
because you don't know what's gonna happen.
You don't know when it's coming, but it's coming.
And when its calm, baby, bam, goodnight.
"Deontay Wilders entrance was dope.
"His crown and mask though.
"How much does that cost?"
Oh, you like that crown and mask huh?
Man, I tell you, man.
My whole uniform, it was definitely expensive.
It was very expensive.
You know, my main idea is not about the price of it.
It's about what people take from it, how I feel.
I'm the type of person that go off of energy.
So when you come to a Deontay Wilder event,
not only are you gonna see a great knock out,
but I want people to be excited about
or anxious to see what I'ma wear
to come out to a fight next.
You know, it keeps you being able to pay for something more
than just see a fight.
I like to give you a show.
And for that, I'ma keep it spicy.
I'ma keep it hot.
And I'ma keep the knockouts coming, baby.
That is it, thank you for your questions.
Until then, I'm out, baby!
Bomb squad!
Yeah!