Former heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder say down for an interview and gave his thoughts on Oleksandr Usyk calling him out for a fight, saying that his promoter has been contacted and he believes there’s genuine interest from Usyk’s camp. Wilder also mentioned that now might be the right time for him to finally face Derek Chisora. Check out some excerpts from Wilder below.
Wilder on negotiations for Usyk fight
“This fight come about with one promoter contacting the other, contacting mine and we got the call. The saying is ‘you have
to stay ready so you don’t have to get ready’ because in boxing, especially heavyweight boxing, you just never know when your card will be pulled, and mine was pulled.
“Now the matter is if it’s real or not, that’s the situation. In my heart of hearts, I think it’s real…sometimes it can also be publicity stunts and stuff. Not saying that he needs it or whatever, I’m just saying in the business of boxing certain things happen.”
“I had got derailed for many years because mentally, because of betrayal and a lot of things going on outside of the ring…As a fighter you do go through a lot of things…”
On any interest in a fight with Derek Chisora
“I’m a person of a believer of time…Right now it’s looking like it could be the perfect time for it. Derek is still dangerous, I think he’s talking about retiring, and he say he wants to fight me before he retires as well. So I could be his retirement fight.”
