American boxer Wilder: life path and successes

For today in the world not so it is a lot of single fighters who during the sports career have not received any defeat. One of these fighters, which to this day in the "loss" column is zero, is the boxer Deontey Wilder, which we'll talk about in detail in this article.

Moments of biography

The current world champion was born in the United States of America 31 years ago, or more precisely, on October 22, 1985. His native city is Tuscaloosa, which is located in Alabama. It is noteworthy that, as an already rich man, the boxer Wilder did not change his permanent residence, although he could do it. By the way, initially the sportsman did not want to engage in boxing and planned to connect his fate with basketball or American football, but after he had a daughter with a serious illness of the musculoskeletal system, he still decided to concentrate on boxing as a sport, Which is capable of bringing him big financial revenues.

Amateur career

As a boxer Wilder took place only in 2005 and after a couple of years was able to achieve high results in amateurs. In 2007, he won a prestigious tournament called "Golden Gloves". He also won the national championship of his homeland. In 2008, as part of the US team, he came to a match with the Russian national team in Novosibirsk, where he lost ahead of Evgeny Romanov. However, in the same year, the young boxer Wilder was able to defeat experienced Rahim Chakhkiev, who later became the winner of the Beijing Olympics. Deontei himself is the bronze medalist of the Beijing Summer Games.

Fights on a professional level

His debut duel on the American profiling was held on November 15, 2008, his first opponent was Ethan Cox, whom he was able to knock out in the second three minutes. Then followed a successful series of 31 early wins, each of which fell on the early rounds (Deontey spent in these battles no more than four rounds). True, in a duel with Harold Skoners, the boxer Wilder himself managed to go down, but later won.

The first champion belt

In December 2012, Deontey went into the ring to fight with uneventful defeats at that time Kelvin Price. The beginning of the fight was measured, as both fighters looked closely at each other. However, already in the third round, Wilder struck a powerful right cross, after which his opponent was in the deepest knockout. Thus, Deontey received the belt of the Continental America champion by the WBC version.

Battle with Liakhovich

In August 2013, Deontey dueled with the representative of Belarus Sergei Lyakhovich. The fight lasted less than one round. Wilder forced his opponent to cuddle up to the ropes and there he literally bombed it, hard knocking out the right-hander. The knockout was so heavy that Lyakhovich began to fight in convulsions, and the doctors put on a stretcher in the ring, which in the end was not needed, since the Belarusian still managed to rise and independently leave the battle.

Selection fight

In the spring of 2014, the American met with his compatriot Malik Scott in the battle for the right to obtain the status of an official contender for the world title. It should be noted that the bout of these two athletes lasted only 96 seconds and caused a lot of controversy. And all because Scott lost by knockout, and many counted the defeat as a simulation on his part. However, as they say, the winners are not judged, and Wilder got the opportunity to meet with then-current champion Bermein Stiver.

New Champion

In a duel with the Canadian, Deontei for the first time in his boxing career went the whole distance in 12 rounds. The battle itself was dictated by an American who was able to impose his tactics on the champion. As it turned out later, Wilder was fighting with an injured hand and a damaged right eye.

The protection of the belt in the fight "Deontey Wilder v. Chris Arreola" was voluntary and was the fourth in the account of the "Bronze Bomber". Already in the fourth round the challenger went down, but the champion did not hurry to knock him out. And yet after the eighth round, Chris refused to continue the fight.

Deontey Wilder, whose last fight brought him a serious injury, according to doctors, will not enter the ring until the end of 2016.