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World champion among heavyweights, rapidly knocking out opponents. The biography of Deontay Wilder as a boxer might not have begun, but the misfortune with his daughter caused the appearance of the world star of the ring.

Deontay Wilder was born on October 22, 1985 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Like all friends of the athlete in his hometown, the young man dreamed of a career as a basketball player or American football player. Fortunately, physically Deontay perfectly suited the role of a leading player and had every chance of professional success.

For young people in Alabama, the first step towards an athletic career is to play for a college team. Wilder planned to follow the same tried and tested path. However, the plans are not destined to come true.

In 2004, he and his girlfriend Jessica find out about pregnancy. The news is overshadowed by the doctor's sad diagnosis that the baby will be born with an illness and may not be able to walk. The young couple was asked to terminate the pregnancy, but this option was immediately rejected by the future parents.

The girl was born with spina bifida. She was named Neia, and the 19-year-old new-born father makes a firm decision that he will do everything possible for his daughter's recovery. The only problem arose in paying for the necessary operations. The budget of the young family could not even come close to covering the estimated costs.

Then Wilder goes into a sport that brings in much more tangible income than basketball. In 2005, a fighter with experience only in street fights comes to the gym for the first time to train in the ring.

Deontay recalls that no one in the audience worried about his problems. At first, the novice boxer was not taken seriously and demanded full commitment in sparring and training. But the young father did not forget about the initial goal and stubbornly laid out in the ring, which soon began to bring victory to the athlete.

The beginning of the boxer's sporting success was laid in amateur fights. Two years after the start of training, a physically gifted athlete becomes the winner of the Golden Gloves Championship. In the same 2007, he defeated an opponent in the final of the US Amateur Boxers Championship.

2008 was marked by a trip to the Olympic Games in Beijing. A brilliant performance in the Beijing ring ended with a defeat in the semifinals against the Italian Clemento Russo. Deontay left home with a bronze medal and a firm decision to move to professional boxing.

With a height of 201 cm and a weight of 103 kg, the athlete appears in the professional world of boxing in the super heavy weight category.

On November 15, 2008, the boxer made his debut in the professional ring in a fight with Ethan Cox. The very first fight ended for Wilder with a swift victory knockout. The rival could not hold out until the third round, breaking down after Deontay's powerful blow.

This was followed by a series of victorious battles. All meetings led to knockouts, and opponents fell into the ring in the very first rounds after the start of the fight. Among the defeated were Owen Beck, Damon McCreery, and Calvin Price, who were considered inflexible before meeting Wilder.

Success in the fights gradually led Wilder to the anticipated fight for the world heavyweight title. The meeting with the then current WBC champion - Canadian Bermain Steven - took place in the ring in Las Vegas on January 17, 2015.

The confrontation was the longest in Wilder's entire career. The opponents were in the ring for all 12 rounds. From the very first minutes, the advantage belonged to Wilder, and the fight actually went by his rules. Unsurprisingly, Deontay took the victory and the title by unanimous decision. The athlete dedicated this victory to his daughter Neia and idol Muhammad Ali, who turned 73 on the day of the fight. After the fight, Bermaine Steven went to the hospital with dehydration.

During 2015-2016, Wilder successfully defended the champion's title. In May 2016, a fight between the champion and Alexander Povetkin was planned. The athlete from Russia did not pass the doping control, and the fight was canceled. Instead, Wilder met with Mexican-American Chris Arreola. The result of the fight was an unconditional victory for the champion, and as a bonus, a hand injury that disabled the athlete until the end of 2016.

In November 2017, the rematch of Deontay Wilder and Bermaine Steven took place. Commentators noted the passiveness of the challenger in the ring. The result was Steven's three knockdowns in the first round and a final winning knockout.

On March 3, 2018, Wilder faced off against Luis Ortiz, a Cuban heavyweight hoping to win. The rival fight was planned back in November 2017, but was canceled due to a doping scandal. Prohibited drugs were found in Ortiz's samples.

Starting with a careful test of the strengths of the parties, the duel turned into a heated confrontation by the fifth round. The seventh and eighth rounds were brilliantly carried out by the Cuban, but after that the challenger was noticeably tired. Towards the end of the fight, Wilder knocked down his opponent, which turned into a technical knockout, which decided the outcome of the meeting.

Since 2009, the boxer has been married to Jessica Scales-Wilder, who gave her husband four children. However, in 2015, Deontay announced his separation from his wife and the beginning of official relations with the young beauty, a participant in the American reality show "WAGS Atlanta" and the star of "Instagram" Telli Swift.

The boxer is seen in several scandals with the law. So, in 2013, he was charged with beating a woman in a Las Vegas hotel. However, the boxing star's lawyers were able to explain that the incident occurred due to the fact that the athlete mistakenly suspected the victim of theft. The incident was amended, and the charges were not confirmed.

In June 2017, Wilder's car was stopped by the police, and the athlete was suspected of possession of drugs. The lawyers explained the incident by the fact that the marijuana found in the salon belonged to Deontay's friend, who used the car during the absence of the boxer. The athlete himself was completely unaware of the substances found in the car. However, on January 11, 2018, the court found the champion guilty.

Despite the scandals that have arisen around the boxer, the athlete remains the current WBC heavyweight champion of the world.

The American broke Vitali Klitschko's record for the longest knockout streak, and is also the record holder for title retention, remaining undefeated since 2015.

2007 - Golden Gloves Tournament Champion 2007 - US Amateur Champion 2008 - Olympic Bronze Medalist in First Heavyweight 2012 - WBC Continental Heavyweight Champion 2015 - WBC World Heavyweight Champion 2016 - Knockout of the Year by WBC version 2017 - WBC Knockout of the Year

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