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| System ID: | jl-d9828df6fb84ce507b993a1c4fe865db |
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| Title: | Deontay Wilder: 'I sacrificed my body for my child. Now I'm being selfish' |
| Link: | Original article on nytimes.com |
| Region: | CN |
| Topics: | body; selfish; heavyweight; sacrificed; wilders; chisora; fight; fighters; title; given; wilder; wbc; child; im; business; deontay; Deontay Wilder; Heavyweight; Boxing; Tyson Fury; Derek Chisora; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump; The Athletic; Behind closed doors (sport); Professional wrestling championship; Spina bifida; Tony Yoka; The O2 Arena; World Boxing Council; Fish and chips; Bronze medal; Basketball; Beer; American football |
| Datetime: | 4/3/2026, 5:00:48 AM |
| Summary: | Why not just put his feet up back home in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where a statue stands in his honour? “If I didn’t have a child that was born with spina bifida and needed me, you would never see me. Now I’m at a point in time in my life where I’m being selfish. I still have goals: what I want to do before I leave this good old business of boxing.”That business has been good to Wilder. Boxing is littered with stories of fighters who went on too long and were left damaged beyond repair in retirement.... |
