Deontay Wilder may still have a lot left in his gas tank, and can comfortably aim towards another title run in the vicious heavyweight division. Although the back-to-back losses against Tyson Fury have made him look human in the ring, Wilder’s scratchy knockout power can still trouble a lot of contenders in the category.

Furthermore, Wilder is still a legitimate name in the existing title race and seems to be one win away from going for another championship bout. However, we may have seen the last of him in the squared circle. Having defended his WBC title a record 10 times before losing it to Fury, ‘The Bronze Bomber’ believes, he has fulfilled his goals in the sport, more than what he had envisioned.

In a chat with The Byron Scott podcast, Wilder sat down with his wife Telli Swift and recalled how he could materialize the promise he made to his daughter when she was just a year old.

Deontay Wilder said, “I am just learning from situations. It just makes myself stronger. You know at this point in time, you know, my main goal was to come into the sport. I promised my daughter. The only reason I got into it, my daughter was born with Spina Bifida. Her name is Naieya Wilder. I told her when she was one year old.”

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Wilder continued, “Looked in her eyes and said, daddy would be a heavyweight champion, he is going to be able to support you beyond your belief, and that was my ultimate goal. I have been here, and I have accomplished that 10 times God blessed me tremendously.”

Deontay Wilder has cemented his spot in the history

The heavyweight division has always had elite-level knockout artists across several eras. George Foreman, Jack Dempsey, Sonny Liston had held the tag for quite some years before Mike Tyson introduced himself as ‘The Baddest Man On the Planet’. After Tyson, none of the US boxers could reach that level of aura of being a one-punch killer.

However, Deontay Wilder stunned everyone with his unprecedented run in the division. He had begun boxing at the age of 21, which is quite late in the sport. But that didn’t shrink his charm. Wilder made his professional debut in 2008 and went on a tear. He knocked out every opponent on his way and even to this day, none of his opponents have left the ring without being fed to the canvas against him.

It includes Tyson Fury, who has been floored multiple times by Wider in their three encounters. In a record of 42-2-1, Deontay Wilder holds 41 KOs under his name. While these features put him in a similar spot with Mike Tyson, Wilder is also in the books with Muhammad Ali under some valid benchmarks.

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Wilder’s knockout win over Luis Ortiz in their rematch was his 10 successful WBC title defense. It leveled him up with Muhammad Ali for the most heavyweight championship defenses. No wonder why Tyson Fury had to struggle to overpower Wilder.

While Fury’s performance may have looked easy, the in-ring scenario was clearly different from what we saw through the naked eyes. That said, Wilder is in a position to make his calls at will, and he can rightly retire at this point, as he has already secured his spot amongst the greatest.