Wilder told the Tuscaloosa News, his hometown paper, that he?s up for the fight with Gavern because it?s ?such a big risk??
Knockout artist supreme, 28-year-old Deontay Wilder (31-0, 31KOs), the Bronze Bomber from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, talks the talk. Whether he walks the walk is another story
Wilder?s power is a given. His perfect record speaks for itself. But he has yet to fight a significant challenger?a trend that continues tonight when he fights 37-year-old Jason Gavern (25-16-4, 11 KOs) at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Building up the fight, in his mind if not in the minds of others, Wilder told the Tuscaloosa News, his hometown paper, that he?s up for the fight with Gavern because it?s ?such a big risk.?
?This fight, to have such a big risk that lies ahead, no matter who the opponent?you?ve got to remember it can end with one punch, it?s over. To take this big risk before a title fight, it?s kind of exciting to me.?
It?s good that Wilder is excited about the fight with Gavern, because few others are. Gavern has lost 8 of his last 12 fights, going back to Nov. 2011, and 5 of those 8 losses were by knockout.
The general consensus, a consensus sure to be confirmed when Wilder flattens another journeyman, is that he?s protected and no verbal acrobatics will change that simple fact.
When he fights Bermane Stiverne and wins the WBC heavyweight crown, he can crow all he wants. But until then, it?s business as usual, and a risky business it is not.
