When they're not mistaking Wilder for one of Nick Saban's players, people sometimes mistake him for LeBron James. That started at the Olympics in 2008, when James led Team USA to a gold medal in basketball and Wilder won a bronze medal in boxing.
Deontay Wilder will fight Johann Duhaupas tonight at Legacy Arena in Birmingham. Wilder (34-0, 33 KO) is defending his WBC heavyweight championship. Duhaupas is 32-2 with 20 knockouts. The fight will be televised by NBC, starting at 7:30 p.m. CT.
(Photo credit: Lucas Noonan/Premier Boxing Champions) By Jim Dower: In perhaps the hardest fight of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder's career, he had to battle hard to defeat Johann Duhaupas (32-3, 20 KOs)
Deontay Wilder is already planning for life after boxing ahead of defending his world heavyweight title on September 26. The WBC king (34-0-KO33) takes on Johann Duhaupas (32-2-KO20) in Birmingham, Alabama, in the second defence of the belt he won
Heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder wants to be the next Floyd Mayweather Jr. — and already has a great a record, a title belt, and now he also…