“I always picture my grandkids looking at their grandfather and saying, 'My grandfather was the last or the first to do something.' There's nothing like setting goals and watching yourself get there, accomplishing that goal and putting your name to a part of history.”

American professional boxer

Deontay Leshun Wilder is an American professional boxer who held the World Boxing Council heavyweight title from 2015 to 2020. He is known for becoming the first American world heavyweight champion since 2007, ending the longest stretch in boxing history without an American heavyweight champion. Wilder rose to prominence through the heavyweight division and built his reputation around that title reign. His career is most closely associated with his run as WBC champion and the place it holds in American boxing history.