Alabama Boxing

The Olympic bronze medalist and champion fighter received his own statue in Tuscaloosa at a ceremony on Wednesday.

With dreams of becoming the Heavyweight Champion of the world, Deontay Wilder sure stays busy these days. The Tuscaloosa native earned his first title, the vacant WBC Continental Americas Championship with a third round knockout of Kelvin Price on December 15th, 2012 then stepped back into the ring just over one month later, on January 19th 2013 against Matt Greer...

With a huge right hand it was over. Deontay Wilder had taken Kelvin Price to the mat and laid claim to the WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight title 51 seconds into the 3rd round. The enormous swing of the hand send the Los Angeles crowd into a roar-just moments after the crowd seemed restless with the fight...