SWEET HOME ALABAMA DEFENCE FOR WILDER

Deontay Wilder stakes  his undefeated record and the WBC heavyweight title, smack bang in his home state in Alabama via a  live television broadcast on Fox TV.
The 31-year-old, who has fully recovered from injuries sustained in his last fight, will defend his belt for the fifth time when he faces Polish Andrzej Wawrzyk on February 25.

“It’s always special to fight in Alabama,” Wilder (37-0, 36KOs) said during a press conference on Wednesday to formally announce the event.

“I can’t wait to get in and try out my right hand. I know that Andrzej Wawrzyk comes to fight with all his heart. He comes to proove something, but I’m sure I’ll come out with my hand raised.
“He not only comes to prove something, but to make history and avenge the defeat of his friend and compatriot Artur Szpilka. Wawrzyk (33-1, 19KOs). He was present at the ringside of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, looking on, as I knocked out Szpilka, who turned out to be a competitive rival. ”
Wawrzyk commented, “I’m not going to travel to Alabama just on vacations”  through conference via Skype from his home in Krakow, Poland. “I’m going to defeat Deontay Wilder and take the belt, to become Poland’s first heavyweight champion and win the WBC’s most prestigious green belt title.”
Wawrzyk has won his last six fights. His only defeat of his career, a third-round TKO, was held by Alexander Povetkin in May 2013.