Boxing: Deontay Wilder Is The First American To Win The Heavyweight Belt in 9 Years!

RadioOnFire.com - Deontay Wilder has come a long way from the days when he was a waiter at IHOP making around $70 a day in tips and then later worked for $400 a week in a Red Lobster kitchen, having been forced to drop out of school to earn money to take care of his ill daughter.

Now his daughter is doing well and Wilder is the proud owner of a world heavyweight title after turning in a superb performance in a one-sided decision victory against Bermane Stiverne on Saturday night before 8,454 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Wilder was in total control for most of the fight, winning 120-107, 119-108 and 118-109 as he went past four rounds for the first time in his career in a fight almost everybody was sure would end in a knockout. ESPN.com also had it for Wilder 117-111.

When the fight was over, Wilder came to the ring ropes and shouted at press row, "Who can't box? Who can't box?"

It is not clear whom Wilder will fight next, because his mandatory challenger, Philadelphia's Bryant Jennings, is close to a deal to challenge Klitschko on April 25. Whomever Wilder faces next, he wants to stay busy.

"I want to bring excitement back to the heavyweight division," he said. "And I don't want to sit around. I want to fight four times a year. Whoever's ready, I'm ready."

Fight fans who have been searching for a American heavyweight champion surely are also.