WBC heavyweight champ Wilder set to meet Frenchman Duhaupas (The Associated Press)

Deontay Wilder brought heavyweight boxing to his home state and now he’s helping take it to primetime. The unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion’s grander ambition beyond Saturday night’s title defense against Frenchman Johann Duhaupas is to lift the once-pre-eminent division back to prominence. ”It’s an exciting time for me and it’s an exciting time for heavyweight boxing and me bringing it back,” the 29-year-old Wilder said.