WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is hard in training camp, preparing for his scheduled rematch with Luis Ortiz on November 23rd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

They met the first time in March of 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Wilder dropped Ortiz early on, but then he was badly hurt and appeared to be on the verge of getting stopped in the seventh. He was able to recover and then came back to score two more knockdowns to stop Ortiz in the tenth.

After the first bout was over, Ortiz claimed that Wilder received help from the officials - when a brief timeout was called at the start of the eight round to check on Wilder's physical state.

The second time around, Wilder wants to make a big statement by putting Ortiz away in brutal fashion.

"I had a lot of things to overcome in the first one, especially in the seventh round, but it wasn't nothing. In that round, I was talking to myself and was very clear on what was going on. I was buzzed, highly buzzed, but I had my consciousness and was coaching myself," Wilder said to Sky Sports.

"'Keep punching, Deontay, stay close'. I knew if I smothered him, he couldn't release his punches or get enough steam to hit me flush. When I survived the seventh round and came out for the eighth, Ortiz charged me. I made sure to come back with two punches, not to hurt him, but to let him know that 'I'm still here'.

"I know what I can do. But I have to prove to people each and every time. I accept that challenge. Since a little boy, I had to prove to people. They never believed in me. Same thing here, it ain't no different. I get satisfaction from a certain type of person wrong because they don't understand what they see.

"Every time I hit the bag I'm thinking about that man. Every time I hit the speed bag I'm thinking about that man. [The outcome] will be in devastating fashion."