Deontay Wilder reportedly spent $40,000 on ring-walk costume

Deontay Wilder, who fights Tyson Fury on Saturday, reportedly has spent $40,000 on the outfit he will wear into the ring.

Do you think Deontay Wilder takes his ring-walk costumes seriously?

The heavyweight champ, who defends against Tyson Fury in their rematch Saturday night in Las Vegas, reportedly has spent $40,000 on the outfit he will wear into the MGM Grand Garden Arena ring.

Wilder wouldn’t say what sort of costume we can expect but he told TMZ Sports that it will make an impression.

“Oh my goodness! It’s going to be amazing man,” he said. “Come Saturday night, one of the things that I made a promise to myself talking to my advisor Al [Haymon], when I got to a certain point into my career, I said, ‘I wanna give the boxing fans, I wanna give the world something that they can remember me by.'”

“Not only just the knockouts, but me expressing myself before coming out and entering into the ring.”

Wilder told TMZ that the costumes are both part of his legacy and an investment.

“Spending money on these costumes and stuff … I know they’re going to turn to millions,” he said. “It’s gonna be 10 million, 40 million, after I get finished, because of the things I’ve done in boxing and the way I was able to do it in.”