Did Scott take a dive?

Neither. Wilder has good power, and caught Scott unexpectedly with a sneaky curveball hook (Scott was expecting a set-up jab straight down the strike zone) on his temple and dropped him...after which Scott wanted absolutely no part of any more.

Yeah, they're friends and yeah it may have been a handshake deal where the first time Scott went down his instructions were to stay down - but on its face all we can really call this is a quit job. Anything else is stupid to suggest because we just don't know and have no way of knowing unless we abduct everyone involved and hook them up to polygraphs.

 

:deal

 

What's odd about this fight is, Scott was friends with the guy and they've sparred before.

I get it, 18 ounce gloves, still though.

You have an idea of what you're opponent is packing.

I don't know...maybe the dude hits that hard. If he does, nobody can survive his power in boxing.

 

Now that u mention it, the punch kind of reminded me of Wlad's half jab half hook that dropped Povetkin

 

Did you actually watch the replay? :huh

I think everybody is overreacting to how unimpressive the replay looks because they are too focused on the right cross. Everybody is underwhelmed by the right cross watching the slow motion replay. I get that. I was too. It really didn't land flush, barely landed whatsoever, sort of got stuck between Scott's wrists.

Ignore the right cross. Forget about it.

Look at just the left.

You don't think it was a hard shot, to land in that spot? Then you my friend have never fought...or if you have, you've been lucky enough never to get hit there.

A punch only half that hard can rob someone of their equilibrium landing where it did.

 

Deontay Wilder is being groomed by GB and Count Haymon, and his opponents are equally commited to HIS cause.

That was a ****ing dive if ever I saw one.

 

Wilder is going to get his **** chin shattered on the biggest stage.

 

Im not buying it, ive watched it several times, that left looked utterly innocuous. How about looking at Malik Scotts eyes and tell me thats a man who wanted to win??

 

Not a dive. The only thing Scott can be accused of is maybe being glass hearted. It didn't look like much of a punch, but few of Wilder's punches do. And yet he leaves big guys twitching on the canvas. His power is real guys.

Of course, Wilder's jaw is very shaky, so that is his Achilles heel.

 

Yes. Left hook landed, but the right hand didn't even touch him.

That's boxing

 

he is either packing some serious glass or took a dive or Deontay is Superman

 

He could have gotten up ,but it could had been very bad for his health.

 

Boxing is bad for your health.

 

yeah I'm sure most of us understand temple shots don't need to be hard to **** you up but please watch this again and again in real time. I know Wilder is a powerful guy..but that left hook was more of a throw away set up for the straight right like Paulie said. and the right hardly grazed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jws9K_RTCy4

 

Tyson-Ettinne was a dive. This was just power