Wilder is no longer a joke

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Walter Sobchak, Nov 4, 2016.


  1. cippi

    cippi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    hell yeah wilder is a top dog. but we dont know who the best heavy weight is and thats not cool .

    cuz they dont fight eachother. and its not just wilder there all doing it. and its not just heavys its all weight classes.
     
  2. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I honestly have no idea who's a joke and who's for real in the division right now.
     
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  3. Faceplant

    Faceplant Lucky Full Member

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    Wilder is certainly not the complete bum I used to think he was. However he still hasn't really fought anyone that decent. His best wins are, a sick Stiverne, duhuaps, and Spilka.
     
  4. Walter Sobchak

    Walter Sobchak Spinal! Full Member

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    It's an opinion?

    Are you some sort of badly designed AI humanoid or simply on the spectrum?
     
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  5. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    and your opinion is that you wouldn't hold an opinion like that, which brings me to ask this, you saved me typing it -

     
  6. kostya by ko

    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    At least Wilder does fight often enough and holds a belt so he IS going to have to fight someone of note sooner or later. More so than Haye who likes to have his name in the media but is just inactive for years on end. I'm just sick of all the hypothetical match-ups thrown around for both and wish they would just make their move now rather than drag things out any more clogging up the dynamics of the division.
     
  7. andrewa1

    andrewa1 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Pulev has a better resume. Pulev beat three guys usually considered top 10-15 at the time, Wilder only two. But yeah, bad as his defenses have been, his resume is technically better than the others.
     
  8. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Decent chin?? LOL Now, THAT is a total joke. Wilder's chin is pathetic. He was starched in the ams by some nobody cruiserweight and then knocked down by two of the total stiffs he's fought as pro, and rocked by several others.

    The ONLY reason Wilder hasn't been starched yet is his management continues to pick (very) carefully selected mediocrities for him to fight.
     
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  9. james5000

    james5000 2010's poster of the decade Full Member

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    Who are Pulev's 3 and who are Wilder's 2?
     
  10. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    YOu are truly the village idiot.
     
  11. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    I'd like to know this. Pulev s best win is waiting for 40something Tony Thompson to gass so he could stop him. How this makes a "top win" I have no idea, and anything below it certainly is a top win.

    Wilder has one world class win, and its not a strong one.
     
  12. RacingBeat

    RacingBeat Casual lives matter Full Member

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    Lot of woulds in this thread

    Guys need to fight each other

    Ward-Kovalev sticks out like a sore thumb, it shouldn't be like that
     
  13. Absolutely!

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    I'd consider Pulev's top three to be Chisora, Thompson and Ustinov.

    Wilder's top two I guess are Stiverne and Duhaupas (Scott would be there too if you consider that fight legit).
     
  14. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Pulev? Nah. Stiverne was rated #2 when he was beaten by Wilder. The only top tenner Pulev ever beat was #5 Dimentrinko.
     
  15. Absolutely!

    Absolutely! Fabulous, darling! Full Member

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    That's something I can't fault Wilder for, his activity level. A couple of his lesser tier wins have also come to be seen as more impressive than they were at the time, so it's not like he was bum feasting as was initially suspected. He can certainly look to up his level of competition, but in lieu of that at least he isn't just sitting on the sidelines (well, until his injury that is, but that's not exactly his fault).
     
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