Foreman: "Wilder is not one of the best ever but he can become one"

Foreman said if Wilder knocks out Fury, he can have a place among the best of any age.

Wilder's had Fury down twice. Let's see if he can finish him in the return.

Sounds good. I'm sure he will.

Wilder is the best puncher in heavyweight history. The naysayers are coming around.

 

Its going to be real funny when he still be recognized as the guy who wouldn't or planned on fighting either Klitschko and gave up 120 million for undisputed ,this will over shadow any win he gets .

1. Needs wins over Fury ( he lost that one )

2. Needs a win on Joshua ( its the only other top 6'6 guy with power and title defenses that held multiple titles he avoided )

He needs to do at least these two things ,and if Joshua wins should he run away again from it since he openly wants Ruiz ,theres no way in hell he can really be ATG ,and only jokers think it.

Only JOKERS could think ATG's run away from titles being offered to them in Undisputed fights AND even promised rematches ? lol ,realistically I see him as a scared fighter when it comes to AJ so unless he defeats him I don't care what he does .

 

Needs to beat fury then beat another 2 - 3 solid top 10 guys before we can start considering him a great. His record is far too weak atm. All he has is a draw against the only real name on his record.

Fury was cherry picked for a reason, big name and not much danger of being beaten up and knocked out.

A proper test for wilder will come against the likes of ruiz, AJ, Whyte etc when he's actually in their with someone who's coming to take his head off not try and out box him ala ortiz and fury.

 

I think Foreman is right, Wilder is nowhere near at the moment, however he has vastly improved his credibility and resume over the past 2 years. He is obviously a bit of a late bloomer, but that's fine - his career when it's over will be judged as a whole and if he can continue as he has done recently for another 5 fights, beating top 10 opposition and unifying the division then he will have to start being talked about as the best fighter of this generation and possibly an ATG depending on the opposition and manner of victory. Certainly if he can beat Fury in the rematch, followed by the Ruiz/Joshua winner and one of Whyte, Usyk, Parker then he will force people to reconsider their opinions. Of course, no matter what he does, people will always point to his earlier career amounting to not very much, but every heavyweight career has highs and lows and you can criticise anything if you set your mind to it.
Personally, I still think Wilder is likely to come unstuck in one of his upcoming fights if he continues against top opposition, but he will always be highly dangerous and a loss wouldn't necessarily spoil his chances of being considered up there, if he avenged it and/or came back to dominate once again.