Not to mention the Ruiz win. It's a better win than anything on anybody elses résumé bar Ruiz over Joshua
Here’s a FACT an indisputable FACT Deontay Wilder has NEVER fought a credible opponent who was at his best in his whole career! 42 fights the majority (70%+) either too poor to be ranked or outside the top 300 Yes you read that correctly Wilders record is a bad joke
You're foolish for suggesting Wilder deserves 50%. Joshua sells PPVs over 1 M and sells out 90,000 stadiums. Wilder struggles to bring in 100k PPV sales and 10k tickets, Joshua has 3 belts (+IBO), Wilder has 1. 50/50 my ass!
I don't think Joshua or the other two have a legitimate claim for being the "real champ". Sure AJ has the belts, and probably the better resume, but until they all square off against one another, then I don't think any should be called the real champ.
I heard on a boxing podcast recently that the co-host was able to buy 4 tickets for Wilder Ortiz II for... Drumroll..... $20... Yes that's right! 20 bucks for 4 tickets for the so called 'A -Side' HW champion of the world. The place was half empty. Meanwhile, AJ sells out MSG faster than any other fighter in history and back in the UK fills out 70-90k seater stadiums on a regular basis. Enough foolish talk about Wilder deserving a 50/50 split. He has no real fan base outside the hardcore boxing community. He is a professional athelete who is massively underachieving in terms of money earned and fanbase attracted. So what if he holds the so-called most prestigious belt. And, actually, it's the fighters themselves that make a belt prestigious, not the other way round. I like Wilder as a fighter. He's one of the great punchers (maybe). I say maybe because he hasn't actually KO'd an iron-chinned opponenet. If he does fight Ruiz (which apparently is being talked about) and KO's him with 1 punch I will be impressed. But no more 50/50 shite when 1 fighter (not Wilder) brings 10 times the amount of money and fanbase to the table.
Youre asking if the guy with multiple belts and the deepest resume in the division is a real champion? Its a ridiculous thread, imo.
AJ has by far the best resume and the most belts and is the universal champion. Anyone else claiming to be number needs to fight AJ and prove it, or shut the **** up as far as I am concerned. I dont think that Wilder is ever allowed to face AJ because Al Haymon doesnt want to risk losing the WBC HW belt. The Tyson Fury and Usyk fights may happen next year against AJ.