Who else would beat Wilder right now?

If he's in the condition I suspect he's in:

Whyte
Usyk
Ruiz

If he's in 2019 condition, then no one other than those on your list not to be considered.

 

Whyte, Usyk, Ruiz, Parker beat Wilder "2019 condition" or not.. I suspect more would do so in the top 20. There's a reason Wilder has fought cans his entire career

 

Usyk, Makhmudov, Joyce, Hunter and possibly Ruiz (though I'm not confident in that pick anymore). Whyte is still fifty fifty simply due to how recklessly he fights at times. Parker I think finds a way to lose. He's going nowhere.

Honestly though, if Wilder is mentally broken then even someone like Fedosov might potentially knock him out.

 

Only the top 2 guys, AJ and Fury, but also want to see how much he slid since that last ass beating. A beating like the one Fury gave him the second time around can leave a fighter shot to bits, physically and mentally. I will wait to give my judgement about the rest of the top 10 until after he comes back into the ring.

 

Usyk and that literally at this moment in time is the only option bar Fury and AJ (and I’ve always favoured Wilder to hurt and finish AJ early).

Whyte, Parker, Chisora, Ruiz get stopped.

 

I think a lot of top boxers might stop Wilder if he will continue his style and not improve.
Then if bad night in the office and they will successfully counter him, he might get stopped. He definitely isn't unbeatable at all.

Ofc he too might KO a guy if he will land.

 

Hrgovic?

100% agree. If this is essentially the same Wilder as before then I would favour him against all but 5-7 guys at most. If Wilder is broken, then he could be beaten fairly consistently by second and even third tier heavyweights.

 

No chance whyte ever beats Wilder. Whyte gets sparked out povetkin style the first time wilder lands

 

Parker and Ruiz are the proven commodities for taking HW offense at his level since they both went the distance with AJ. Hard to see either getting the nod though based on workrate/optics.

Everyone else they would have to do something they've never done before, a few of them might find a way.

Or he could have lost the nerve to sell out like he used to and now he's just a gatekeeper with a long reach and athleticism. Just that guy still beats a lot of the division, it's not very deep right now.

 

I think a essential is for his opponent to be able to stay conscious should Wilder connect with their mandible, if they can deal with or at least nullify Wilders coup de grace then they are in the game, job not done but level playing field achieved.

Other than Fury and AJ i think a properly 'fit' and focused Ruiz would bring something to the table, him getting tagged by Arreola not good omen, but it his first fight back so think things could be sorted under Reynosos guidance, if not then if fight happened hope they have some strong stretcher bearers.

 

Aside from AJ & Fury I'd like to see Wilder fight Joyce most of all, then Whyte if I have to pick another HW.

 

Joyce and Hrgovic would be live dogs vs Wilder. I have seen little of Makhmudov but for some reason I think his looks are more scary than his fighting. I wouldn't put money on guys like Whyte, Parker, Hunter, Ruiz etc. Usyk might pull it off, perhaps, but I wouldn't bet on him either.

 

Wilder is fighting the WORLD Heavyweight Champion for the THIRD TIME in a couple months.

No one you mentioned has fought the WORLD Heavyweight Champion even once. Not once.

And, hell, Chisora nearly beat Whyte, Usyk, and Parker ... and he isn't even ranked.

It isn't 2017 anymore. Those clowns need to catch up to Wilder. In the past four years, he's left them all in the dust.