Who has the greater legacy, Anthony Joshua or Deontay Wilder?

Joshua, easily. Both share 2 common opponents in Helenius and Breazeale, but aside from them, Wilder only has Stiverne, Ortiz and Arreola. Joshua has Whyte, Parker, Povetkin, Ruiz and an old Klitschko. Not the greatest HW resume you'll ever see, but it's far better than anything Wilder has got.

 

I've been one of the people who has been utterly uninterested in AJ since day one thanks to his manufactured image and persona. I also think that Wilder would ko him if they fought (after getting whooped on for a few rounds I think that right hand would wipe AJ out).

However, in terms of where they stand legacy wise, this isn't even a discussion. It's AJ all day. I might not like the guy, but he held the division on his shoulders while Fury had a coke break and Wilder was knocking out people that had no hope against him.

 

Wilder's draw against prime ATG Fury betters AJ's entire cv.

 

Joshua's best wins

Wladimir
Povtekin
Parker
Whyte
Takam
Ruiz
Pulev
Molina
Martin
Breazeale
Helenius


Wilders best wins

Ortiz x2
Stiverne
Helenius
Breazeale
Arreola
Szpilka
Molina

Joshua for me.

 

Joshua's legacy evaporated the day he quit against Andy Ruiz.

Andy Ruiz Jr.'s top 5 career wins:

5. "Shot" Kevin Johnson by competitive decision

4. "Shot" Chris Arreola by competitive decision

3. "Shot" Siarhei Liakhovich by competitive decision

2. "Shot" Luis Ortiz by controversial decision

1. "Prime" Anthony Joshua by 4 KD beatdown + NOMAS7

 

A highly controversial draw that pretty much no one believes Wilder deserved context is needed here.

115-111 scorecard for Wilder was corruption at its finest.

And Fury is not an "ATG" have a lie-down please.

 

Joshua for sure. Wilder has a better YouTube highlight reel, tho.

 

Duhaupas and Washington KO'd Helenius, yet you omit them while including similar level opponents on Joshua's listed record. And I don't know if Takam is much better than Scott: the both have the same win over Thompson, the same loss to Chisora, Takam ducked Ortiz while Scott fought entirely to survive against Ortiz and neither have KO'd anyone of any note.

 

bodybuilder has no legacy

nobody in history will take anyone who quits against jabba the hutt seriously

 

The context is given by the trilogy between Fury and Wilder which secured both's place in the history books.

Who from this generation of Heavies is an ATG, if not Fury?

He is arguably the H2H GOAT, a first ballot HOFer, undefeated, lineal, etc etc. Beat the MAN from the previous era and the other MAN from his own era. Historically speaking, that's ATG criteria.

 

Wilder after he knocks Joshua out.

 

Joshua and it’s not even close.

Wilder has always been a protected fighter. The biggest name on his resume is an ancient Ortiz who in turn has nobody on his resume. Every time Wilder faced a top level guy (the trilogy against Fury) he lost each time with a draw gifted to him in the first fight. There’s a reason Fury targeted him instead of Joshua when he returned.

 

Lol
That's not even close. Joshua beat almost all top 10 hw and Wilder got only 2 from best 10.

Joshua take all fight and dont avoid anybody. Defend his titlles with all who was official pretendents. Wilder avoid 2 of Joshua top 10 wins for almost 5 years.

If You really dont know who got better resume I just recommend You check with who Wilder plan to fight when Joshua announced his history fight with Dr. Steelhammer...

*a little hint- that was boxer from Poland.