Jack Sharkey vs. Wilder

I’d pick Sharkey. Wilder’s always been hot garbage in my book. Of course the height and reach he could land the bomb and ko the much smaller (but infinitely better boxer) Sharkey.

 

To cut a long story short, Tyson fury's resume crumbled tonight.

His resume depended heavily on his trilogy with Wilder, who just lost to a Joshua victim, who was also a victim of others less qualified.

To make things worse, Joshua dominated a man, who had taken him to the edge of disaster.

What does that leave him with?

Hopefully people on this forum taking their time, before announcing an active fighter as an all time great?

 

What happened to the ATG with his nuclear right tonight?

 

Simple.

No fighter has ever been great, based on a nuclear right hand, however potent.

 

I don’t think a fight plan would have helped sharkey much. And sharkey doesn’t have the physical tools Parker has which was against a shot wilder anyway

 

So, against whom were Wilder's peak performances (and, one presumes, his best wins)?

 

Sharkey literally had every tool in the box, except a wise mind.

 

I’d pick him to get knocked out by wilder between 2015-2020

 

Not a dangerous pick, but not exactly a safe pick either.

If Sharkey figures out how he operates, before the fight, then Wilder is in deep trouble.

 

Parker woudl have been comfortably his best win.

 

I don’t think so regardless. Sharkey had nothing to hurt wilder with. He’s 5’11” and barely 200 lbs. he wouldn’t take those punches.

 

Wilder clearly isn't going to win on the cards here.

Sharkey is not the kind of guy who you are going to take out by head hunting, however hard you hit.

Just saying.

 

Agreed, had he managed to pull it off.

I'm just wondering - if this version of Wilder is going to be considered old and shot - what then is the benchmark for Wilder at his best? Or, put another way, what types of opponent did Wilder excel and look good against?

 

Wilder could win it on the cards if sharkey is knocked down repeatedly, constantly staggered and forced to be perpetually on the defensive. But either way I don’t see it going to the cards. He wasn’t Ali, Holmes, Louis, Lewis or Klitschko.

 

His record against ranked opposition, currently stands at 3-3-1, and should be 3-4.

This is a classic case of a fighter running into trouble, when they run into the top 10.

If he his past his prime, then by god he should have done more with his prime, and it's only his fault if he didn't.