Jermaine Franklin is better than Wilder

No, I don't see it. Franklin has a good chin and is a decent counter puncher which means he can absorb shots and make guys hesitant to open up on him, which means he's good and surviving but he really doesn't have the weapons to be a threat to Wilder.

Anderson is the clear number 2 heavyweight right now. But he's too flawed and too easy to hit for me to favour him over Wilder now and Franklin probably lacks the fire power and work rate to beat Anderson too.

 

if wilder won't fight Miller
He should retire

 

I think Ortiz was a better win as he was undefeated and hadn’t been in the same number of wars as Whyte. Plus I think Ortiz has always been the objectively better fighter imo although if the two had fought I’m sure Whyte would have caused him trouble.

 

He might as well retire then because he wont beat Miller.

 

It's a 50-50 fight. Either Wilder going to win via KO, or Franklin going to win via UD.
Franklin already calls out Wilder, that should be a good fight, as WIlder already ducked Zhang and Parker rematch.

 

So he's beaten nobody. Thanks.

Wilder vs AJ would be a 50/50 fight, and Wilder would spark Whyte inside 4 rounds.

Franklin loses to anybody inside the top ten, let alone Wilder.

 

You could argue all you want, the official record still proves you wrong.

 

I agree with this, Franklin has beaten no one

 

Jared Anderson and Richard Torres?
I'd take them both over Franklin.

 

From a technical standpoint sure, but Wilder would still spark him out imo.

 

You seem to be missing the nuance here. Point is it's a much finer margin than you'd like to make out. Whyte eked a questionable decision past Franklin, Wilder's right hand bailed him out of a shutout by Ortiz (especially in fight 2). There's not much in it.

 

Yeah, it'd have been an interesting fight for sure. Really hard for me to pick a winner. I'd say both Ortiz and Whyte were past prime by the time Wilder and Franklin fought them though (especially Ortiz Wilder 2, where Ortiz was actually cruising more comfortably until the inevitable Touch of Death).

 

The short answer is unfortunately he isn't.......................