Mmm... They're so different it's difficult to say. As much as I thought Chisora would be a nightmare for Wilder, he was just too heavy, too slow and too shot to pull it off - whilst uncomfortable, it wasn't uncomfortable enough to stop Wilder teeing off at will... And even with an easy to hit target, Wilder just couldn't get the job done. Whilst Paul has a hell of a lot of limitations, and barely won a second of that fight, it's genuinely hard to hit someone who runs terrified from any kind of engagement - it's bad enough when proper professionals get on the bike and try to potshot a victory, but JP was just trying to survive... Yes, we all thought Joshua should be able to cut the ring off sooner and stop him sooner - but he did eventually. Wilder had the easier job and one that should probably have been better suited to his strengths - it showed a heck of a lot of decline. It's also got to be considered just how much more proven (and realistically, just how much better) AJ was than Wilder to begin with... No, I do think we can still say AJ is clearly the better opponent - at least until/unless we see a clear and shocking decline post-crash. Depends how much Fury has let go, or how much he's really got left.... But realistically, yes. Then again, Wilder isn't really a tune-up, regardless of decline he'd offer little challenge technically but would need blasting out to avoid the upset - it wouldn't help prepare Joshua for Fury at all.
Almost certainly won't, but you know what... I don't mind it, in some ways - but it's probably bad for the sport. Let's face it, Wilder isn't going anywhere - so if it's all about a fight for money, why not? Well, the why not is... It'd look terrible for the sport if Ngannou won.
I'm sorry but how did Wilder have an easier job against Chisora compared to AJ fighting Jake Paul? Wilder fought a pressure fighter which is clearly a big weakness of his, as Wilder typically performs better at range. AJ fought a YouTuber who's not even in the same weight class that lost to Tommy Fury. Also, while AJ may have had a better resume overall, their recent opponents are miles apart in quality with AJ fighting two non-boxers in recent years. This isn't 2018 anymore, so we can't just assume AJ still has an edge anymore until he actually proves it.
Wilder had the easier job against Chisora than Joshua did against Jake Paul? If there was ever any doubt you are a troll, you just removed it.
In terms of who was easier to hit? No question - Chisora turned up to fight, Paul turned up to run... It will always be easier to hit someone who turns up to fight. Wilder fought a completely shot fighter, that everyone knew was shot and yet it still surprised many that he was quite as shot as he now is... Yes, pressure is one of his weaknesses - but someone as knackered as Chisora, who's as slow as Chisora now is and who gasses as early as Chisora did? The main reason it's not more glaringly obvious quite how bad Chisora was, is because Wilder was pretty poor too. Yes, Paul is crap, but he was able to duck and run pretty effectively - if he'd tried to actually engage and/or win he'd have been blown out in no time at all... It IS difficult to take out someone who's desperate to avoid engaging. We can safely assume they were levels apart at their peaks - resumes aren't remotely close, the confidence in matchmaking wasn't remotely close, etc. It doesn't really matter whether you think Wilder is mega declined, or just declined and was always extremely overrated... As he's fighting now, Joshua would have to be declined to a ridiculous degree to be worse - it'd take more decline on his part just to get them even.
I'm sorry, but that argument would only really make sense if their skills were even remotely comparable. It shouldn't be that hard for a former world champion that's in his mid 30s and still in excellent shape to cut off the ring against a guy who's barely boxed. Wilder is also shot, 40 years old and was less active against a guy who's game plan was to bob, weave and smoother. Not exactly an easy target. I expected better of you here than to try and discredit his win when you backed Chisora to stop him. I'd back that version of Chisora to KO Jake Paul in 2 rounds in any case. Well we don't know because AJ is fighting YouTubers at 36 while Wilder is facing better opposition at 40. Prime for prime we'll never know.
Up to a point... But a fit man in his prime who's trained to spoil can be tricky. Wilder is also declined, yes - but physically nowhere near as much... His performance levels are much less than they were. At the same time, yes, Chisora was clearly an easy target - the amount of swing and miss against a guy that slow is somewhat embarrassing, even with the decline. It's still a solid win, and one of Wilder's best, but the idea that it establishes Wilder as likely to be competitive against someone who was always levels above and is realistically less declined is for the birds. I wouldn't. YouTubers is plural - he's only fought one. He also has multiple contender wins, Wilder doesn't. Prime for prime isn't even a question, only rabid fans of Wilder would pretend it was any kind of open question.
I doubt wilder gets that fight now since he's back to landing RH's and hurting people even if he didn't get a KO. Fury is the bigger fight and so it's highly unlikely they choose wilder unless Fury loses next and doesn't want it. It looks like in the end AJ will retire without fighting Wilder and it will look quite bad for him. Fury, Zhang, Parker and now Chisora have all fought Wilder in the current crop. Yet AJ-Wilder was the big fight supposed to be made. AJ has had years now to do it, even with Wilder post prime.
Wilder proved he is tough is nothing else. Landed some good right hands but they didn't have the venom or speed of old. Joushua V Wilder is interesting at this stage because those solid right hands might be enough to deter a fragile AJ. Fury Wilder has been done to death you could argue it's 3-0 Tyson. The last two fights especially the last ended in a brutal KO. If Fury at least looks decent against Mak Him V Wilder makes 0 sense.
It's clear that Wilder is always in a lose lose situation for you. He overcame adversity and beat a stylistically difficult opponent. They were both on a level playing field in terms of age and condition, with Chisora having some solid wins in the build up. Wilder had one tune up with Herndon since his last KO loss. If it took Wilder 6 rounds to pin down Jake Paul you'd likely be the first to use that as an example of why he's never that good as well. Yet when it comes to AJ every excuse comes out of the book. It should not have taken him 6 rounds to KO a YouTuber who's in a weight class below him, no matter how much he ran away. He's supposed to be one of the top dogs and he looked like a club level amateur that night. Prime for prime we'll never know who would actually win. That's why it was always the big fight to make. You can make assumptions based on the opponents that they fought at the time, but let's not forget AJ also fumbled the ball when he got KO'D by Andy Ruiz. AJ is 4 years younger and should be in better shape competing at a higher level. He's not.