Wilder IS a hype job

So why wouldn't Tyson take the fight?

Cunningham was a somebody? Vinny Maddalone? Nic Firtha?

Wilder is ranked in the top 10 by the WBA is undefeated and all knockouts. I'd say that would make an attractive scalp for Fury if he's all that. And you say Wilder is a nobody, so why shouldn't Tyson fight him?

I'll tell you why: he knows what would happen.

 

Cunningham, Firtha and Maddalone are a level above anyone Wilder has fought.

Tyson shouldn't fight him because he's got the option of a final eliminator with either the IBF or the WBC. If Wilder can put the same on the table then Fury should bite his hand off because he would beat him handily.

 

Despite his limitations Fury should take a Wilder fight if its offered. Wilder is an excuse for a boxer.

 

Fury will brutally KO Wilder..... (as long as he can sort out his weakness to the overhand right) Deontay is ****.

 

Not true, really, on the opponents: Kelvin Price has a better win over Tor Hamer than either Firtha or Maddalone in their careers and was undefeated; Manswell is on par as a journeyman with either Firtha or Maddalone. And Audley has a better heavyweight resume than Cunningham (has he won a heavyweight fight?) based on his prizefighter wins and rematch victories.

You're saying Wilder isn't any good ... then you're saying the risk is too great for Tyson to take the fight.

So which is it? If Wilder hits him a right hand as cleanly as Cunningham did, lights out.

 

1) I'm not saying Wilder is no good
2) I'm not saying the risk is too great

They're simply at different stages of their careers and because of that Tyson not fighting him wouldn't class as a duck.

If the WBA say that Tyson V Wilder would be a final eliminator then Tyson should think very carefully about taking it. It's probably lower risk than Stiverne, Arreola or Pulev.

 

Well, every fighter, literally is at a different stage of his career than every other. What exactly does that mean?

Fury and Cunningham or Fury and Firtha were at different stages of their careers. Heck, Wilder and Audley were at different stages of their careers.

Fury and Wilder are both in the top 10 -- Wilder in the WBA, Fury in the WBC and IBF (you could argue that neither should be ranked thus, or that both should, given the state of the division of late, but whatever you think they are both, in fact, contenders).

If Fury believes in his bull****, he should take the challenge. Wilder, whatever his detractors think, seems most willing.

 

Wilder is just one of several dudes that are bubbling under, he's still to make a real statement though. Dear old Audley was never going to be a stern test.