He should keep fighting undefeated fighters: Pulev Try and get Fury to pull out against Haye and fight him Helenius Jennings fight Wilder last and retire.
Yeah, but that's the easy way out. I think Wilder is much more dangerous at his younger age than older. Windmill attack, lets see if Wlad can stop it. It's easily the most casual-fan-friendly-fight right now.
I don't care who he really fights next, as long as he actually fights and puts in a better performance than what we've been seeing.
Wilder doesn't take big shots well either... He was KO'd by a Russian CW in the amateurs, in the pros he was knocked down and badly hurt by light hitting mediocre journeyman harold sconiers.. and by all accounts Wlad beat the hell out of him in sparring.. All Wilder has is a right hand, and he's very sloppy. Wlad would see it coming from a mile away and KO Wilder after he misses. I don't think a fight with Wlad and Wilder would last very long. Wilder would come out aggressive and sloppy and Wlad would KO him. Also Pulev has earned his shot by facing good competition, at this point he's accomplished much more than Wilder and is a worthy challenger. Wilders KO's mean nothing as he knocks out complete stiffs.
This. Can't fault Dr. Octopus for fighting a bunch of bums if those are all that are available, but he could at least stop fighting like a complete ***** against these no-hopers.
In Wlads 29th fight he fought 18-4 Joseph Chingangu who hadn't fought in a year, but won by DQ against an 0-2 fighter. Before that it had been more than a year since he fought and was beat by 16-5 Julius Francis. Rip Wilder all you want but lets quit with the double standards and realize he didn't/doesn't have near the same experience Wlad had at that point. Fighters need to be brought along the right way. If it was ok for an Olympic gold medalist with many more years experience than why is it no good for Wilder who had a late start in the sport?
For marketing reasons, one of the American hopes like Wilder (if he can get him in the ring) I'd vote Chisora only to see Del Boy spit blood into a bucket like he did from Vitali's fists
Less than 4 years into his career Wlad already won the European title, was WBO champion and had 36 fights, winning 35 of them... There is no hypocrisy. Wilder handlers are feeding him stiffs because they know their guy is no good, you're deluding yourself if you think Wlad was moved up as slow as Wilder is. Wilder is almost 5 years into his career and hasn't done jack ****....
If he values his career, health and continued possession of his trinkets... he'll stay as far away as possible from Deontay Wilder. Which is what i suspect he'll do once Wilder becomes the most viable contender and/or mandatory. Wilder is ALL WRONG for Wlad and him & his training staff and management team know it. If Wlad is boxing (wrassling) tentatively against t-rex armed, tiny-ish Heavyweights like Povetkin, Ibragimov & Cruiserweight Haye with their average (at best) power... Wlad is going to be practically shitting himself in the ring with Wilder, who would be the biggest puncher he's faced to date, combine that fact that he's able to match Wlad in handspeed + has a superior reach, and a wild, predatory killer instinct... LIGHTS OUT! I fail to see any scenario where Wlad makes it past 2 rounds against Wilder. 2 Rounds is the absolute max that he lasts.
All of those guys would knock Wilder out.. Heck Ibragimov could probably knock Wilder out if he came back today! All of you Wilder fans are deluded, I can't wait until this joke gets exposed so I can laugh at how all of you fell for the hype. Wilder is a modern day Michael Grant, as you Wilder fans will eventually find out...
Are you so foolish as to not realize Wlad had more amateur experience alone than Wilder has ad amateur and pro combined? Fighters like Thompson, Wach and Stiverne had all done nothing after being pro's for 5 years and fought nobodies. If you don't have the same level of disdain for every fighter who has taken this route than YES there is hypocrisy! You obviously don't understand how to bring a fighter along.
I wouldn't have a problem with this if there weren't casuals hyping Wilder as the next big thing, or Wilder calling out guys like Chisora, Thompson and Jennings and then go on to fight hasbeens and stiffs... Also Fury like Wilder has relatively short amateur career and has stepped up in competition... I wonder why Wilder hasn't stepped up... Couldn't be that his handlers are protecting him from being exposed as the hype job that he is could it :think
So your problem is the hype? Is that Wilders fault? Him and his team are going to get as much experience as possible while making as much money as possible. Personally I'd love to see him in with Fury right now. Neither of them are ready for the top 10 yet, but I think Deontay would sing him a lullaby. I regress though...my whole point is you can find plenty of fighters in history brought along this way with many making something of themselves. Its hardly fair to blame the fighter for the hype that surrounds him at such a level.
Vlad outclassed Wilder in sparring for the Wach fight, knocked Wilder down with a jab, so I would enjoy watching Vlad knock Wilder out, however, Vitali could fight Wilder before he retires. WBC ranks Wilder as #3! LOL! How can he be ranked #3 when he has never fought a ranked fighter period! I was hoping that Wilder would fight Wach next, but no way. Wilder knows that Wach would knock him out. Wilder's best right hand would do nothing to Wach. Wach is 6 foot 8 inches tall, approx. 250 lbs, too strong for Wilder and his chin is extremely strong, granite chin it is.............by the way, Vlad beat the crap out of Wach, and Wach tested for steroids after the fight..........