I'm having a hard time thinking of a world champion with a resume as bad as Wilder's. Fighting unranked fighters when you're 26 fights into your pro career is terrible.
Fighters have different situations so they can’t be moved the same when they start their professional careers. Russ Anber wisely moved Wilder slow due to both Wilder’s late start at boxing and limited amateur career. However, despite moving Wilder slow when he challenged for a title Wilder barely had around 60 rounds under his belt because of all of the easy knockout wins. Fortunately for Wilder he started picking up rounds after becoming a champion, but even with over 40 fights he still doesn’t even have 200 rounds under his belt. Foreman was also moved pretty slow and carefully steered towards a title shot as well and also so that he could accumulate rounds. I remember Foreman saying how much of a difference he thought having 100+ rounds of experience under him made when he fought Frazier for the title. Foreman also followed this philosophy in his comeback despite a lot of criticism, but in the end he found success found again. Having those rounds under belt really come in handy in making midfight adjustments.
No. There have been worse. BUT...to give DW a little bit of credit, he defended it many times. Sure the level of comp was terrible, but still some credit for the # of defenses.
Definitely not lol. Primo Carnera had 80+ fights by the time he fought for a title and it's unknown how many were even real fights. The majority were in backwaters against less-than-nobodies.
One of the worst. Even SNV's resume is light years ahead of Wilder's. You can't even compare his resume to the likes of LL or Ali. Brian Nielsen is worse probably.
Exactly. He was a beholder, nothing more. And among belthoders, his resume is among the worst no question.
