Agreed. Blow out for Wilder and one of the premier matches of guys to put him in with. The Norton footwork issues rears its head here. Plus the fact that Wilder throws a straight right hand. Much much more winnable fight for Kenny if this guy threw a looping shot like he himself or a Bowe did. But Kenny has to come straight in to this long reach and firepower to do anything. He is not going to last either walking into a punch or being at the end of a punch. The other thing was Kenny usually warmed up and hit his top gear around the 4th or 5th round. Then the opponent was in for a tough night's work. Problem is the initial rounds. He is fortunate this guy does not throw a lot of punches. The other side of the coin is Wilder keeps his punch the whole fight==unlike so many other hitters. Kenny better abondon that long looping right hand to the body from way on the outside against this guy as well. His hope is that oddball jab confuses Wilder, but the easiest punch to counter is a jab. And if Wilder comes over the top of that jab, it's all over. But any shot from Wilder has Norton backing up and that defense and punch resistance is not there for the shots this guy throws.
Norton is the more skilled boxer. But Wilder can always win if he connects with a big punch. So the question arises: can he connect or not ? That determines your winner. Normally, I lean more towards a Norton decision, but anything can happen.
Honestly I hate Wilder, but it’s fair to assume he has a very good chance of knocking out Norton at some point. Regardless of the round it could happen, Norton would undoubtedly be up on the cards.
