Is Wilder still a top draw?

He never was a top draw, Fury made him relevant. That said I feel he’s gained enough exposure now people would be really interested in some fights out there.

 

He is, but he is the new David Price.

 

Depends. His name still has marquee value, he's definitely bigger and more well known that before he fought Fury and against the right opponent his is a name that would guarantee solid PPV numbers.

But is he kind of draw who could say fight Frank Sanchez or Helenius and expect to headline in Vegas and sell PPV's? No not at all, he doesn't have that wider appeal where he can just expect to fight anyone and still be PPV worthy. But then again most fighters fall into this category, fighters like Canelo and AJ are the exception not the rule.

 

For the general public, not unless he is in there with another top fighter. His name recognition alone won't sell a PPV against a scrub, it will have to be for a big fight.

I will watch him whenever he gets in the ring though, just for the excitement. Even though supporting his fights makes me hurt a little inside knowing he is just such an awful human being.

 

I'll put it to you this way... go up to any Clueless casual and ask them to name boxers... the 4 answers are normally Pacquiao, Mayweather, Fury and Wilder.... I hear Wilder more than I hear Canelo.

 

I'd say so, now more than ever. But it all rests on whether he's willing to let go of the endless rivalry with Tyson and move on. Fights with Whyte, Ruiz, Chisora, Joyce even Hunter or a relative HW novice like Gassiev would be exciting. Hell, even Rivas or Helenius would provide entertainment.

Parker would be dull, only because Parker seems to have lost all his fire, and I doubt a Joshua fight could be made, but if it could that would of course be a barnburner too.

 

Yes definitely. I don’t put much value in belts, I’m more interested in fighters that can make entertaining and exciting fights.

I read in another post, that people will now avoid Wilder, because he does not have any belts. There might be a little bit of that, but Wilder is better known since before the Fury fights when he had the belt, so is a bigger draw than before, and can be in big headline fights. Whyte manages it, and I think Wilder could generate a lot more money fighting in the UK than Whyte can. By the way I like Whyte, not fond of Wilder at all.

 

I'd pay to watch him fight Usyk, AJ, Ruiz. Absolutely. Still an exciting fighter, proved he had a lot of heart just recently.

 

Yes at the moment he is, but he will lose momentum if he goes back to fighting tomato cans.

Wilder vs Whyte/Ruiz and AJ obviously would sell well for example.

 

I’d say so.

I think he has one last throw of the dice left.

 

Wilder is a draw and even more so now that he's fought Fury with alot of media coverage in those fights.
Getting knocked out does'nt change much as far as Wilder's drawing power, Manny Pacquiao continued to be a draw after he was put to sleep by Juan Manuel Marquez.
You show up to fight in the way Wilder does and people want to see.

 

So he lost to Fury and now he can beat anyone else in the division? Really? How does that work?

 

I agree!
I think only a big skilled fighter like Fury beats him.
Big mass Heavyweight skilled heavyweight like Ortiz did well against Wilder but he was to old and lacked the height and reach Fury had against Wilder.
What other skilled big heavyweight are there in the division.
Joshua does'nt balls like Fury so I think WIlder takes him out llke he did Ortiz.

 

Said elsewhere, I wouldn't be all that surprised if Chisora beat him - yes Del can be knocked out, but unlike a lot of Wilders conquests he's got a decent chin AND would put Deontay on the back foot.

That could easily be a 50/50 fight.