Adversity is the key word. I can't have faith in a guy that will fold when things aren't going his way. Maybe Wilder wasn't the best boxer but damn it he was a tough SOB. I'll take that over a highly skilled front runner who claims he doesn't even enjoy boxing
He was an extremely coddled Glass Jawed fighter who was in at least one fixed fight that we know of and possibly more. Wilder has no skills and no Chin. None.
Where is the evidence for the elites of the division backing out of fights with him? Guys like Ruiz, Parker, Whyte, Joyce, Joshua, Dubois were all available to fight. Can you point to these guys turning down specific offers?
The Povetkin and first Ortiz fights were canceled because both those guys tested positive for roids. And wilder tried for years to get a fight with Joshua.
It seems like Joshua was willing they just couldn't agree on terms. The Povetkin test was for something that had just been banned and was legal to take just months before