Helenius is a tall heavyweight with big power in both hands (Whyte, Parker and Pulev are not) and he was fit and motivated for once. By your...
Could be a negotiating tactic: Chisora wants too much, who is willing to fight for free? Maybe Wallin would take a minimal purse for the chance of...
"his wins over Duhaupas and Washington who both beat Helenius are better" So you are in the school of thought that puts Helenius outside Wilder's...
It may not be his forte (although he was pretty effective against a backfoot Fury the first time) but it's not Washington's either, or Whyte's....
"whilst utilising his jab effectively against Rivas." Fair point but Rivas is a very small HW, probably below 6' and not especially fleet of...
No and for these reasons: 1. The Pianeta (a former sparring partner) "fight" was a glorified sparring session, ring rusty Fury was getting rounds...
I agree that there's a strong mental element to engine and it can be finetuned with training but even still, there are physical limitations in...
Yet Whyte lacked the ability to cut the ring off and do any real damage to an unprepared, slow footed fighter with a very weak chin and very poor...
"Helenius would actually be Wilder's 2nd best win" You can make a credible case for anything between 3rd (after Ortiz x2) and 7th (after Stiverne...
So Chisora and Whyte couldn't stop the Finnish David Price over 12 rounds apiece, in Whyte's case Helenius on a weeks' notice in Britain? Wow.
If Ortiz "struggled" against Allen then what would you say Whyte did, considering Allen landed 4x as many punches on him and took him the full 10...
The point is that superior skills are not the be all and end all and that fighters with other attributes can be extremely dangerous. Even Puritty...
I was talking about Duhaupas actually, the Washington loss came years later. Helenius was in a slump for ages, it didn't really end until 2020.
"The idea that me criticising Kownacki who Wilder hasn't even fought somehow diminishes Wilder is ludicrous." You've said that Helenius (Wilder's...
If anyone gives an answer that isn't "Joshua-Ruiz 1" they are wrong, and not just in the last decade but in the last 8 at minimum. It's not even...
