Better Champion: Randall Bailey or Deontay Wilder?

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Better Champion?

  1. Bailey

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  2. Wilder

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  1. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Of the two very limited skill wise but knock you out cold from nowhere types who was a better champion overall?
     
  2. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis "The David Haye of Loma's Gay" -Edgar Allan Poe Full Member

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    Wilder's bad, but not that bad. Bailey wouldn't have won crap in a 2 belt era. I mean, neither would Wilder, but he may at least have been a contender, not so sure about Bailey.
     
  3. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    I dunno. I think Randall has a number of better wins than Wilder does. I rated Mike Jones more than I did geriatric Ortiz.
     
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  4. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis "The David Haye of Loma's Gay" -Edgar Allan Poe Full Member

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    Meh, I think Ortiz still had something left in him, Jones was barely a top 10 rated fighter for like a year and then popped out of existence. Both of their resumes are basically nonexistent, to be fair, so even comparing them is a hard task on its own.
     
  5. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    Given that Bailey was only 4 and 6 in world title fights it is very tough to pick him. I will go with Wilder.
     
  6. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    I don't think Wilder would have been in 10 world title fights had he fought better opposition earlier on.