Breazeale best oppenent Wilder has faced in 40 fights?

I didn’t buy Stiverne excuse how can a HW suffer from severe dehydration, you would have to be the dumbest athlete alive to dehydrate yourself for no reason.

Breazeale has better wins than Duhaupas who lost to people like Teper but Duhuapus is a tough man just Breazeale. If it gets into a shoot out Breazeale will fall because Wilder will not gas like Ugonoh did.

 

What happened after? Lool no point out boxing someone when you get blasted out in 5 rounds,

 

He has the most accomplished resume compared to Wilders previous opponents.

 

Breazeale's record is hardly outstanding. He was very lucky to get the decision over Kassi. He was very lucky Mansour sustained an injury though Breazeale did well to recover from the knockdown.

 

None of these guys resume are outstanding though. He just has the best wins out of the lot.

Yeah that Kassi fight was close so he got some luck there, but he wasn’t lucky that Mansour bit his tongue it was his fighting that caused it IMO, did Mansour bite his tongue against Kassi, Washington or Kaufman?

 

True none of them have been truly tested at a higher level so their resumes lack any real names or depth.

No he didn't bite his tongue against them which is why it was lucky for Breazeale. I mean if it was down to how Breazeale fights, we'd see more of his opponents bite their tongue. It was just a freak accident, hence why he was lucky.

 

he should be, if he doesn't get popped for peds before the fight happens.

1) Breazeale (if it actually takes place)
2) Stiverne (from the first fight, second not in top 10 by a long shot)
3) Duhaupas
4) Washington
5) Scott (but he took a dive)
6) Szpilka
7) Molina
8) Arreola
9) Firtha
10) Greer?

 

There isn't really one name you could say was head and shoulders above anyone else on Wilder's resume. Stiverne was the most highly rated at the time, but it's clear in hindsight that he simply wasn't that good. Scott was probably the most skilled, followed by either Szpilka or Washington. Both men brought different challenges, Szpilka with his head movement, Washington with his jab and height. Duhaupas was the toughest of the meat and potatoes guys followed by Breazeale, though Breazeale has a slight power edge making him the more dangerous operator.

If forced to pick one name I'd still have to say Stiverne, just because of his standing and ranking at the time Wilder fought him. But that's the only reason I'd pick him because, frankly, he kinda sucks.

 

Breazeale really isn't that great either. As someone pointed out he was very lucky to beat Fred Kassi, a man that was knocked unconscious by Amir Mansour, beaten down by Jarrell Miller and easily handled by a quite green and sick Hughie Fury. Lots of people actually had Kassi winning the fight. He also sustained major damage from Mansour, whom Gerald Washington handled fairly easily in the early rounds, and nearly got taken out by Ugonoh. In both cases his mental and physical toughness and will to win got him back into the contests. That's commendable but if he had a half decent understanding of defence, jabbing and footwork he'd never have to find himself in those sorts of situations. I'd put him on a similar level of threat to Duhaupas. He doesn't belong any higher than that IMO.

 

That’s nonsense, if Breazeale just laid down he wouldn’t have put himself in position to win. Breazeale took Mansours best and Mansour quit, that’s what that was. I don’t believe in luck in regards to injuries.

 

I guess that's true. Though I disagree with your last sentence. For example I don't think the amazing movement of the walking god Charles Martin had anything to do with Glazkov's knee injury. But in regards to Breazeale/Mansour it wasn't just the tongue, he apparently had a fractured jaw and that's clearly down to Breazeale riding out the rough moments and fighting on to eventually grind down his opponent.

 

No love for Malic Scott? I think he beats Arreola.

 

Yeah I heard Breazeale broke his jaw, which may have had something to do with injury. I knew you would bring up the Martin vs Glazkov lol. Glazkov must have had injury coming to the fight just like Zepeda and just like Haye. He shouldn't have went into that fight if he wasnt as prepared as he wanted to be. I don't give Martin really any credit but at least he was fit enough to last more than two rounds.