Right away, as soon as I saw Washington's jab getting close and his style and the way he moved and his feints, and his footwork, I thought Wilder was on his way to getting knocked out. Wilder honestly looked like ****. He does this bow and arrow jab, which leaves his head wide open, and he doesn't know how to set his shots up. But then out of nowhere, Wilder hit him with ONE power shot, and the look of FEAR was all over Washington's face. How can people hate a guy with this much power? Honestly, I just don't get it. People today hate dudes like GGG and Wilder, who are REAL GANGSTERS. Why? Stiverne and Washington were good fighters. Honestly, there aren't that many top guys in the heavyweight division. I'd say, Joshua, Wilder, Povetkin, Klitschko, and Fury, and that's pretty much it. Wilder will get to them in due time. Remember, he just came back from a torn bicep tendon. That's serious stuff. But why do people also hate GGG? I just don't get it. The dude has fought solid people too. Jacobs is probably his best competition, but dudes like Canelo are scared and running. You know how I know Canelo is scared? Because look at how GGG approached Brook who is a much harder puncher than Mayweather. Now, I'm not saying GGG's approach was smart, but he sometimes walked through Brook's punches to knock Brook out. Compare that to Canelo that fought as if Mayweather had Mike Tyson power. Canelo is not nearly as gangster as GGG. I'm not saying Canelo would necessarily lose to GGG due to styles, but he's not real gangster. If he was, he would have done what he had to do to inflict more pain on Mayweather.
Talk about being all over the place. If you want to discuss boxing, pick a single topic and stick with it.
Kind of makes you wonder... If Washington could do that, what would prime Austin, Whitaker, McCline, Jefferson and Grant have fared against Wilder? Many of those guys get written off as being terribly mediocre in retrospective analysis in the late 90s-00s, but I'd have to say most would be a favorite against Wilder.
Washington looked like he could box so long as the fight was going at a slow pace and his opponent wasn't putting on any pressure. But then again that's not all that impressive.
holy cow what a novel, didn't read I got a easy way to counter "Washingtons boxing". Was it Washington could box or was is Wilder is a trash boxer?!
to me Washington was very tentative vs a guy doing nothing. he probably should have been more aggressive vs a very flat Wilder but he was soon timed and caught lots of people making a lot out of last night
I have at least one big pet peeve about judging a boxer's skill, and it's basically "the eye test." People will look at how a boxer performs against poor opposition and assume that the skills and abilities demonstrated against poor opposition will hold true against elite competition. This is nonsense. These aren't actually random homeless people we're watching. Even terrible boxers have trained for years and years and gotten a solid grasp of boxing fundamental. Even terrible boxers know the basics of jabbing, footwork, etc. That they can demonstrate these skills under no pressure is not actually meaningful. It's actually completely meaningless. Is Wilder such poor opposition? No. Not technically. But last night Wilder -- for some reason -- decided to put on no pressure for the first 3-4 rounds. The fact that Washington could perform "well" against no pressure is meaningless. We can conclude nothing from last night's performance. That's just my opinion. Go ahead and disagree. Go ahead and continue to make stupid predictions like Arreola will trouble Wilder. Go ahead and believe that Washington isn't a bum that Wilder was trying to pass off as a challenge, and be surprised when Wilder KOs him "out of nowhere."
Washington was schooling Wilder man.. If Wilder didn't have that game changing power, Washington probably would have cruised to a decision.
I wouldn't say he could box, he's just really unorthodox and off balance, Wilder didn't know what to do. It's like when Ali fought Bonavena.
If you let the guy get on the inside and stick out your left and leave it hanging while standing like a statue that's what happens. Legs are meant to keep you out of range. Ask Klitschko. He learned the hard way-by getting flattened two times. This is one of the guys who flattened him: Cory Sanders WBO heavyweight champion Despite the fact that he had fought only three rounds in the last two years, the World Boxing Organization sanctioned a challenge to their heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. On 8 March 2003, Sanders provided a stunning upset in Hanover, Germany, by dropping Klitschko four times to snatch the Ukrainian's belt by a second-round knockout. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrie_Sanders
