Deontay Wilder: Analysing his first step up fight

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  1. bjl12

    bjl12 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is plainly incorrect. Nobody ducked Luis Ortiz. Was he poorly managed? Probably. But there's a very long list of fighters who check the box too...basically the entire PBC team. Like every would-be fight, there's always 2+ sides and Whyte offers legitimate reasoning here:

    https://talksport.com/boxing/430052/dillian-whyte-called-out-luis-ortiz-responds-instantly/

    Again, I think Deontay is a ton of fun but he's just an ordinary HW. In the 70s or 90s he gets flattened. If he came up even 10 years earlier he would've even lost to Haye (whose sparring videos displayed some big shots). Wlad, Vitali, and Lennox win via stoppage. Wilder may win a couple against the next tier: Ruiz, Byrd, Rahman, old Tyson, Tua, Holyfield, Peter, Povetkin, Chagaev, HW Toney.

    Luis Ortiz though was a decent-good win. It wasnt anything special. Parkers shutout of Wilder was more impressive as was Zhangs TKO win.