Wilder has to protect that fragile mandible. Hes gonna fight another fearherfisted cab driver who may expose him.
Areola has never been A+. He hasn't even been an A. He has been a solid B+ about 10 years ago, but with years of abuse he has deteriorated into an obese greaser.
Areolla isn't a terrible defense, and 2-3 years ago I would have said he would have starched Wilder. "If" Chris shows up in decent shape he will always have a punchers chance.
Would prefer if Wilder just went straight to the Povetkin fight so he can't shut some of the people up about how good they think Povetkin is and how he would have won the Wlad fight if he wasn't held, or punched in the face, or would have actually landed a punch. Same delusional fan base as Adamek had at Heavyweight. Povetkin gets Ko'd around round 5 when they finally fight.
The Arreola fight is decent but its not a Title fight by any means. Arreola has done NOTHING to earn a title shot, especially after he recent losses and how ****py he's been looking. I'm sure they could find someone with a pulse to fight or maybe an up and comer like Jennings or Joshua to take out
Arreola is an obvious A+ opponent in his prime. That would be an ATG defense by Wilder. I think that MVC agrees that fighting Arreola is even more important than fighting Klitschko. It would be a great win and a highlight of quality of Wilder's opposition! Next we could see some fights that the world is begging to see, such as Wilder vs Szpilka, Ruiz, Molina II and many more (I see that a Japanese warrior Fujimoto is now in WBC top 15, interesting)! :smoke