Deontay Wilder: The Milli Vanilli of Heavyweight Champions.

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  1. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wilder has THE worst resume for a heavyweight champion I've ever seen! In 45 fights, he's only fought 2 fighters ranked in the top 10, and he got spanked against one of them, and got soundly outboxed by the other until he landed his atomic bomb of a right hand.

    Wilder is the biggest fraud in heavyweight boxing history.
     
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  2. Themessiah

    Themessiah El Jefe Full Member

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    Its always laughable how so many guys pick him in fantasy matchups yet he's beaten nobody
     
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  3. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    Deontay Wilder is very much like the heavyweight in the movie The Harder They Fall.

    His trainer and co-manager Jay Deas is a con man, who knew about Wilder's limitations from the beginning, and matched him very cautiously.
     
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  4. Kell Macabe

    Kell Macabe I don’t know s*** about boxing Full Member

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    By far the worst HW champ in history. If Fury retires after Whyte his resume will be absolutely ****
     
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  5. Philly161

    Philly161 "Fundamentals are the crutch of the talentless" banned Full Member

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    So he's worse than Stiverne?
     
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  6. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    Or Bruce Seldon?
     
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  7. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well stated, OP. Well stated.
     
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  8. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    Or Charles Martin
     
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  9. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    No Stiverne, Seldon, Bentt, Martin were all worse. Wilder might be the biggest fraud in terms of how over protected he was for so long but I don't think he's the worst heavyweight title holder.
     
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  10. exocet76

    exocet76 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I've been saying this for a long time. glad to see I'm not insane and making this up.
    It's like the "Hardest Puncher" in history nonsene....Like against who? the only decent fighter he fought was Fury who was considered average in the chin department beforehand had 3 attempts and failed.....
    He's not tested against anyone else and Kong might be the next best opponent but then who has he fought? Dave "white rhino" Allen?
    Pathetic. Just manufactured for the US market to have stake but was always smoke and mirrors.
     
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  11. OBCboxer

    OBCboxer Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Shelley Finkel matched him brilliantly. Say what you want about him but he picked up the sport at 19, went on to defend his belt 10 times, and gave Fury two competitive fights where he put him on the canvas multiple times. Give credit where credit is due.
     
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  12. Curlew

    Curlew Active Member Full Member

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    Windmilli Vanilli
     
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  13. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Definitely overrated as a fighter. His right hand was/is real though. But no, he really never beat a top tier fighter. He fought a lot of shot fighters and a lot of B and even C level fighters.
     
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  14. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    His power is very real, absolutely ridiculous right hand. But yes his resume is poor and overrated with one good win in fossil Ortiz
     
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  15. Philly161

    Philly161 "Fundamentals are the crutch of the talentless" banned Full Member

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    i think he's got a pretty bad resume but it's not even the worst of the recent belt holders. so he can't be absolute worst on resume in the context of era.

    and h2h it's really hard to tell. there's a lot of guys in the hw pantheon who walked into a shot or 2 and expected to be ok.
     
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