Deontay wilder V Mid 80s Contenders?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    If Wilder had been facing these mid 80s Contenders along the way as champ, how's he fare? Taken from 87/88ratings so as they were from that time frame.
    Michael Spinks, pre Tyson.
    Frank Bruno, pre Tyson.
    Francesco Damiam
    Tim Witherspoon
    Carl Williams, pre Tyson
    Michael Dokes, pre Holyfield.
    Tony Tucker, post Tyson
    James Douglas, pre Tyson.
    ???
     
  2. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    He'd have good chances of beating all of them, losing one fight doesn't make him turn into a bum overnight.Witherspoon beats him and Tucker,Dokes and Williams, have chances. He probably gets his right home on the others at some point.
     
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  3. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It seems classic does not like modern fighters a whole lot...I am not big on Wilder (nor am I as critical of him as many) but I imagine he runs the table against the bunch listed.
     
  4. sauhund II

    sauhund II Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What are you talking about......according to the General he is a total bum fraud cannot box cannot fight was a paper champ etc etc......he dropped out of the top ten, ANYONE in the top ten would put a pasting on him now, foregone conclusion.

    The irony, Furys best wins are a old shot WK and the bum of all bums Wilder.....and since when you get credit by beating a bum ?

    So basically those idiots reduce ANYBODY in the top ten who looses to Wilder in the future to a bum who got beat by a bum......and if by some divine invention Wilder lays out Fury in the trilogy Fury got laid out once and almost laid out in the first by a bum.....I absolute love it.
     
  5. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Witherspoon, I'd definitely say has a good chance. Even tho not prime spoon, he'd still be there late rounds.
    Williams, that Jab.. Bt that chin. That's what let's him down imo, after out scoring Wilder for a while.
    Tucker, same as Tim, not prime but good enough to take his best shot s and hit back.
    Dokes took Holyfield ten rounds around this time, be interesting to see how far he gets here.

    Bruno? Similar to the Smith fight imo, Frank leading but gets trapped against the ropes and hammered.
     
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  6. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    I'm not a big fan of his either phill, but still good enough to beat listed, butttt not blowing em over. Just my ten pence worth.
     
  7. The Senator

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    I have Wilder running that field with the exception of Spoon, with Tucker likely going the distance and Dokes, Williams and Bruno giving him trouble, but losing more often than not.

    Wilder's tools would allow him to compete in any era, he might not beat the top of the top against the true all time elite, but he can give any crop of contenders a run for their money with his big right hand and ability to maintain power late into a fight.
     
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  8. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    He would have fitted in well with them.

    I see him winning a belt, and then losing it not too long after.

    Make no mistake, for all of the disappointments of that era, there was a lot of talent around!
     
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  9. Charlietf

    Charlietf Well-Known Member Full Member

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    A peak around 83-84 Spoon would give wilder a war and would have chance to win
     
  10. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Spoon ices him, Spinks dances around him. He beats the rest.
     
  11. RightLeftCombo

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    Witherspoon imo has the best chance to beat him. Tucker probably poses Deontay problems, that could be close. Spinks was good, but a little under sized in the end analysis. Wilder likely beats the others, but quite a few of them could make it difficult though.
     
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  12. Charlietf

    Charlietf Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wilder destroys spinks
     
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  13. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    I talk about books and films when I go to the General ,I talk about boxing here, and I'm getting very picky about whom I talk with here lately!lol
     
  14. sauhund II

    sauhund II Boxing Addict Full Member

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    At least you still talk to me;)
     
  15. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Why not ,I agree with some of your posts ,and some I do not,and you're probably the same with me.But you care about boxing and genuinely want to discuss it,which seems to be getting rarer and rarer here lately.