The real question is ... Who among the past champions does Wilder even beat? I don't hate Wilder but I don't see him beating any champ from the past ... I guess he beats Leon Spinks haha
There are a few I’d pick him to beat. For all his short comings he has a pretty good chin, decent stamina, a lot of heart and of course a punch as dangerous as anybody’s.
Prime for prime, or historically possible context? Prime for prime you would be justified in favoring Wlad. However Wlad was probably ready to be taken, when the fight was likely to happen.
WK was walked down by two pro punchbags......blitzed by a flash in the pan who never ever won a meaningful fight besides WK.....went life and death with unskilled caveman Peter and came within a hair of defeat..... Wilder has a draw and a loss to the best in the current division...........with a less lenient Ref Fury might have been waved off in the first and without the 1 in million shot behind the ear which made Wilder useless after we would have a different out come in the second because Fury always gets sloppy as the fight progresses and sloopy Fury got but Wilder could not capitalize on it due to being scrambled by the 1 in a million shot. Fury won fair and square.......but Wilder did not roll around on the canvas countless times or collapse from wind punches like WK...Wilder fought til the end and was stopped by his corner not himself or the Ref. I take Wilder because WK would never ever bring the fight to Wilder like Fury did, he would fight scared like he fought Fury/Hayes/Peter etc and would try to box from range which would give Wilder every opportunity to land his money punch while most likely behind but WK's glass aint taking it, that is a fact.
Didn’t they spar and it ended with Wilder twitching on the floor? I know it’s sparring but it’s the most likely outcome. If I’m wrong about the sparring story please correct me it’s what I remember from a post on here
Wlad by KO. He is the far better boxer with the superior skills. That being said, Wilder still has a puncher's chance, that is because of his immense power and Wlad's glass chin so it is not out of the question. But my money would be on Wlad as he is the logical pick.
If Klitzkoes had a good chin he wins 10 out of 10 times. Because his chin wasn't great, he'd win 9 out of 10 times.
Man you just know Dino is gonna hop on that "UberKlitschkoForever train" and pick Wlad to flatten Wilder.