Do you really think Joshua goes 3 fights without getting stopped by Wilder?

This is a Deontay Wilder who doesn't impress against a guy named Tyrrell Herndon...

...and didn't impress much in his prime against Eric Molina.

 

Wilder hit hard enough to end anybody, showed a ton of heart in losing efforts, wasn’t afraid to go out on his shield.

AJ hits hard enough to end anybody, showed a ton of heart in losing efforts, wasn’t afraid to go out on his shield.

Except AJ is far better at actually boxing.

you really think Wilder can go three fights without getting stopped by a guy in his power class who is flat out better than him? (No, I don’t think AJ hits quite as hard as Wilder, but it’s an irrelevant difference, either hits hard enough to one shot anybody with the right punch).

 

The question in the poll specifies PRIME Wilder.

 

Sure, I agree Wilder just doesn't have enough impressive performances against top opponents.

Saying that he might win one of three against Joshua. I would give him a puncher's chance. In terms of power, Wilder/Joshua/Zhang/Dubois are all there, or there abouts. But I think Joshua coming into fights with Wilder, Joshua would have been too disciplined given the stakes - but with Joshua there is always the chance he gets a rush of blood to the head in the moment, loses composure, and Wilder catches him.

Wilder
What are his most impressive performances?
Stiverne 1 – he takes Wilder the distance – not a good sign to fight Joshua
Ortiz - not exactly prime, and was lighting Wilder up before the end (ref interference saves Wilder) – not a good sign
Breazeale – been stopped previously by Joshua, and again Breazeale was landing quite a lot on Wilder before the end, Breazeale almost beats the count too – not a good sign
Ortiz 2 – Ortiz is landing at will round after round, before Wilder finds the finish late, Ortiz almost beats the count – not a good sign
Fury 1, 2, and 3 – Fury has been dropped by several opponents, the issue is keeping him down, which Wilder couldn’t do. Also Fury was landing a lot on Wilder – not a good sign

That's the thing, everyone lands a lot of Wilder before he finds his finish. He can't afford that with Joshua.

Joshua
What are his worst performances?
Ruiz 1 – Joshua couldn’t handle the fast hands of Ruiz. It should be noted Joshua landed flush on Ruiz, whereas Ruiz had never been even dropped before. Joshua makes a massive error in trying to rush in to finish Ruiz when he gets up. – Does Wilder have the chin or the hands of Ruiz? And Wilder wouldn’t be a last minute replacement fight.
Dubois – Dubois has devastating power, but unlike Wilder is a skilled boxer. Joshua actually got up from the big overhand right. It was when he had Dubois hurt, moving him backward that Dubois found the KO punch, an uppercut. – Wilder can’t fight going backward like Dubois, and doesn’t have the punch selection of Dubois.

I suppose Wilder has a punchers chance, but anyone who thinks he wins the series is dreaming.

 

Prime wilder would put aj to sleep , at least he was very dangerous . Hearn protected aj from wilder at that time .

 

The undefeated version of Wilder that Fury fought the first time around, would have clipped AJ and would have stopped him.

The version of Wilder that we saw after the 3rd Fury was a shell of his former self. You can read down a long list of fighters who could beat that version.

 

AJ should beat Wilder but he could get clipped and we've seen what happens when Wilder lands.
Over 3 fights it's going to end 2-1 to one of them. AJ for me because once you put Wilder on the back foot he struggles and AJ was good enough to do that. BUT it only takes 1 shot. The fight would have elevated both of them really. Missed opportunity.

 

Both like operating at mid-range. Whoever lands the first big punch is going to win. Wilder can’t really fight on the inside, but A.J. doesn’t go in until he lands at mid-range first.

 

No

Joshua lacks head movement

Wilder is getting him at a certain point

Wish they fought in their primes

It would have been great

 

Joshua almost certainly gets KO'd once, probably twice, maybe all three times (I give Wilder a better shot of winning 3-0 than Joshua because the first loss would have a bigger mental effect on Joshua).

If Fury is the direct parallel, the three fights would be in America with Wilder the A-side, and that doesn't bode well for Joshua given his record in America is 0-1, choking horribly on his debut against a theoretically overmatched opponent. 2024 Dubois and 2018-2021 Wilder have different styles and attributes but they are both prime KO artists with killer instinct, which also bodes poorly for Joshua.

 

He wouldn’t have gone one fight without getting clipped by Wilder

 

Wilder was never man enough to fight him. He was never man enough to fight and beat a single live body.