First can you explain why he should take an easy fight now? Is it your opinion that these guys fight one tough opponent a year and that's it? Thank god fighters didn't do this when I was growing up.
He was pretty good even after he failed tests unlike Povetkin. It's more than obvious. He did demolition job on Jennings while Povetkin struggled to ko some C level boxers.
Scott was knocked down several times and Scott is also a lot better than Rudenko or Hammer or wtf were their names. Scott actualy showed that he could box in some of his fight. Like vs Glaszkov. Maybe he could not drop Allen but Allen also said that Ortiz hits far harder than Joshua Maybe Allen hides some granite chin :O
Well he's due now, he just fought Ortiz. Give the guy a break he needs 39 easy ones then he'll fight Joshua.... He needs that second wind again and proper time to prepare, fans have to be patient, boxing's a business!
if he wants a legacy he has to fight tough fighters. Taking it easy at this point will not do anything.
What the **** are youse talking about? It doesn't matter what he's done up to this point. It doesn't matter what you think of his resume. If for whatever reason the undisputed fight isn't next who is this supposed boogie man that's going to give Wilder anything but an easy fight? If they fight their mandos, Wilder-Whyte and the winner of the unified titles against Pov, those are easy ****in' fights. The **** difference does it make if Ortiz was hard enough work to justify an easy one, there ain't nothing but easy ones outside of undisputed from here. So, if the unified champ goes for Pov then yes Wilder deserves Whyte or some such similar easy work. Same for vice versa, if Wilder bes a ***** the Unified champ has earned his relaxation against Povetkin or Pulev or whatever similarly never been a real world champ and never will be level ****er. Y'all just ***** at each other on every thread applicable what like the narrow differences in the thread itself has changed the tune of the bitching. Think for two ****ing seconds rather than getting yer ***** all dried and cracked because some ******* you already know is an ******* because you done argued him for months over the same **** said something you don't like, like that's a ****in' shocker. Ortiz and Wlad have ****ing nothing to do with anything anymore. They positioned the men, that's it, they're in position now, usefulness ****ing over. Being in position affords them easy fights because outside of their own position that's all there is. So unless your opinion is "No he doesn't deserve to duck AJ" or some such, the **** are you talking about? There is no jockeying for position anymore there's only making the fight and ducking. That's ****ing it. First man to fight a none undisputed title fight is the duck, the other earned his relaxation by the former being too big a ***** to fight him.
The bar is being set low for these modern heavyweights. 20 years ago, Ortiz would have been considered an easy defense.
Should he have an easier fight than Ortiz? Probably, because I only rate Joshua and Wilder as definitively above the Cuban anyway (any pair of Ortiz/Povetkin/Parker would be a very close match up IMO). But Wilder should still be looking for top ten opponents to maintain his momentum, somebody like Pulev, Miller or the Whyte/Browne winner. They'd all be solid, respectable options.
He had a war which he just got out of so I wold think that would mean he get a leave pass.. If you believe what he says he wants AJ next so no easy fight for him...