No, because he fight 99,98% bums, and the 0.01% he fought against 50 years old chinny guy who never face anyone on notice, and the other 0.01% he face no power, absolutely feather-fist Fury, who beats him 1,2,3, but the judges gift Wilder with the draw.
Wilder has the tendency to *****-slap trolls, most of us thought it was a few incidents. Are you implying that Wilder beat up ~thousands of internet trolls?
Wilder is a good boxer. He is an expert at swinging wild. He has height, stance, power and speed. His conception allow him to use wild power punches when he feels his position and his opponent are in the sweet spot. I am not saying he is very good, he gets countered occasionally and I think Joshua beats him. But no one can fight like Wilder and become a champion which proves he has a style of his own. Some people consider Tyson Fury an extremely skilled fighter, and he risks being KOed in the rematch. It tells you that Wilder is better than he looks. I am sure he fully understand all the tricks in the book despite having his own style.
I am sorry I am late, but the only way Wilder has exposed boxing is to show that they manufacture champions out of **** these days. Wilder does not have a single decent victory. Not one. They are all against fighters who are morbidly obese, on heart medicine, are are part time fighters/pastry chefs/school teachers. As for fury, who, by the way, is beleived by 80%-90% of the boxing community to have won their fight, have we suddenly forgot that he spent two years off of boxing ballooning to 400 pounds and doing cocaine? If I need remind you, that is the only reason Wilder fought him, and he still lost. So yes, Wilder has exposed boxing's corruption, but not the quality of it fighters.
Elite athletes who are genetically gifted would be elite in almost all sports if they dedicated there lives to it from a young age like they have with there current profession. Work ethic, genetics and champion attitude is a language all sports understand.
I agree completely, most fighters have bad days. Francesco Pianeta went the distance with Fury, Pianeta was previously stopped by Old man Kevin Johnson who was 31-8-1 and 92 years old at the time, was that another "bad day". Look, It's the manner of Fury's wins that are the issue for me, the performances, he talks a great game, promises knockouts and everything else and then messes around, fiddles his way through fights and boxing fans who think they are more intelligent than they are see "art" in it and "sublime skills", it's boxing snobbery. When a fighter just goes in against Fury and has real go, goes at him, Fury looks dreadful and struggles, Wladimir didn't throw a punch for 11 rounds, the moment he did in the last round, he connected. Wallin, didn't give a toss for Fury's reputation, threw punches and connected. When Wilder let his hands go, he dropped Fury, Wilder tricked himself, he over complicated the situation. Steve Cunningham, half the size of Fury, threw punches and dropped Fury heavily. Going further back.. early in his career, John McDermott, threw punches and Fury struggled badly. When fighters let their hands go against him, they have sucesss, if a Wilder, AJ or maybe even a Whyte have real go at him, they will beat him. I am convinced Wilder won't be so negative and cautious after watching Fury against Wallin, Wilder will end Fury and should end him quickly.
Oh, he's a vulnerable fighter, no doubt. I am not betting on him next month. And it's not art or skill, it's most God given reflexes and fighting instinct that he possesses. Apparently it's hard to be too aggressive against him. He's massive, has light feet and creates distance at a whim. Unfortunately, he also gets sucked into his own bravado like against Cunningham when he hung his chin out to dry for no reason. I think his game has frayed and that WIlder will bide his time and find the KO.
Being a heavylifter does not make you a great athlete ... idiot . Basketball requires far greater athletic ability than lifting a block of heavy metal. Most NBA players, pound for pound , are far superior from an athletic standpoint than most of today’s boxers.
Fury has a garbage resume himself. he fights old guys, bums, little guys, and guys with no power. he has a glass jaw to protect.