I don't believe Wilder/Liakhovich is a joke...

Liakovich can still rip to the body. Probably his best remaining asset.

He really tore up Helenius to the body, and landed some ok stuff on Jennings downstairs as well.

Wilder is even taller than Helenius, there's going to be a lot of body there for him to work. Certainly not a bad thing for the White Wolf.

Liakhovich is also willing to throw punches with his opponent, usually a left hook. He's not prone to clamming up. Could be dangerous for Wilder... Getting caught in an exchange.

To beat Sergei you usually need to beat him half to death. Wilder better blast him out relatively early because he doesn't have the tight, eat muff defense that Helenius and Jennings used against Sergei.

 

I just don't see the upset happening.

His performances were too hit and miss even in his physical prime. I'd like to see Sergei show up and give a serious effort to see how Deontay can handle someone who won't go away easily, but I have my doubts as to whether SL's got it in him.

Stranger things have happened, though.

 

I like liakhovich! hes past it no doubt after all the wars he had especially with lamon brewster... but im not sold on wilder either! hes got crazy power though

 

There goes Wilder's perfect KO ratio. The real question is can Wilder last 10 rounds?

 

I don 't either, but if you take sergey out of the title then
i do find the other to be a joke.

 

It is a joke either way. Wilder's career is moving at a snail's pace. It's unfathomable why such a highly hyped boxer would waste his physical prime fighting trash cans day in day out. I wish he dropped from the HW scene along with Boytsov, both of whom have been wasting our time for years.

 

Besides the Valuev match (Where he was a fat blob) where has he ever just phoned a performance in?

He fought spirited efforts till' the end in his last two losses.

His weight has been in the low 230's as well, which is not a bad weight for him. Lightest he's been in several years.

Not saying the guys going to win but he's not Audley ****in' Harrison in there.

 

"Safety first, wear a dental-dam"? :conf

 

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I'm not even editing that post because it's so funny

 

If we still had signatures...

 

This will certainly be his best win to date. I have met Sergei in his prime down in Phoenix. He was pretty lazy in the gym even then. You cannot deny his talent though. I suspect Wilder will stop him 4th rd.

 

Liakhovich is not a bad fighter. Notice Wlad never fought Liakhovich. Liakhovich beat the Prime Brewster that beat Wlad and other Euro hype jobs. The only reason the Wlad ***s are saying he is over the hill is because he lost to Jennings. He is not the fighter he was true but its not a bad fight for Wilder. Its nice to see a fighter being managed well insted of throwing in with someone after 15 fights. Wilder is a powerful fighter and he will win the belts when given the chance.