if no Joshua, who should Deontay Wilder face next?

bellew needs to stick to small HW's if he plans to campaign there
fighting wilder or fury, and I would genuinely fear for his safety

 

Wilder should fight the Furious One !

 

Whyte.....Hearn has offered that fight to Wilder as a build up to Joshua and it makes sense. As long as there’s some guarantee that Joshua is next in line in 2018, I don’t see why Wilder shouldn’t accept the Whyte showdown. Let Anthony win the title from Parker....Let Wilder dispose of Whyte and allow the hype machine build up a massive unification bout between the two best heavyweight and only champions for a showdown next calendar year. UK vs US....both undefeated knockout artists with a lot of bad blood. By that time Fury should be in shape and ready to put up his lineal title against AJ or Wileder and reclaim his titles from the unified champion who will be holding all the straps.

 

I'd rather Wilder fight Chisora than Whyte personally. Chisora arguably beat Whyte, and well Chisora Wilder would make for some entertaining press conferences. I think Wilder Chisora would also make for a more entertaining fight than Wilder Whyte.

 

Wilder is going to fight who ever is next. You Joshua fans don't get to decide that. You're business fans now. You don't get to even comment on who he should fight lol...

 

Wilder will fight Breazeale next because Breazeale can't fight at all, he was knocked out by Joshua and he is another Haymon fighter! Breazeale will take a dive if Haymon tells him to, but Breazeale is such a bad boxer he won't need to take a dive! Whyte and Ruiz are ranked above Breazeale, Povetkin is too much of a threat, so is Andy Ruiz, Miller, Wilder will never fight a legit fighter. Wilder does not want to fight Parker or Joshua, he is afraid!

 

parker, povetkin, ortiz or whyte

anyone else would just be another stop on the bronze bum non-stop express

 

I would like to see a rematch vs Dustin Nicholls, another rematch vs. Harold Sconiers.

Then to cap it all off a trilogy rematch against Stiverne.

That would cap off a great 2018.

 

All these guys with the exception of Bellew seem to be a step up for Wilder.

 

His best fights were those that never happened and that he chickened out of over spurious test results: Povetkin and Ortiz.

 

Now that Povetkin has been officially cleared by WBC he should be reinstated as mandatory. But we all know We Be Crooks don't work in a logical way like this.

 

His best options are Whyte and Ortiz. Wilder recently said he'd be willing to face Ortiz and I don't see any other top heavyweights lining up to fight Wilder for the peanuts he is offering opponents.

Whyte is the only other option where a well known fighter will face him as Whyte will bring UK money to ensure both their purses are higher than normal.

Povetkin he won't go near unless forced too, he's made that pretty clear. While like Whyte he brings money to the table, the risk is much higher.

Parker already tried to make a fight with Wilder and Wilder's team went MIA, so we can forget this fight being made. Even if Wilder and Haymon wanted it the money just isn't there.

I suspect he'll look for an easier opponent. Breazeale would be acceptable, he's been on a nice little run recently and with his recent wins over Molina and Ugonoh you could argue he'd be one of the best opponents Wilder has faced to date.

 

I can bet that the guy he will face is not even on the poll.

 

stiverne rubber match

 

I'd like to see him in with Bellew in place of the rescheduled Haye rematch. That's a very competitive match and one that'd make sense for both teams monetarily and in terms of raising Wilder's UK profile should he win. There's some genuine beef there as well and more would no doubt be created in the build up.

Whyte would be ok, though Wilder could very well blow him away in a one-sided contest which wouldn't necessarily happen with Bellew despite the weight differential.

Breazeale is a distant third in that I don't think it'd be a great match and wouldn't do anything for Wilder's profile.

Anything else is a pipe dream.