Those scorecards were atrocious

I had the same score. I think I gave Wilder the 4th, 6th, and one other round after that (but not the 12th).

What impressed me most was Wilder paced himself extremely well. He took some rounds off, but he never overextended himself when the temptation of inexperience surely could have overcome him. He was disciplined, and is a good deal smarter than I thought.

His people did him a great disservice by not stepping him up in competition much sooner.

 

But they jumped from step 1 to step 7 without properly covering steps 2 through 6. There was no slow and steady escalation in opponents of note, barring maybe 2.

 

I was surprisingly somewhat impressed with several things Wilder did. But there is still a lot of room for improvement. I still think his chin may be suspect, but it's not as bad as I imagined, and he was surprisingly more elusive than I'd expected him to be at times. I'm not sour on his power - I think that's legit enough to KO any heavyweight. He didn't KO Stiverne, but I still think the power is real. And the chin and IQ are better than we realized. And the defense isn't quite so bad. He also answered questions about his stamina - and the way he paced himself is what impressed me most. Every time I thought he was running dry in the tank, he would suddenly seem rejuvenated.

His balance is still bad, however.

And that, I believe, will be his ultimate demise against someone - POOR BALANCE.

:smoke

 

This!

He was throwing the same straight lefts and rights straight down the pipe with little variation. He once threw a really good left hook, and he also had at least one decent uppercut after a few mini fiascos on that front. But he needs to mix up his straight punches with more variety in his speed, his angle, and the path of the punches.

He has a lot of potential to improve though, but they should start on his balance.