For worse. Molina Duhaupas Szpilka Arreola (washed up beyond the point of return) Is pathetic and should not have his name alongside most of the men listed. Especially since most of the men listed were viewed as the best HW in the world when they made their run when Wilder realistically should place no higher than 4th right now
Anyway, Wilder deserves some credit for staying active, and the Duhapas result is starting to look half-decent, but he's still a paper titleholder. He won't be champion until he faces Fury and defeats him.
I enjoy watching Deontay Wilder fight, which is more that I can say about a great majority of the other heavyweights of recent vintage. - Chuck Johnston
With all due respect, my friend, this is the kind of bogus, ahistorical ****ysis that plagues boxing and other sports, treating non-equivalent numerical records as if they were equivalent. Even if you disregard that Wilder's four defense were against scrubs - he is not even the legitimate "champion," but rather a fractional beltholder who won this title by facing someone who also was not the legitimate champion. To suggest that this is in ANY way comparable, that it belongs on the same list, as REAL unified champs like Louis, Ali Dempsey, Johnson, Jeffries etc. is absurd. Wilder's four defenses - even if they were against guys like Joshua or Parker - shouldn't be considered equivalent in any way, as he is not THE champion. Fury is.
Its still too early to be referring to him as great yet.. But I agree with some of the other posters on some things. He's fun to watch. Has a great personality. Gives the fans kockouts which is what the like to see.. Has won all of his professional fights and even medaled in the Olympics. He needs a win over someone big like the winner of Wlad Fury to ascend the latter to greatness.
