Dont come at me I don't think he's even in the top 25. I just want to see how shocking the forums general thoughts of him were
Ok, so you just started the thread for kicks and giggles. I'll play along. As of right now, he fits in somewhere between Herbie Hide and Bruce Seldon on the HW ATG list.
Loses to these guys: Ali Tyson Wlad Vitali Lewis Holmes (upset possible) Louis (upset possible) Liston (upset possible) IDK: Joshua Holyfield Foreman Blond Ortiz Probably beats: Sanders Witherspoon M Spinks Dempsey Tunney Povetkin Frazier Bowe Roy Jones Haye Ibeabuchi Lights go out: Patterson Marciano Norton Page Dokes Douglas Moorer ...approaching top 10 h2h
Hes top 20 only bc he can win as easily lose,hes going to be one of those guys that you either have him losing bad to holmes or catching Holmes...etc.... A head to head with this guy is like putting him maybe over OLd late 90's foreman so in that equation hes a threat. Should he somehow defeat fury and more importantly Joshua it then changes the spectrum. but reality is he can be anywhere from Ruddock to Cooney and in between where the wind blows bc hes got by a big puncher with no speed and smaller guys with less power. his resume is thin ,his last fight was his first power puncher and that doesn't tell us much except maybe he could hurt old foreman ,but Breazeale never landed clean he just wobbled him back with the first punch landed and then..........? But 1990's Foreman shouldn't be on anyone's top 10 H2H. I could probably list 20 guys who defeats him including some now. The problem here is how do you do fantasy match ups with this guy who needs a knock out ? MOST top guys one can see them out boxing guys at leas t,how many fights will Wilder win LEGIT without a K.O ? Remains to be seen.
Wilder fits as being able to late KO a 40something with no world title pedigree, as his best achievement. The H2H ability of a rising contender, in other worlds. Which is a shame seeing as hes a adult in his mid 30s.
Fact of the matter is that his power means the slimmest chance he can ever have in any fight is a puncher's chance.
Apart from maybe Holyfield being left off the first category and Marciano in the last category, there’s nothing too crazy.