Parker Wilder. would be the fight I most want to see after AJ Wilder. Wilder gives away rounds. Wilder would be the favorite, but Parker showed a great chin against AJ. If Wilder couldn't score the (t)ko, Parker could win. Great fight, hope we get to see it one day.
I think Wilder would finish AJ if he has him down and hurt like Wlad did. Thats the biggest thing he has going for him I think
It pretty much comes down to whichever man lands a clean shot first. IMO, that means Wilder has about an 80% chance of winning, because of his ability to land from way outside. AJ's "only chance" is for Wilder to explode in but miss, with AJ landing a perfect counter. AJ is very good at doing that, but his punch will most likely be fired second. I don't care how good you may think AJ is, that's obviously the most likely scenario.
In a way I almost agree with you. What about AJ bum rushing Wilder early, like he has done to most of his opponents? It nearly got Wlad out of there. Most of the others that went past 4 seemed like he was trying to get rounds in. Maybe Wilder catches him going in. But maybe not.
Good point. Wilder typically is very good at pulling away (despite what some haterz think about his footwork) However he does seem to get lazy about it in the first few rounds. AJ might take him by surprise and get him off balance, in which case it's a very short night.
If I know beforehand A. Theres a ko or tko in the first 6 rounds, I would assume AJ wins: B. In the next 6 rounds, I'd give Wilder the nod C no stoppage but decision, I'd give AJ the nod. I'll be mildly surprised if AJ wins by (t)ko in the last 6.
Yeah, but that might be a mistake. If this strechs into late rounds, I can very much see Wilder getting a ko. He better hope he survives to get the decision.
Joshuas best strategy would be to attack Wilder very early, Wilder is insanely dangerous at range and also later in fights when he gets his timing in. Where he is vulnerable is early on in fights against opponents who are agressive and dangerous. If Joshua turns up and tries jabbing with Wilder trying to win rounds he's a ****ing idiot and deserves to get KO'd. Guys like Wric Molina and Duhaupas have had a decent measure of initial Success going to war with wilder, Joshua is obviously orders of magnitude more dangeroys than them in that situation.
I thought the same as you too, but on reflection I'm now not as sure. Wilder has been outboxed by opponents and gone on to KAYO them later in the fight, but prior to that they weren't doing a lot of damage. If AJ is outboxing him for 6-8 rounds, he'll have done a fair amount of damage by that point. Difference between AJ outboxing Wilder is that he would also be physically be breaking him down. I favour AJ 60/40, but at the same time, Wilder can turn the lights off... hell, he can take the entire grid down with that right!
I dont remember Joshua landing a power punch of note. Parker DID show tgat if he doesnt want you to hit him it's not easy to.