Skelton has a record of 28-6 with names like Sprott, Williams, McDermott, McBride, Tom Dallas and Julius Francis in his win column. He's also fought for a world title. Yes he's old now, but he's far from a bum, and a darn sight better than anyone Deontay's fought to date. He's also extremely durable and awkward to fight against, meaning he has the potential to take Price into the later rounds without necessarily posing a massive risk. I think he's a pretty good opponent for this stage in Price's career.
Look at his wins. Over other Eurobums. Of course they get hyped up. Durable? He was stopped 3 straight times....2 years ago! He fought for a world title, and lost convincingly. Wilder fought Owen Beck who once fought for a world title too. Skelton is a bum, and the guys he's beating are all bums.
Price and Fury have not achieved anything at all. Their opponents are seen as better by Euros, despite the fact those guys are total bums.
Th funny thing is, you describe them as Eurobums yet someone like John McDermott would take Wilder into deep waters and would have a good shot at winning Dereck Chisora would destroy Deontay Wilder Wilder has had 28 fights? Let's see what Price and Fury have accomplished by their 28th fight :deal
Wilder has had 25 fights, and McDermott has beaten no one. He is the Sconiers of the UK. Cannon Fodder being fed to the prospect. Chisora has beaten no one..Maybe Helenius? and has lost 4 out of his last 5 fights. If Wilder would blast Chisora out, and I tried to claim it was a good win, you would call me out on my bull**** and you'd be dead on. Chisora is a Euro gatekeeper. Maurice Byarm is looking like the same level fighter here.
Because Wilder is so dominant and scary, no manager is willing to let any decent fighter they have get killed by Wilder. That is why Wilder is forced to feast on only bums
What pisses me off with Wilder is his in ring antics,doing the ali shuffle over and over again against that 500 lb midget Nichols was ****ing atrocious stuff....and then he fell flat on his arse,what a wanker.
Fury and Price would beat the snot out of him,**** Wilder,Mitchell is the best up and coming american HW.
You can mock Skelton for losing 3 straight times in a row .. but didn't beck lose,like 10 of his in a row? Wilder is fighting no marks,Skelton would be a step up for Wilder,**** Skelton would probably beat him. (Just checked,Beck lost 7 of his in a row leading upto Wilder,6 of those by TKO) Skelton has only been stopped 3 times in like 30 fights,i'd say he's pretty durable.
They haven't? You mean they've not held national titles and beaten guys who have held International Titles and fought for World Titles? Cause, you see, I must be mistaken when I thought that David Price had beaten former British Heavyweight Champion John McDermott, former Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Sam Sexton and former European Champion and challenger for the WBA World Heavyweight Title Audley Harrison. And I must have been equally mistaken when I thought that Tyson Fury had beaten former British Heavyweight Champion John McDermott, former Irish Heavyweight Champion Martin Rogan, undefeated Canadian Champion Neven Pajkic and former British and Commonwealth Champion and challenger for the WBC World Heavyweight Title Dereck Chisora.
Is it possible that sparring with Wladimir is a big step up in competition for him? I guess what I mean is, if we don't see a steady step up in opponents very soon, his management knows he's ****. They must be learning something right now. Then again, I cant say for sure that they even do hard, competitive sparring in Klitschko camp.
That's the point! Beck is a bum. He's cannon fodder. He once lost a HW title challenge, but that doesn't make him a good fighter or even a good opponent. He was stopped 3 times in his last 10 fights. He might've been durable, but probably not now.
Beck fought for a HW title, and was run out of the ring vs Wilder. That win means absolutely nothing. See, Brits are the only people who put any stock into national or local belts. No one cares because the guys the beat are national or local level fighters.
Haye has done fantastic in his career. He won WBC WBA WBO Ring CW titles and the WBA HW title all in 24 fights and did alot of that as the away fighter. Yet did anyone see Haye in the Ring P4P top 10 when winning and unifing titles in such a short time? Yet you had lesser fighters in there