Jurys still out on that until wilder fights a hand ful of top hw which he is yet to do forty odd so fight in
He lost to Joshua in the last fight and has not taken any belts or anything since. If he wins this fight as he says he will then he is a 3 belt champion and can make all the money he wants.
Btw i do think Champions should be forced to fight the best challengers but i dont think challengers should be able to dictate the terms, the reward is becoming a champion
the point of being able to force an athlete to do anything is long gone. boxers ignore their mandatories. college football players skip bowl games. players in most every sport skip practices.
Ortiz isn't the bogeyman you want him to be. He gets lit up the next time he faces a live body as his achieve nothing am or pro career seems to be largely based upon YouTube and forum comments rather than anything of any substance.
This fight was just about as competitive as Crawford - Gamboa. The favorite was stunned for 3 seconds. Do we need to see it again?
Some might even say Dillian Whyte backed out of several title eliminators against superior opposition.