Wilder "a big name" ????!

Wilder has name recognition among American boxing fans, and maybe slightly on the periphery of Americans who don't care about boxing but religiously watch ESPN & team sports. Or if they're hip-hop heads, through his association with people like Lil Kim and Jay Rock.

Outside those groups, no. If you aren't into prizefighting or sports in general, there's a very low probability it would ring a bell.

I can guarantee you if I asked @LilButt's nana who Deontay Wilder is she would be clueless. "Did he climb Mt. Everest?"

 

Would she know Samson Po'uha by any chance?

 

Biblically.




Alright, let me stop, that's my ex-MIL, gotta keep it respectful...

She was actually apparently an Ali fan in the seventies.

 

Yeah there haven't been Heavyweight cultural icons out of America since Tyson and Holyfield. I'm sure Wilder would have a conniption fit reading this and spurt out some nonsense in response, but deep down he knows that he is not that popular in the grand scheme of things.

 

Usyk would KO Wilder in 2 or 3 rounds. Wilder has no Chin. None.

 

Would? Will. Wilder is explicitly number one on his 2026 wishlist, and Usyk is in a position now to get whatever he wants before retiring.

 

Who has a bigger name than wilder that usyk hasn’t fought?

wilder is done and usyk is just grabbing money the easy way. If he does I hope wilder ko’s him for the money grab lol

 

Are you the same guy who said nobody in the USA knows who Usyk is?

 

even so, it was probably more people than live in your whole shitty little country.

 

The USA isn’t a shitty little country lol

 

I figure that 2026 is going to see some announcement of some kind of Saudi backed unified belt, starting at HW, and either Usyk is going to be awarded it as the augural champion, or at least fight for it first up for a huge payday. Wilder with a rematch clause, fills in the gap.

Kabayel and Wardley are bad risk reward equations in this context. They could always fight each other to make a super compelling case.

Wilder/Ruiz/Joshua/Fury + Miller and a few others are going to linger until all opportunities for a cash-out are shut out by someone younger stepping up and resonating with casuals. IMO no-ones done enough on that front as yet.

 

Most of the USA didn't even know he was champion. Wilder is an easy touch defense with name value. Funny how people are expecting far more out of Usyk than they did of Wilder, Fury, or Joshua. Usyk has already surpassed them in terms of quality of defenses.