Wilder accepts

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  1. Kiwi Casual

    Kiwi Casual Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ain't happening son.
     
  2. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yeah like Joyce didn’t beat the living dog **** outta Parker and Whyte didn’t beat him up either right?
     
  3. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Eh, at this point, Wilder is too old to run it back repeatedly every time he picks up an L, I think he should move on, and what better way to erase his loss to Parker in people's minds than to beat the guy that KO'd Joyce twice who absolutely wrecked Parker. Parker is a wily veteran with a pain in the ass style, no one cared about the first fight, certainly no one wants to see a rerun of it either. Zhang is seen as a division boogeyman a victory over him is worth a hell of a lot more.
     
  4. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    Exciting match up. Lots of drama stories to go along with the fight itself.
     
  5. CMCanavessi

    CMCanavessi Member Full Member

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    Zhang by brutal and easy KO in the middle rounds
     
  6. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Zhang by savage KO.
    Glass Jawed Wilder’s career is over.
     
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  7. Carinito

    Carinito Member Full Member

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    Wilder doesn't see anything. His team does.
    I wouldn't be surprised if Wilder didn't know what "southpaw" meant.
     
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  8. Forza

    Forza Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    wilder has a chance to save his career here
     
  9. piprules

    piprules Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yeah I think wilder has a chance against zang, Parker just out played him.
     
  10. Kiwi Casual

    Kiwi Casual Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Imagine if Wilder fought them. Oh wait.
     
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  11. BubblesUK

    BubblesUK Doesn't buy hypejobs Full Member

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    Parker just had levels on him, and a style Wilder couldn't handle.

    Zhang has good signature wins with Joyce, but a 50/50 with Hrgovic aside hasn't done all that much as a pro...

    I couldn't claim to be consistent and objective if I panned Ortiz, rightly, as having a paper thin resume with an overhyped signature win if I were to ignore the parallels with Zhang.

    That said, it's clearly a matter of objective fact that Zhang hits much harder than Ortiz, and that he's a couple of inches bigger in both height and reach... And the better amateur career of the two by some way.

    Put it all together and it'd still be Wilder's best win (albeit for me a clear step below Parker in provenness).

    The question is, is Wilder as declined as his apologists think? I'm not convinced, but he's at an age where it's possible that he's past his best.
    And even if he's not, can he beat a bigger and heavier handed version of the man who was a referees interruption away from being the first to TKO him?
     
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  12. tee_birch

    tee_birch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If he does hats off to him. He gets stopped brutally though. Guy has 80lbs on him, fast hands and a chin.
     
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  13. RJJFan

    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    It will probably be who can land first. Very interesting fight.
     
  14. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Whyte/Parker would have been a draw had the BS headclash knockdown not been called and Whyte was out on his feet and saved by the bell in the 12th round. Not exactly what I would call "beating someone up"
     
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  15. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joyce KO'd Parker