That's if you believe he gets KO'd in the first round, and I for one do not believe he will. Molina was someone known to have a dodgy chin and he went either 8 or 9 rounds if I remember correctly. Even if he does get KO'd early it is still the experience of the build up on the big stage and the general big fight preparation that you will not experience fighting journeyman.
Nobody is running the game, that's the problem. There is no single, unified body controlling the sport and outlining rules that make sense. Instead we have a very loose alliance of independent promoters, governing bodies and TV networks making up their own rules as they go along with no one to answer to it will continue. Rant over.
I think an 8 week prep would be adequate to prepare for this. Wilder (or rather his promotion/team) are doing this purely as a tongue in cheek stunt. Just a compliment to Hughie that Wilder wants to have this fight discussed by fans.
does Hughie have a better chance than Tyson of becoming a HW champ then? I think Hughie can beat wilder, more because of how bad wilder is then anything else. He's better than eric Molina who went 9? rounds with wilder. Hughie has to take this fight, you can't back out of a world title, for all he knows he can get sparked in an eliminator / future bout, or get injured. isn't he supposed to be ranked top 20 or something for wBC to mandate it, thought it wouldn't surprise me if he finds himself in there after the rankings are updated.
I think they should take it. I think it'd be competitive, and a fight Hughie could even win. Even if he didn't, he gets the experience, increases his profile, probably a decent bit of money as others have said. At 20 years old, a loss now is hardly career over is it?
Says more about Peter Fury's inability to read a calendar. Wilder is fighting Sept. 26 on network prime-time television, date has already been announced. Peter's twitter about this came out on Aug. 1 or 2. So that's basically two months to get ready. Do Travelers not know how calendars work?
He definitely should take it, he's young and can get some great experience whether he wins or loses. Even if he loses, it means nothing at 20 years old.
He who dare wins - Should take it, has time to rebuild if he does lose and this will take him onto a different level
Wilder is awful. A record built on total bums. His only big win a tame decision over Stiverne, and who the hell was Stiverne really ?? WITH THE WBC WORLD TITLE AT STAKE, any young prospect HW fighter with 12 or 15 or 20 fights should be prepared to have a pop at Wilder. Anyone who thinks they can fight a bit. Wilder's almost completely unproven himself, probably chinny, possibly overrated power, and fights amateurishly. No reason to fear him.
I like Hughie but he's levels behind that sort of level right now. He should wait a year or two and get a few decent fringe world level fights under his belt and see how he develops.