It's this. ^^ The Sanders legends grew a thousand fold because of one fight. I'd say there's a good chance Sanders could have rushed him, since DW didn't have the technical ability to work through that, nor the jab to keep him off him. 50-50 fight for the most part.
Said this like 4 years ago. Over those past 4 years, I've become more and more certain Wilder survives those first 2 rounds. I really hate picking Wilder in hypothetical matchups but I think he brutally stops Sanders.
To be fair that Rahman fight was a back and forth war and his inconsistency was really down to his lack of training.
Two glass cannons going at it. I think it would be an awesome fight. Whoever landed big first would win.