Wilder vs Helenius Confirmed

Good fight to see where Deontay Wilder is now. He hasn't won in the ring since 2019.
If Wilder loses, retirement. If he wins he is still "in the game".
If Helenius loses; nothing new. He has already been knocked out by Gerald Washington and Johann Duhaupas. If Helenius wins, he automatically goes to the Top 10.
Both opponents that have knocked out Helenius have been knocked out by Deontay Wilder in the past.
I predict Wilder a quick win similar to the fight with Dominic Breazeale.

 

Wilder continues to be a joke, ducks AJ and Chisora to fight a guy who lost everybround to Whyte.

What next this fight is announces for WBC title? WBC would love Wilder to continue his title defences against bums like Kownacki and Demirezen lol.

 

And both the opponents that KOed Helenius were beaten by guys Helenius brutally KOed (Kownacki and Teper). You can't really do triangle theories with this guy. He's too unpredictable and hard hitting.

Honestly, if I were Wilder's team this is not the fight I'd have picked. Too many things to go wrong, too much potential for a catastrophic upset.

 

While you are right triangle theories don't work because boxing is more about the mix of styles, both Kownacki and Teper are shorter fighters who had to cut the ring off against Helenius while Duhaupas and Washington are taller fighters who both ended him with right hands and that suggests Wilder is a mad style match up for Helenius.

Also Helenuis beat a Teper who had served a drug ban, Duhaupas lost to a Teper who hadn't been caught yet and was doping.

 

All fair points. Then again Helenius was also diminished through injury when he fought Washington and Duhaupas, so there's a lot of variables to consider.

 

If you were in Helenius corner what would you advise? Stay on the outside and box where you're in range for Wilder's bombs, or get inside where he can't extend and crowd him the way Fury did. I think he's got to put Wilder on his back foot

 

Should be a fun fight while it lasts. Just bought my tickets.

I wish the co-feature were more interesting, but alas.

 

I'd be shocked if he lasted longer that that.

 

The only chance he's got. Caveman style.

 

If someone doesn't like the "triangle theory", it's me.

I thought about Wilder being a completely artificial champion, with 10 successful title defenses, and came to some strange conclusions:

1. Against whom he won the title.
Bermane Stiverne can only be world champion in a very weak era, and certainly not in 2014 to win the vacant title against Chris Arreola. Both mentioned fighters are far from A class boxers.

2. Against which boxers did he defend the title!
Starting in 2015, much better boxers were "in the game"; Wladimir Klitschko, Alexander Povetkin, Tyson Fury, Kubrat Pulev, Joseph Parker, Anthony Joshua, Andy Ruiz, Derek Chisora, Dillian Whyte...
Do not forget that I am talking about 2015. It seems like no one wanted to fight for the WBC belt, and no one wanted to be the undisputed champion.

3. Wilder's eighth title defense.
The British judge (and Tyson Fury is British) scores Wilder's victory! It is known that there will have to be second fight; more spectacle and more money.

4. Continuation of the reign
Deontay Wilder still doesn't get opponents from A-class boxers; no one wants the WBC belt, and no one wanted to be the undisputed champion, although almost all the boxers listed in point 2 are "in the game", and some new ones have appeared. Thus, Wilder successfully defends the title 10 times and thus overtakes: Joe Frazier, Mike Tyson, Vitali Klitschko and Lennox Lewis who successfully defended the title 9 times.

Too much of it is strange, contradictory and murky.
Did the USA need a heavyweight champion by any means? Because of Money, the decline of interest in boxing in the USA, or something else, I don't know. But someone knows; not everyone is blind. Too little sport and too much business.

P.S. And finally, let me emphasize that I like Deontay Wilder, no matter what.
I love punchers (this is totally subjective, personal and mine), and Deontay Wilder is the strongest puncher in heavyweight history.

 

How will your rankings change if Wilder (or Ortiz) beat AJ-conqueror Ruiz?