Will Fabio Wardley get exposed as soon as he steps up?

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  1. Bruce Tea

    Bruce Tea Member Full Member

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    If his power was so good he would have stopped Fury. Wilder could not stop the worst version of him. Wilder's power was nothing special when he faced someone who was not a can.
     
  2. Bruce Tea

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    Lol. If his power was world class then it wouldn't have failed him in three outings against the same person.
     
  3. Beale

    Beale Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Name a fighter who has sparked The Gypsy King clean out?
     
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  4. Special K

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    He nearly KO’d himself against Lee Swaby!

    He hasn’t fought many big punchers so it could be down to the match making.
     
  5. Philosopher

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    Does 35 rounds with the consensus most explosive, hardest hitting heavyweight of his era count?
     
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  6. CutThroatFade

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    What kind of logic is that? Fury has proved time and time again that his powers of recovery from KDs are very good. Wilder also arguably had Fury out for the ten count in their first fight. It was a massively delayed count if I remember correctly.

    Like I said you are taking a revisionist outlook on it. Either way you are arguing against the general consensus opinion in boxing that Wilder had freakish power. That’s fine, go ahead, but the evidence doesn’t back you up. We are not discussing Wilder’s quality of opponents and I know he was heavily protected.

    The irony is you are making a case for Wardley having greater power than Wilder because Wilder never knocked out an elite fighter when Wardley himself has never fought anyone above domestic level. You’re also conveniently forgetting that Wardley didn’t knock out Clarke in their first fight.

    Who knows, maybe Wardley will go on to demonstrate world class power. Regardless of whether or not that happens, it remains the case that Wilder most definitely did have freakish power. It’s just silly to argue otherwise and use Wardley as a barometer.
     
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  7. Special K

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    The topic of that conversation was Wilder so obviously my comment was about boxers other than Wilder.
    He has fought a couple, but not many.
     
  8. Philosopher

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    Sorry man, my fault for reading posts out of context.
     
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  9. Beale

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    Yes many a ref would have stopped the fight without a count and it was a very long count including a 3-4 second walk at the end of the count.

    Incredible desire to get up and not many would have recovered from that punch delivered by Wilder.

    Wilder must have spent the next 2 weeks wondering why he never won that fight after that punch landed.
     
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  10. Ding ding ding!

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    Wilder's face after he got up is one of the defining images of heavyweight boxing this century in my view.
     
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  11. Bruce Tea

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    Let's play the game. Zhang, Parker.. where was Wilders power then? Do not come with that codswallop about Wilder's power leaving him in F3. Nonsensical! As power is the last thing to leave a fighter especially one who yourself and many has down as the apparent hardest punchet ever.
     
  12. Bruce Tea

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    I could name two cruisers who were active when Wilder was and they would have dogwalked Wilder's comp. Do you think that AJ, Zhang wouldn't have sparked everyone of them out that Wilder faced? Please stop. It's not revisonist history on my part as i always did and always will maintain that Wilder was cack overall and as soon as he met someone who either had top drawer recouperative powers or a tested world level chin he would be exposed. Not everyone buys what America sells!
     
  13. CutThroatFade

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    This is rubbish logic. Wilder was totally done as a fighter when he fought those two for starters. He had been brutally KO’d and had noticeably deteriorated in all aspects, including athleticism. Secondly, again you are being subjective without reason. Maidana, one of the hardest punchers in the division at the time, couldn’t KO Khan, one of the chinniest boxers of all time. Does that mean Maidana doesn’t have power?

    It’s pointless continuing the discussion anyway. You think Wilder wasn’t a hard hitter. Ok mate.
     
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  14. Wig

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    The legend of Wilders ancestral demon power is only going to grow over time.
     
  15. Bruce Tea

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    So he was done but others on here mentioned how he flattened Helenius easily? Wilder looked fine to me in that fight.