Historical perspective on Deontay Wilder's 10 consecutive title defenses

The WBC is not the “real” belt. It’s the same garbage as the other three major titles. You're very uneducated about the history of boxing. The WBA traces to the NBA, which was always considered the inferior title. On top of that, the WBA split into the IBF and WBO, as well as splitting the WBA title into super and world versions. A fighter would have to unify the WBA Super, WBA World, IBF and WBO titles just to be the modern equivalent of the NBA champion. You're not allowed to unify all of those titles, so it's impossible for a fighter to gain equivalent recognition as the NBA, and the NBA itself was always considered inferior to begin with. On the other hand, the WBC is a merger of all of the other major recognized world championships and the WBC has never split. When you hold the WBC title, you hold the history of the NYSAC title, which was always the most highly respect, as well as the IBU and NSC titles. Do your homework. Know your history. The modern WBA champion is just one fourth of the old NBA champion, while the modern WBC champion is the unified NYSAC/IBU/NSC champion.

This is why fighters don’t take risks anymore and make the fights the public wants. They can fight anyone and guys like Larry will make excuses and try and spin it as something significant. You can’t compare Wilder’s career to any of the all timers much less the true TBE like Ali. I didnt make this video

It isn’t pure insanity. I acknowledged that Ali was old and shot. But he was still one fight removed from being heavyweight champion. It’s on par with Joshua’s win over Klitschko. I take it you're trolling.

Almost all of Joe Louis’ 25 title defense came against opponents who are better than anyone Deontay Wilder has fought. In YOUR opinion!! Of all the boxers he defended against: 12 of them had 10+ losses. Of those 12, 4 had 20+ losses, of those 4,2 had 30+ losses and only 6 had 5 or less losses. Not a single guy was undefeated and one of them had a 3-3 record. So on paper none of them was any better than Wilder's opponents,they were worse. Skill wise and eye test,none of them including joe louis looked as skilled or as good as Luis Ortiz.

shame most of his opponents arent world title level. most, i meant all but 2.

This is why fighters don’t take risks anymore and make the fights the public wants. They can fight anyone and guys like Larry will make excuses and try and spin it as something significant. You can’t compare Wilder’s career to any of the all timers much less the true TBE like Ali.

Wlad has title defenses that counted when there were other champs Tyson had title defenses count when there were other champs Lennox had title defenses count when there were other champs ITS ALL EXPLAINED IN THE VIDEO... if you only wanna count LINEAL title defenses then you have to do it all the way across the board But Wilder's team openly said that he wasn't ready to fight Wlad after he became WBC champion. He was a former Olympic medalist, 29 years old and 33 - 0 when that happened. None of the champs you mentioned there ever openly admitted that they weren't good enough to fight another title holder during their reigns.

You don’t do yourself any favours with stuff like this, you spent years discrediting Golovkin because his opposition wasn’t up to standard, Wilder’s run is absolutely laughable in comparison and yet here you are praising him. Bias and Hypocrisy at its finest.

If you think Eddie Hearn and the WBA is a joke then the whole Don King and the WBC saga leaves the WBC credibility in tatters. Holyfield wasn't with Don King. Bowe wasn't with Don King. Lewis wasn't with Don King. The list goes on and on. There is absolutely no question the WBC heavyweight title has the most prestigious list of champions. The WBC fully supported Lennox Lewis when he was being ducked and he proved to be the best. The WBC fully supported Deontay Wilder when he was being ducked and he proved to be the best. The WBC fully supported Vitali Klitschko when Lewis retired and he proved to be the best. The WBC heavyweight title has the most prestige because of who has held it compared to the others. The WBC heavyweight champion has also never lost a unification fight in history. Time and time again the WBC champion has proven to be the best.

Berbick beating Ali is a great win. Ali was one fight removed from being heavyweight champion of the world, even if he was old and shot. Berbick’s win over Ali is better than anything Wilder has done in his career. This is pure insanity. berbick beating Ali's skeleton means zero. It's still the only Ali fight I've never seen and never will.

The WBC has always had the best claim to being the real world title. If you think there are too many champions, stop paying attention to lesser titles. If you think Eddie Hearn and the WBA is a joke then the whole Don King and the WBC saga leaves the WBC credibility in tatters. The WBC being the belt that people want the most is just a myth made up by bias boxing fans. The real title that people want is an Undisputed HW Champion.

The only HW champ to win the title without having to fight a single top 10 contender along the way. He's a manufactured champion. Stiverne, Ortiz, Fury were all top 10

He lost to Fury. No, he didn't and I'm not interested in wasting time arguing with you when you're clearly delusional and unable to accept indisputable fact. The fight was a draw. Period. If you disagree with the judges, good for you. Lots of ringside observers had the fight a draw. I was one of them. A few had Wilder winning. But less than half had Fury winning. More than had Wilder winning, sure. But a draw was such a common score at ringside that combined with those that had Wilder winning, a Fury win was actually a minority opinion among ringside experts. AP, ESPN, Yahoo, LA Times, Sporting News, Washington Post, etc all had a draw or Wilder winning. When that many top level publications don't have Fury winning, you can't cry robbery when the official decision is a draw.

The only HW champ to win the title without having to fight a single top 10 contender along the way. He's a manufactured champion.

Berbick beating Ali is a great win. Ali was one fight removed from being heavyweight champion of the world, even if he was old and shot. Berbick’s win over Ali is better than anything Wilder has done in his career. The undefeated fighters in Wilder’s six fight bum stretch during his title reign is Gerald Washington. You can’t compare him to the undefeated fighters I mentioned in Lewis’ resume. Prior to the Lewis fight, Akinwande beat Tony Tucker and Axel Schultz. Maybe you can compare him to Mavrovic but I’ve seen his fight against Lewis and I think he’s much better than Washington. LOL...BERBICK BEATING ALI WAS GREAT???? came out of retirement and got beat pillar to post by Holmes and was clearly sick....im done after that first line

Barring the Ortiz fights and the Fury defeat(in my opinion) his defences have been very poor against fighters that never deserved a shot. I actually think he's improved of late though.

He's #1 in Boxrec now. The trolls and haters are going to have to find a different fighter to complain about. Vitali was the real champion, not Wladimir. Vitali retired. Wilder won the real belt. Wladimir never pursued the real belt. The WBC has always had the best claim to being the real world title. If you think there are too many champions, stop paying attention to lesser titles. He's been WBC heavyweight champion of the world for nearly 5 years. He's made 10 successful defenses. It is historically significant. It's one of the most successful reigns in heavyweight history. He lost to Fury. Wilder is a fake, plastic bum, and can never call himself a real champion until he beats Tyson Fury. His "reign" is the biggest joke in boxing.

His 10 consecutive defenses are complete and utter bulls**t. He's #1 in Boxrec now. The trolls and haters are going to have to find a different fighter to complain about. He won his title from Bermane Stiverne when Wladimir Klitschko was the real champion. Vitali was the real champion, not Wladimir. Vitali retired. Wilder won the real belt. Wladimir never pursued the real belt. Now there’s two others who claim to be heavyweight champion. The WBC has always had the best claim to being the real world title. If you think there are too many champions, stop paying attention to lesser titles. The idea that he’s done anything of historical significance is hilarious. He's been WBC heavyweight champion of the world for nearly 5 years. He's made 10 successful defenses. It is historically significant. It's one of the most successful reigns in heavyweight history.

Wilder has only ever faced one elite fighter, and LOST.

For the haters, who did Joe Louis defend against?