Imagine if Wilder gave a ****

If within the past 5 years or so someone actually said to him... "Ok bomber, you got the power, but how about we teach you to box, throw some jabs, move, so that you don't get run over by any boxer who can box?" He would be an exceptional boxer and far more dangerous. Look at Tyson, he has power and could box... and of course he actually fought and as far as I recall, not protected. Is Wilder entertaining? For sure... but I don't respect him as a boxer nor is he ever going to go down in history as an All time great... because let's be honest... those ATG's.... could box.

What are you talking about? He did pretty well for a guy who can't really box. He cares, he did as good as he could. He was always going to lose against the first legit fighter he faced, his team did well to keep him away from real threats, they got greedy with Fury (they thought he was easy win) it just didn't go that way. I still think Povetkin would have beat Wilder, AJ probably wins because he can box and even Andy Ruiz would probably beat Wilder.

Show me examples of him being a terrible boxer Firing someone doesn't make you bad, your premise is highly unsupported He got bronze in the olympics You don't achieve this without fundamentals

He was massively protected throughout his career and didn't fight any more than a moderate challenge until he fought Fury then he got stopped. he's been matched well and maximised his limited ability

Maybe he has tried to improve but he is as good as he will ever be? He is pretty old right now and has been fighting pro a long time. Until the Fury rematch he was doing well and knocking everyone out.

Coulda woulda shoulda Imagine if Wilder had boxing skills. Imagine if Malignaggi had power. Imagine if Khan had a good chin. If Wilder had better boxing skills he might not have developed a exceptional knack for timing that right hand, which he does really well. He might have been technically more sound, but maybe a little less dangerous and effective. I still believe he beats any heavyweight except fury anyway. the others are too much of a static target , You can’t fight and straight lines and be as stiff as a lot of these heavyweights and beat him. I wont include Usyk in that because we haven’t seen enough of him. He would make easy work of the likes of Joshua and Whyte. They would be a sitting duck for his right hand and he never misses in that situation.

Beats everyone except Fury. Nothing wrong with being the second best HW of your era. He doesn't have great skills, but could KO almost anyone in history, infact, anyone in history on his day. I think he'd splatter Joshua all over the canvas inside a round if Joshua went for him early.

Show me evidence of him not focusing and letting his ego get in the way I'll wait being terrible at boxing, having no fundamentals? firing Mark Breland

If he had tried to become a boxer then I suspect he would have been bang average. He played to his one strength and it got him a long way. But he was never truly elite, just untested at the very highest level.

He coulda been the star of a Space Jam sequel but he had to focus too much of his effort into twerking. A crying shame.

He only needs to be perfect for 2 seconds ... all it takes is one shot ... blah blah blah ...

Show me evidence of him not focusing and letting his ego get in the way I'll wait