Comments Thread For: Deontay Wilder is Still Unsure About His Future in The Sport

[Coachcody]

One more fight and retire!

He has taken a lot of punishment and has nothing else to prove....considering AJ would never fight him....at least anytime soon.

[topo5358]

It's his choice. I'd like to see him fight again because he's the most exciting HW out there, but he's 36 and he's had a hell of a run, really. Maybe now is the time for him to consult with George Foreman, take him up on his offer of help. Not boxing help but business help. George has made more money by far in the business part of his career than he ever did in boxing, and he looks like he's enjoyed doing it. I'm sure with the right guidance Wilder could do just as well. George went from being a total monster to being a good, jovial businessman who's done really well and seems happy. Why keep trading punches when other options lay in front of you?

[Elastic Recoilz]

He's a fundamentally chit boxer which I think deep in his heart he knows. Its probably best he calls it a day now before he gets irreversibly hurt.

[Willow The Wisp]

Meh. 10th best heavyweight of the past 65 years is pretty dammed great. He's not looking for fan respect from 50k per year internet posters who really don't know an awful lot about pro fighting anyway, he's got his 50 million banked.

1. Muhammad Ali
2. George Foreman
3. Sonny Liston
4. Lennox Lewis
5. Larry Holmes
6. Mike Tyson
7. Wladamir Klitschko
8. Tyson Fury* (Moving upwards with each fight)
9. Joe Frazier
10. Deontay Wilder*
11. Anthony Joshua*
12. Evander Holyfield
13. Vitali Klitschko
14. Cleveland Williams
15. Ken Norton
16. Zora Folley
17. Rid**** Bowe
18. Jerry Quarry
19. Floyd Patterson
20. Ron Lyle

[daggum]

It's his choice. I'd like to see him fight again because he's the most exciting HW out there, but he's 36 and he's had a hell of a run, really. Maybe now is the time for him to consult with George Foreman, take him up on his offer of help. Not boxing help but business help. George has made more money by far in the business part of his career than he ever did in boxing, and he looks like he's enjoyed doing it. I'm sure with the right guidance Wilder could do just as well. George went from being a total monster to being a good, jovial businessman who's done really well and seems happy. Why keep trading punches when other options lay in front of you?

he had a hell of a run? he beat one solid fighter and that fighter was mostly hype with a slim resume as well

[daggum]

Meh. 10th best heavyweight of the past 65 years is pretty dammed great. He's not looking for fan respect from 50k per year internet posters who really don't know an awful lot about pro fighting anyway, he's got his 50 million banked.

1. Muhammad Ali
2. George Foreman
3. Sonny Liston
4. Lennox Lewis
5. Larry Holmes
6. Mike Tyson
7. Wladamir Klitschko
8. Tyson Fury* (Moving upwards with each fight)
9. Joe Frazier
10. Deontay Wilder*
11. Anthony Joshua*
12. Evander Holyfield
13. Vitali Klitschko
14. Cleveland Williams
15. Ken Norton
16. Zora Folley
17. Rid**** Bowe
18. Jerry Quarry
19. Floyd Patterson
20. Ron Lyle

but hes not the 10th best. almost everyone on that list is way more accomplished than him. joshua below wilder? his resume is ten times better. wilder better than holyfield...hmm ok makes no sense. vitali's resume sucks but its still way better. why not just say hes the best of the last 65 years? no half measures!

[The tucker]

Fury vs wilder was good but undefeated wilder vs undefeated AJ for all the belts would have been the big money fight that we won’t get. SMH

[pollywog]

If in a village full of idiots you don't know who the village idiot is, it's you!

Here's looking at you Deontay.

You don't need drugs to tell you what everybody else knows for sure of your future in boxing.

You don't have one!

[Silence]

Big Dosser beats everyone not named Fury and Usyk in the division. Bodybuilder AJ and gatekeeper Whyte would get brutalized by Big Dosser.

[Willow The Wisp]

but hes not the 10th best. almost everyone on that list is way more accomplished than him. joshua below wilder? his resume is ten times better. wilder better than holyfield...hmm ok makes no sense. vitali's resume sucks but its still way better. why not just say hes the best of the last 65 years? no half measures!

Not your favorite guy. I respect that. Challenging my expertise on the basis of that? You can't advance your knowledge that way. Active listening is good medicine. I saw 14 of those 20 guys live. 5 of them from ringside. Sorry for bragging like a jerk-off but the perspective is important to the dialog. Holyfield was obviously a great, but provided pathways, albeit narrow ones, to beat him. If Wilder loses a few before he packs it in, that aren't life & death wars featuring multiple knockdowns scored against the best of the era, Holyfield will certainly have the opportunity to pull ahead. Joshua has met 3 fighters in the past 2 and a half years and 2 of them beat him. 1 was ranked outside the top 10 and the other is STILL largely unproven at heavyweight. Ranking Joshua above Wilder at this point is nothing but national pride, or residual shame from having been duped. Wilder rips Joshua in half and mails the two peices to Matchroom Boxing.