Comments Thread For: Deontay Wilder: "I'm A Hall Of Famer, No Questions Asked"

[Carpe Diem]

^ Should also add Keith Thurman on that list too..

[TheOneAboveAll]

Delusional. Maybe he gets in with the heaviest custom worn in a ring walk.

I think that's his in. Ed Brophy needs that suit.

[jonnyc420]

Nope. Hall of fame for 10 title defenses against a string of solid contenders, being the best fighter that America has produced since Mike Tyson under the only rules that world history gives a care about; and being being a very very very close 2nd best heavyweight of his generation - The best generation of heavyweights since the mid 1970s. Anybody who would dispute any of that needs to choose a topic they're more familiar with to discuss.

Solid contenders?? Come on guy. He's made a career on KOing 2nd rate HWs. He has no difinitive win, unless you count Ortiz who lost all his meaningful fights and was winning those fights before getting caught. Tyson had mad skills to go with that power, can you actually say the same of Wilder? How is he 2nd best when he has not fought Ruiz, Parker, Joyce, Usyk, AJ? What a joke of a post. He's only held one major belt and only defended against as I said 2md rate HWs. Then Fury came along and is basically 3-0 against your boy. He also lacks integrity. He accused his own corner man who has a stellar rep, of spiking his water. What a clown.

[Roberto Vasquez]

It's crazy that people expert Wilder to fight the top fighters. He doesn't need to. Ali lost 5 fights, Wilder has only lost 2. That makes him way better than Ali. If you look at the current top-20 fighters, 18 of them have avoided him. This shows how scared they are all are of him.

[Boxviewer]

Wilder is clearly suffering from delusional of grandeur.

[NEETzschean]

- started boxing at around age 20, won an Olympic bronze medal and turned pro on less than 3 years of boxing experience
- 10 consecutive heavyweight title defences (more than Tyson, Lewis, Vitali) breaking a 7.5 year American heavyweight title drought
- highest KO ratio of any heavyweight champion in history: 41 KO's in 45 fights, a 32 KO streak all inside 4 rounds and 20 first round KO's
- historic heavyweight championship trilogy with Tyson Fury; Wilder is the only man to not exclusively lose to Fury thus far and never lost to a wide underdog

Wilder is right, he's a lock for the HoF.

[Boxviewer]

It's crazy that people expert Wilder to fight the top fighters. He doesn't need to. Ali lost 5 fights, Wilder has only lost 2. That makes him way better than Ali. If you look at the current top-20 fighters, 18 of them have avoided him. This shows how scared they are all are of him.

I didn't know that delusion is contagious.

[Bro. Steve]

One constant on boxing sites is the complaint that the resume of a champ is a string of bums. But the life cycle of many champions includes a long period when serious rivals won’t get in the ring with them. Later on, when they’re perceived as being past their peak, suddenly everyone wants to take them on, accusing them of having fought a bunch of nobodies.

This might actually be a good application for artificial intelligence. When the computer scans a post and detects the commenter is saying that, it’d just delete the comment and close out the commenter’s account.

[champion4ever]

Wilders career isn’t done yet but he’s also accumulated a knockout record I think ? Much like Foreman who I think is more known for his power and stoppages then his own wins . I think he a.so only defended the belt three times but is also the oldest heavyweight champion. To reach the hall of fame you get their fir accomplishments in your own era ,I’d be on the fence however if it were me voting because I really think he needs a true top win against a current guy who’s in top 5 at least .

Theres been fighters like Shavers in there so going on that I’d probably have to induct him which in the older days if you were just known it got you in so ? Wilder has more going for him then a good handful of heavyweights who got in . Looking past his resume , title defenses are real and so is his knockout percentage,you can even make things up here like the most wins with a right hand I don’t know but he’s made his mark to any one’s discretion big or small .

Nice Post!

[champion4ever]

Yeah.. lets bring Ali in the argument.

However, it's true my friend. His ring accomplishments have already punched his ticket to Canastota; Whether he decides to ever fight again or not.