What boxing style does Deontay Wilder really have ?

[Ganondorf]

Jab every once in awhile and try to land a big right.

[ELPacman]

Windmill

Beat me to it.

You ever think they'll teach it in a boxing gym some day?

[QueensburyRules]

Wilder is not a slugger, you cannot be a slugger without a developed inside game.

Wilder predominately fights from mid-long range. Wilder's style of fighting and power is least effective, the more his opponent closes the range.

Wilder tries in all honesty to be a boxer puncher. But due to his technical skills not really being elite or even world level? Things become chaotic.

Deontay Wilder does have a solid jab, but apart from that? Skill for skill his pure technical boxing ability is not elite.

Overall Wilder is a boxer puncher, who does not have elite level skills. But he has elite level power, extreme gameness and resolve.

I still rate Deontay Wilder extremely highly as a fighter.

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[STREET CLEANER]

Beat me to it.

You ever think they'll teach it in a boxing gym some day?

That windmill impression that he does is embarrassing. He says that there is method to his madness but I say he gets over excited and his lack of skill show.

[Slicc]

Worldstar

[ELPacman]

That windmill impression that he does is embarrassing. He says that there is method to his madness but I say he gets over excited and his lack of skill show.

Well that's the truth when it comes out. He goes to pounce on his opponent but in doing so, he's literally swinging his arms like they're flails during medieval times. Hoping that at the end of the chains, his fists will land... somewhere, anywhere, as long as they land.

[MulaKO]

He appears to be a sluuger but watching his most recent fight against helenius and early fights before he became a champion he appeared to be more like an out-boxer. What his boxing style is he a slugger, out-boxer or both ?

A really bad one

[CubanGuyNYC]

Wilder is not a slugger, you cannot be a slugger without a developed inside game.

Wilder predominately fights from mid-long range. Wilder's style of fighting and power is least effective, the more his opponent closes the range.

Wilder tries in all honesty to be a boxer puncher. But due to his technical skills not really being elite or even world level? Things become chaotic.

Deontay Wilder does have a solid jab, but apart from that? Skill for skill his pure technical boxing ability is not elite.

Overall Wilder is a boxer puncher, who does not have elite level skills. But he has elite level power, extreme gameness and resolve.

I still rate Deontay Wilder extremely highly as a fighter.

Good breakdown. I agree with most of what you say. Don’t know if I rate Wilder as highly as you do, but probably higher than many around here. I like Deontay’s grit and heart; and I think his power is ATG-level. He may not be all that great, but I’d argue those virtues to the end.

[hhh1200]

What am I hearing from Scott is, they are looking for an "unknown" opponent, not named Ruiz, possibly. So they are going to try to duck the fight the public wants to see for some BS on PPV like Spence vs The Flute Player?

[PRINCEKOOL]

Good breakdown. I agree with most of what you say. Don’t know if I rate Wilder as highly as you do, but probably higher than many around here. I like Deontay’s grit and heart; and I think his power is ATG-level. He may not be all that great, but I’d argue those virtues to the end.

Within this era of Heavyweights, I rate him extremely highly.

Although Wilder's all round boxing skills are not elite. He does have some elite attributes which are.

Punching Power, Gameness, Aggression, and I would also rate his Jab as elite.

There are not many better Jab's in the Heavyweight division. For sometime, I rated his Jab at number 2 behind Fury.

When you combined his strengths and his best attributes, with his near psychopathic aggression.

Stylistically, he is a dangerous Heavyweight for most of these Heavyweights around today.

To beat Wilder, you have to fight him a certain way 'Which involves inside game, rough house tactics'.

Due to modern Heavyweights lacking inside game, and having no idea what rough house tactics are.

For me this is specifically why Wilder is a top Heavyweight. In his own way he exploits his opponents.

Most Heavyweights want to box Wilder from mid-long range, and they will most likely take rounds off him. But the longer they stay fighting from this range, the longer then stay in the danger zone 'And that is precisely what Wilder wants'.

To beat Wilder you have to close down the range, because the less distance his power has to travel? The least effective it becomes.

But to fight this way, is going against most fighters instincts. Because you are moving towards potential doom.