Comments Thread For: Deontay Wilder Expects to Return to Ring 'No Later Than September'

[Winky-Wright]

Would have preferred to have seen Wilder send Dillian Shytes bobble head into orbit instead of seeing Howard foster running in to save him from AJ after he lands a few flush shots.

[DeeMoney]

Am I the only person who thinks he will be absolutely smashed by Joshua?

Wilder's right hand is such a weapon that there is only a few ways to beat him:

Be bigger than him and keep him at bay, then tie him up when he gets close (Fury). Wilder's reach is such that he can just wait on the outside and eventually land that big punch.
Be a skilled inside fighter, get past that bomb, go on the inside go to work and tie him up. I don't think thats Joshua, look at how he beat Ruiz, Joshua was a stick and move type; I think thats what he wants to be.
Be tough, have a powerful punch in hand, and hope to land it before he does.

Thats not to write that Wilder is an ATG or such, but his right hand and reach are at alltime levels. I just don't see AJ stylistically being a fit to beat Wilder.

[Ry92]

Styles makes fights Wilder always lost to Fury and Beat Aj while AJ style was best to beat Fury and Lose to Wilder and Fury was best to beat Wilder and have a 50/50 vs AJ. Now with this new Aj who's scared to engage and looks apprehensive he should get ko by Wilder in 6 and will probably get Ko by Fury in10. Best matches to beat Fury is Usyk, Hrgovic, Zhang after that idk Arslanbek. If I was Fury if I beat Usyk I'll get the Ngannou payday an AJ fight win or lose vs Wilder in the UK and maybe whatever younger lion most worthy Hrgovic, Arslanbek or Winner of Zhang vs Joyce especially if it's Zhang.

[TheOneAboveAll]

Wilder's right hand is such a weapon that there is only a few ways to beat him:

Be bigger than him and keep him at bay, then tie him up when he gets close (Fury). Wilder's reach is such that he can just wait on the outside and eventually land that big punch.
Be a skilled inside fighter, get past that bomb, go on the inside go to work and tie him up. I don't think thats Joshua, look at how he beat Ruiz, Joshua was a stick and move type; I think thats what he wants to be.
Be tough, have a powerful punch in hand, and hope to land it before he does.

Thats not to write that Wilder is an ATG or such, but his right hand and reach are at alltime levels. I just don't see AJ stylistically being a fit to beat Wilder.

WIlder's best wins are probably Luis Ortiz and Bermaine Stiverne. He's fought precisly one possibly great fighter and he got whipped 3 times by that fighter. Wilder will get UD'd by Usyk if they ever fought, but they won't fight. At nearly 38 years old, he doesn't have many great nights left in him unless he fights guys like Brezeale or Helenius. Stay away from guys like Big **** Zhang, Ruiz Jr and Frank Sanchez and he will keep his legend intact.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Wilder's right hand is such a weapon that there is only a few ways to beat him:

Be bigger than him and keep him at bay, then tie him up when he gets close (Fury). Wilder's reach is such that he can just wait on the outside and eventually land that big punch.
Be a skilled inside fighter, get past that bomb, go on the inside go to work and tie him up. I don't think thats Joshua, look at how he beat Ruiz, Joshua was a stick and move type; I think thats what he wants to be.
Be tough, have a powerful punch in hand, and hope to land it before he does.

Thats not to write that Wilder is an ATG or such, but his right hand and reach are at alltime levels. I just don't see AJ stylistically being a fit to beat Wilder.

So does Fury have the best durability of all-time? I don't think so. Fury has been decked and ****** about for most of his career 'Fury has been decked more times than Joshua, even though he has predominately fought less world level fighters'.

Wilder was unable to knock-out Fury, when really he should of in the third fight. Any all-time great puncher in my opinion, STOPS Fury after that first Wilder knock-down in the third fight.

My reasoning for this is? Fury was making unforced errors, and if only Wilder had more variation on his punches 'At the least he should of been decking Fury and hurting him real bad'.

Wilder has power you are correct. But don't be surprised if Wilder hit's Joshua, and Joshua does not disappear in that moment.

Everyone is just anticipating and expecting Joshua to disappear vs Wilder. Joshua has never legitimately been knocked out 'Joshua kept on getting up vs Ruiz Junior and the fight was waved off while? Joshua was still on his feet smiling'.

Anthony Joshua in his last fight was 255 pounds solid 'Fury is not solid at the weight'. Joshua's brute strength is also comparable if not greater than Fury's.

And regardless of what people say, outside of Tyson Fury and Usyk? Anthony Joshua is most likely the best pure boxer in the Heavyweight division 'Joshua is a very capable boxer from mid-long range'.

Joshua also has more proven punching power than Fury.

So all these points you are making about Wilder are good points. But until he lands this knock-out blow, the likely-hood is that he will be getting out boxed 'And hit by the biggest puncher he has EVER fought'.

People are overlooking the fact, that Anthony Joshua is the most powerful puncher Wilder has ever fought 'If that fight get's made'.

I still make the fight a close fight to call, but this fight is by no means a 100% certain win for Deontay Wilder etc.

[MeiXiang]

I'm getting so ****ing bored of Fury/Wilder/AJ on the timing of their next fight, going backwards and forwards. Okay. Next please.

At least Zhang, Joyce, Usyk and Dubois are moving on as they should.

[tritium_arma]

Are you guys ready for Luis Ortiz 3 or Bermaine Stiverne 3? Because it's sure as hell won't be a top 10 fighter.

[OldTerry]

Am I the only person who thinks he will be absolutely smashed by Joshua?

One of the few.

[hugh grant]

I still make the fight a close fight to call, but this fight is by no means a 100% certain win for Deontay Wilder etc.

I don't think anyone thinks it is a 100% certain win for wilder do they? Are there really people who thinks it's a100% certain win for Wilder? What an odd world we live in if that's the case. I always assumed people were trolling

[OldTerry]

If josh really isnt as good as Fury, Josh might still be the 2nd best fighter wilder has fought. So it could be 50/50. If josh is better than fury, then Josh might beat Wilder easier than fury did.

Since styles make fights, I don't see the results Wilders' fights against being a barometer of what his success would be against Joshua. I favor Wilder 70/30 because of his quickness in landing devasting punches, and Joshua is a bit chinny.