Comments Thread For: No Comment From Deontay Wilder On His Future

[Oldskoolg]

Not sure why he got gun shy over the years. May br lack of conditioning ot confidence.

It literally started in his first defence. He made the statement that he want s to get rounds in and he adopted a style where he did little but paw and wait for the right hand counter. It worked against ordinary contenders who were no threat to him and it resulted in him adopting that mindset and being unable to make adjustments for different styles. And I will add that wilder got smaller over the course of his career. I remember him being in the 220+ range in his contender years. Being 210 or so just didn’t help him against 270+ lbs guys. I suspect he is as never much for road work either or the type of repeated power burst anaerobic training that holyfield popularised. I just never saw any training footage of him doing roadwork either

[PBR Streetgang]

Perhaps Zhang had some Thousand Year Old Egg Weights hidden in those gloves....

[Boro]

Surprised he hasn't claimed the ref let him get hit unfairly already, we know he loves his excuses he's got a rolodex full of them.

[Left Hook Louie]

Wilder should just retire. Right now it is sad to see him his being cashed out the way he is because he is a ruined fighter.

In a better world, all his handlers, trainers, and promoters would tell him he's done and won't work with him anymore.
You know, that integrity thing.
Together they made millions but now that he's financially set, his health (or what's left of it) is priceless.
Not holding my breath, sadly.

[TheOneAboveAll]

As bad as Jay Deas was, where does Malik Scott stand on the list of worst trainers ever? This is why you don't hire yes men or people who you KO'd in 90 seconds to be your trainer.

[TheOneAboveAll]

No need to retire. Just don't fight Zhang level dudes. KO some more dudes, to get people to believe in you. Then disappear and go, leaving people wanting more.

No, he'll just get KO'd by a 2nd-tier guy at this point, so why bother losing more legacy for less money? His health really should be his priority. He's had a very rough few years now.

[TheOneAboveAll]

He actually hasn’t got truly knocked out yet so until then: Dubois vs. Wilder! Make it happen .

Fury III

[champion4ever]

In a better world, all his handlers, trainers, and promoters would tell him he's done and won't work with him anymore.
You know, that integrity thing.
Together they made millions but now that he's financially set, his health (or what's left of it) is priceless.
Not holding my breath, sadly.

I hate to see him tarnish his legacy like this. One cannot play boxing..Either you are all the way in or not. Half doing it can only get a fighter hurt.

When Wilder was younger he was able to get away with half doing it due to his athleticism. Now that he is older; He has to work more on technique and his fundamentals.

At age 38; Wilder has to decide whether or not this is what he really wants to do. If he does then he is going to have to make some very hard decisions and drastic changes.

[Boro]

If Wilder continues he might get a body on a record but it might be his own, his brother might see the real autopsy next time instead of making claims.

[MoneyKing]

Wilder is no longer with Telli Swift - did you see his new girlfriend in that fight hub tv/boxing king media video?