Is Deontay Wilder More Overrated than Canelo Alvarez?

[RightJabLikeZab]

Another pretty idiotic thread.

[BostonGuy]

I'm one of Wilder's biggest supporters on this website and I wasn't all that impressed with his performance. He's got a great physique - he's tall, he's got long arms and, yes, he's got awesome power. That said, he barely threw any punches and his jab was almost nonexistent. He seemed overconfident and didn't show a lot of head movement.

[mathed]

I haven't heard really anything about him until his KO this weekend tbh. I mean I knew who he was and had seen him fight before but I never heard people claiming he was some sort of unbeatable monster or anything.

Why don't his accomplishments count for anything? I mean was Valero the most hyped farse in the sport when he was fighting? He had similar credentials knocking out all of his competition and I thought he was over rated but he kept KOing guys like he was meant to do it.

I personally don't think he is that hyped up, HBO and Showtime don't showcase events with the guy as the headliner claiming he is the savior of the sport, just a few people on this site impressed by his one-punch KO performance this weekend. Not even in the same level as Canelo, who does mega numbers based on his participation in events alone, regardless of how he looks when he fights.

[Fighting_Pride]

I haven't heard really anything about him until his KO this weekend tbh. I mean I knew who he was and had seen him fight before but I never heard people claiming he was some sort of unbeatable monster or anything.

Why don't his accomplishments count for anything? I mean was Valero the most hyped farse in the sport when he was fighting? He had similar credentials knocking out all of his competition and I thought he was over rated but he kept KOing guys like he was meant to do it.

I personally don't think he is that hyped up, HBO and Showtime don't showcase events with the guy as the headliner claiming he is the savior of the sport, just a few people on this site impressed by his one-punch KO performance this weekend. Not even in the same level as Canelo, who does mega numbers based on his participation in events alone, regardless of how he looks when he fights.

there's a few recent threads saying wilder is the savior of the HW divsion which made me research and see what the hype was all about,. as it turns out, it's just hype, nothing more. valero on the other hand, was no hype, he faced legit opposition, unlike wilder who's faced cab drivers his entire career

[Fighting_Pride]

I'm one of Wilder's biggest supporters on this website and I wasn't all that impressed with his performance. He's got a great physique - he's tall, he's got long arms and, yes, he's got awesome power. That said, he barely threw any punches and his jab was almost nonexistent. He seemed overconfident and didn't show a lot of head movement.

true, wilder it seems, it just, well, wild. doesn't get me wrong, the guy is has the right stuff but lacks solid fundamentals, at this point of his career, he's running out of time

[HeroBando]

there's a few recent threads saying wilder is the savior of the HW divsion which made me research and see what the hype was all about,. as it turns out, it's just hype, nothing more. valero on the other hand, was no hype, he faced legit opposition, unlike wilder who's faced cab drivers his entire career

There's no real hype behind Wilder, yet. He probably won't even go for a title next year. HBO probably dials up the hype after a few more kos, but as of right now it's not even close. Canelo is #2 in his division having beaten nobody, and even popping up in some p4p lists lol.

[VERDUGO]

Wilder at least is fighting HWs and he is not champ..canelo in the oher hand is beating small or small and old ppl being a champion...there is nobody more overrated than canelo in the sport right now..

Guillermo Rigo is one.

[croz]

Guillermo Rigo is one.

Rigo the most accomplished amateur boxer of all time? That Rigo?

[Build That Wall]

deontay wilder isnt even overrated. Canelo is.

[Spray_resistant]

Yes because he is somehow regarded as a top HW and has no notable wins at all, none other than a dive over a somewhat decent fighter.