Is Deontay Wilder ready for Wladimir Klitschko?

[Jack Napier]

he's as ready as he'll ever be
his only prayer is to get lucky with a hail mary KO bomb
that won't change, so he can fight Wlad today, last yr, or next yr
it's the same fight; Wilder gambles on a KO en route to getting owned

[Boxing Goat]

Wilder is as ready as he will ever be which is not really ready at all.

[Boxing Goat]

Wilder would trouble Wlad so much. Wilders reach, range and height literally takes aawy 90% of his defense. Not saying Wilder would win as Wlad is infinitely more skilled, but I think it could get interesting.

I mostly agree. Wilder is way untested but at least they stack up physically.

[Boxing Goat]

The question should be: Is Wilder ready for Wlad? Wilder hasn't fought anyone important in the division. Wilder needs to beat at least two contenders in the top 10 before he's ready for Wlad.

The question IS "Is Wilder Ready for Wlad".

[PainfromUkraine]

corrie sanders

ross purrity

lamon brewster

2003

1998

2004

It's like bringing up a result in any sport from 10+ years ago and it having much credibility. The only guy who really destroyed Wlad out of the 3 was Sanders, and man that guy could punch and had handspeed, regardless of how out of shape or limited he looked. He almost even had iron-chinned Vitali out of there, had him hurt more than even Lewis could (and apparently they were both out of shape).

Brewster he was out on his feet against but god knows the circumstances behind that, I'm not even gonna stir the pot by mentioning the vaseline or poisoning theories in any detail, but just like the Purritty fight, it was an issue of gas...and if you are going to get hit flush with combinations by heavyweights (especially when exhausted), clearly you are going to be hurt, apart from a select few.

Anyway this stuff is irrelevant - Wlad's defense is simply incomparable to what it was in any of those fights...take into account he's mastered pacing himself, etc. These past results have no real credibility, until proven otherwise.

[PainfromUkraine]

In relation to how Wlad v Wilder would go, please refer to:

[soul_survivor]

Wilder is so good, he only wanted an Olympic bronze medal cos he didn't want to hurt any more men

[beez721]

come on man Wlad will never be ready for Wilder. you see him with his jab hand at his waist? one right hand and its all over. wladīs crumpled on the canvas drooling like an infantile ret-ard. he will stay ducking and fighting fat bums who canīt move.

Naa,,wlad would see those windmills coming from a mile away and detonate that straighter right hand down the pipe on deontay and splat,,,there he goes,, chicken legs and all

[big_james10]

He scored a good win over Leapai, but I feel that he needs to polish his game a bit more with some tougher opponents before taking on the 100% KO King.

First Pulev, and then the winners of Perez-Jennings and Fury-Chisora.

Sure, none of those fighters punch as hard as Wilder, but at least he'll be able to say he prepared the best he could before being retired by the Bronze Bomber.

If he trains hard enough, he might survive until round 5 and become the first man to take Wilder past 4 rounds... a worthy entry in the history books!

Is this thread a joke? Are you serious. You actually think Klitschko would lose to a guy who best competition is C-minus quality at best?

[PainfromUkraine]

Is this thread a joke? Are you serious. You actually think Klitschko would lose to a guy who best competition is C-minus quality at best?

Yes, I would have thought that would be obvious.