Comments Thread For: Wilder Targets 9/26 For Return, Wants 4 Fights in 2015

[SkillspayBills]

That's not too bad of an idea. Get one more bout in and then take on Povetkin in his toughest test yet.

[sugarsmosley]

just drop the belt and get ready for the PBC belt, and fight more opponents like eric molina.


and you can still call him the heavyweight champion of the world

[BostonGuy]

Deontay isn't required to start negotiations with Provotkin until Oct. So if he wants another fight before, I think its time for a Tony Thompson fight. The Stiverne win was a good one. But Thompson is the gateskeeper in the heavyweight division. And he can definitely beat, and maybe even KO the Deontay that fought last night.

The WBC ordering negotiations for October is a blessing for him. He could use more work before facing Povetkin.

Wilder fights at the end of September, before clashing against Povetkin the Saturday after Christmas.

Put the fight on at Barclays Center in the US (New York is arguably the world's biggest media market, New York has a fair share of Russo-American communities in the region, and Barclays Center seems to be the biggest ticket selling venue run by PBC), co-ordinate the TV for the late afternoon (fight airing 12pm PST/3pm EST allows the fight to also air 10pm in Moscow/St. Petersburg; Wilder is likely to fight on only CBS/Showtime), and maximize the scale/scope of the Povetkin fight.

No idea what he does in September

I'm impressed by Wilder's team. They see and recognize flaws in their fighter and will try to correct them by fighting any voluntary defense in September before facing Povetkin late 2015/early 2016.

I've give this some thought and I'm pretty sure Wilder will face Arreola in September. Arreola is fighting in July on a PBC undercard and depending on how he does, he'll probably get the title shot. Arreola has looked like crap in his last couple of fights; he's not in good shape and he gets hit a lot; that's a perfect opponent for Deontay Wilder.

[Easy Work.]

I have to be honest, I would thoroughly love this to be Wilder-Briggs in the Barclays Center, just for the craziness that Shannon would bring and the slight chance that Briggs smashes those glass shards in Wilder's chin all over Brooklyn.

how does he have a glass chin? has he been knocked out?. I think you dont know what "glass chin" means. It means you get knocked out by the first good punch that lands.

And shannon briggs is an old clown on steroids making instagram videos because he is irrelevant in the heavyweight division

[BigZ44]

how does he have a glass chin? has he been knocked out?. I think you dont know what "glass chin" means. It means you get knocked out by the first good punch that lands.

And shannon briggs is an old clown on steroids making instagram videos because he is irrelevant in the heavyweight division

Wilder ought to beat Briggs. But if there's one thing that Briggs still has left, it's power. I truly feel if Briggs landed a good shot, it's goodnight Wilder. At the very least, the pre-fight antics would be fun. Regardless, I don't think Wilder can beat Povetkin.

[kafkod]

I'm impressed by Wilder's team. They see and recognize flaws in their fighter and will try to correct them by fighting any voluntary defense in September before facing Povetkin late 2015/early 2016.

I've give this some thought and I'm pretty sure Wilder will face Arreola in September. Arreola is fighting in July on a PBC undercard and depending on how he does, he'll probably get the title shot. Arreola has looked like crap in his last couple of fights; he's not in good shape and he gets hit a lot; that's a perfect opponent for Deontay Wilder.

Wilder's team have had 7 years and 34 fights to identify and correct his flaws. But all they did was feed him one easy opponent after another, apparently more concerned about keeeping the KO streak going than allowing him to learn and develop as a fighter.

Imo, he has been badly mishandled.

[SlySlickSmooth]

Wilder's and Povetkin's teams are supposed to be negotiating by October so I don't expect Wilder-Povetkin until mid to late 2016.

Wilder will likely face Arreola, Thompson, or some other over-the-hill/never-will-be Heavyweight

[MrRolltide91]

I don't blame him

[The Hammer]

Is he going to fight someone with a pulse ? you might as well hang a heavy bag in the center of the ring and call it a title defense

Wilder will fight the weakest available WBC-ranked opponent.

He'll milk that WBC title for as long as he can.

[low blows]

Wilder brings excitement to, a sometimes boring, division. And I like what they're saying with "4 fights a year." That's exactly what Deontay Wilder needs; stay busy and develop into a more complete fighter. The reason why their looking for a 9/26 return is: Wilder is still a work in process and is not entirely ready for Povetkin. If they can get another good training camp in and another fight, that only prepares him for the tough Russian.

I think they'll select Thompson, Lucas Browne, Chris Arreola or Mark De Mori

All are beatable and are only marginally tougher than Molina. To be honest I'm not even sure De Mori is tougher than Molina as he has a bad stoppage loss to a journeyman on his record and has never beaten anybody of note.