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  • BIGPOPPAPUMP
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    Comments Thread For: “Fighting Words” — Deontay Wilder Gets A Reality Check

    by David P. Greisman - Boxing fans can be a tough crowd, skeptical from the outset and difficult to impress. We’ve seen enough careful matchmaking and followed far too many prospects that were built up strategically only to crash down spectacularly.

    So a fighter who has been blasting through his opposition but gets caught clean a few times is suddenly described as flawed and soon to be exposed. A boxer who gets knocked down has a questionable chin. Yet a fighter who hasn’t floored his opponent may have too little power.

    There’s not often gray area, just black and white. Still, such skepticism tends to be born from observation and repetition. Sometimes these skeptics are proven right.

    Deontay Wilder had his doubters years before he won a heavyweight world title. While he was the lone American male boxer to win a medal in the 2008 Olympics, Wilder was still admittedly raw at the time. He’d arrived very late to the sport, lacing up the gloves out of necessity at 19 years old, a young father of a baby daughter born with a birth defect called spina bifida. He thought fighting could earn him money to support her needs.

    Less than three years later, he had a bronze medal hanging from his neck. Less than three months afterward, he turned pro.

    His development was gradual, as is the case with nearly all prospects signed with powerful promoters and any manager who has at least half a clue. Wilder knocked them all out quickly. The level of opposition rarely ever advanced beyond designated fall guys, however. He’d only just faced Audley Harrison, once the super heavyweight gold medalist in the 2000 Olympics, long since the disappointment who lost when he stepped up, and by that time was a 41-year-old who tended to be knocked out early when he did so. [Click Here To Read More]
  • joemama
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    So a fighter who has been blasting through his opposition but gets caught clean a few times is suddenly described as flawed and soon to be exposed. A boxer who gets knocked down has a questionable chin. Yet a fighter who hasn’t floored his opponent may have too little power.
    As always Mr. Greisman is on the mark!

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    • Aztec Tyrant
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      Wilder's days as paper champ are numbered. This fool refers to himself as THE hw champ of the world. He says he will be the next mayweather. What a delusional idiot. Can't wait to see him get iced by the Russian guy.

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      • skinnystev
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        #4
        Povetkin ? oh he's that ex commie russian slavic caucasian guy right

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        • BWC
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          Originally posted by skinnystev
          Povetkin ? oh he's that ex commie russian slavic caucasian guy right
          Heck Povetkin basically lost to Marco Huck. Now he's the greatest HW of all time apparently. Welcome to boxing...

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          • yoz
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            #6
            Originally posted by BWC
            Heck Povetkin basically lost to Marco Huck. Now he's the greatest HW of all time apparently. Welcome to boxing...
            And Wilder almost lost to Harold Sconiers.

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            • BWC
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              #7
              Originally posted by yoz
              And Wilder almost lost to Harold Sconiers.
              Yeah as a 201 pounder. We can play this game all day..

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              • Crazylegs77
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                #8
                Originally posted by yoz
                And Wilder almost lost to Harold Sconiers.
                Which will explain the rematch when Wilder defends his title next.

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                • PAC-BOY
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                  #9
                  Briggs would beat Wilder

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                  • takenotes
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                    #10
                    Molina is so bad and Arreola iced him in 1. Wilder was on ***** street from a weak Molina shot as well. Wilder will get destroyed by Povetkin.

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