Comments Thread For: Wilder: He Was Crafty, I Haven't Faced a Southpaw in 3 Years

[Lou Cipher]

whoooooaaaaaa definitely the straightest shortest punches Ive ever seen Wilder throw! This dude is improving if he keeps this up he's gonna be BIG trouble for any of these guys even Haye

[PunchyPotorff]

to be honest I saw signs of mental weakness tonight. His output dropped massively and he was getting backed up by a much smaller man. A combination of Szpilka slowing down, and Wilder pulling out a huge right hand won him the fight. If Szpilka had maintained his pace and not walked into a silly shot he'd have outboxed wilder over 12 tonight.

Exactly. And what improvements did we see? The commentators sure made it sound like he was amazing, but honestly if anything I saw a decline.

Doubt haymon will feed Martin to him already. Martin will prob face the winner of breazeale v mansour

Which means Martin/Mansour... a great fight IMO.

people can hate all they want wilder tried to get a bigger name and he fought someone not many know in a tough fight and laid him out when times got tough.

Quintessential lucky punch. Szpilka made a dumb mistake, right there for Wilder to throw the right punch. I hope now you do understand what actually happened.

Wilder's easily the most exciting and entertaining heavyweight to watch, no doubt about it. He lacks proper punching technique, but he's athletic as hell. Idk why you're so anti-Wilder. Just be happy that we have a heavyweight champ that can put fighters in the hospital with one punch.

Yes he is exciting to watch, but not because of talent.

[b Murphington]

Because he's a fraud.

The titles should be on the waist of the best fighters on the planet. Wilder is not one of those.

He still hasn't fought any world class opponent and he struggles against average dudes.

Yes he's entertaining but he's got a title and title holders should be fighting the best opponents or AT LEAST their mandatory. When you duck your mandatory and fight three hand picked chumps, i'm not going to like you.

It's the same reason I don't like Kell Brook, he fights **** opponents and claims to be a world champion and he at least fought HIS mandatories.

Who said he couldn't beat world class opponents? With power like his, he gives any heavyweight a run for their money. You need a helluva chin to withstand his type of power. I'm not saying that he's better than Fury, Ortiz, Haye, or any of those guys, I'm just saying he has the eraser. And the fact that he knocks fighters out while he's off balance. Now imagine him with proper technique. THAT'S scary stuff!

[DJ Enerate]

NEW YORK - American heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder defended his WBC title for the third time with a devastating ninth round knockout of Polish challenger Artur Szpilka on Saturday night, live on SHOWTIME in front of 12,668 fans at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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While in the meantime Tyson Fury walks about wearing a Mink's fur coat, not giving a ****.

[Daddy T]

He'll be in big trouble if he fights Haye, Fury, Joshua or Povetkin.

[DJ Enerate]

Who said he couldn't beat world class opponents? With power like his, he gives any heavyweight a run for their money. You need a helluva chin to withstand his type of power. I'm not saying that he's better than Fury, Ortiz, Haye, or any of those guys, I'm just saying he has the eraser. And the fact that he knocks fighters out while he's off balance. Now imagine him with proper technique. THAT'S scary stuff!

You're overrating Wilder's power. You can't rate someone's power if they've been slaying bums.

[DJ Enerate]

He'll be in big trouble if he fights Haye, Fury, Joshua or Povetkin.

I'm not a huge fan of Haye but I think he would have Wilder unconscious inside a round.

Fury would embarrass Wilder.

Wilder has no ring IQ and garbage boxing skills.

[Tobi.G]

Wilders power is still overrated. He landed some punches on Szpilka earlier with no effect. It took a punch that Szpilka saw not comming to really hurt him. Punches you dont see comming always hurt.

[MrClutch85]

Wilder was fighting defensive he allowed Szpilka to gain confidence get comfortable win rounds.He got the W highlight reel knockout

[TheUptownKid]

Damn people hate on Wilder hard... he is what he is but got a belt vs a legit heavyweight maybe not the top hw but that was just 1 year ago.