Done with the heavyweight division

[KingHippo]

Wilder is a **** fighter, can't stand watching him fight.

[DinoCop]

it was the year 1938 last time i watched a heavyweight, and im from 94.

[LacedUp]

I thought he looked fine tonight, completely destroyed Big Nipple as expected. It's Deontay Wilder so of course he's going to throw looping punches and be off balance at times, we've seen enough of him to know this is who he is.

What I meant by my post was why overreact on the entire heavyweight division because OP doesn't think Wilder is any good? Seems silly to me. He's either going to lose against a good opponent like many expect he will or he'll turn out better than what some people think. It will sort itself out one way or the other.

Wilder is clearly good enough to beat journeyman and decent contenders. Well find out if he's good enough to beat elite heavyweights in time. We would have found out already if not for Povetkin failing his drug tests.

He looked OK i would say. I don't think Joshua, Klitschko or Fury would have been touched by Arreola at all. But Wilder seems to like a bit of a scrap, so maybe that's why. Giving his audience a little fight.

I agree with the rest of your post. I think Wilder will most likely have a few tune ups when he gets back. Will be interesting to see how his hand and arm holds up to the injuries.

[MASTERBX]

My love for boxing keeps me tuning in to watch these big guys fight but after seeing Wilder hurt that grease ball then start swinging crazy with sloppy looking wide arm punches made me wanna throw up. If this is what the future of American heavyweight boxing is then I don't wanna c it.

lil fidel castro knows it is only a matter of time that an exciting American will take over the Heavyweight Division. Meldonium is banned no more good EE heavies.

[Ray Corso]

Fidel456......................ok see ya later!

[MisterPullman]

You guys are all tripping

That was a consulate display of elite skill and entertainment

Wilder beats Lennox Lewis, Tyson fury, or any ****** British heavyweight.

Brits can't fight

[ShoulderRoll]

Wilder doesn't display the skills of a great heavyweight BUT....he does have moderately decent skill for such an athletic big man.

Couple that with his obvious punching power and it makes him dangerous to any heavyweight out there

Right now I think only Luis Ortiz would beat him, and possibly Anthony Joshua (who frankly I would like to see VADA tested.) I like his chances against anyone else.

[RussB23]

C that's what ur mind tricks u to think cause HW division been dead for so long. If ur stuck in a island for years with no girls there and 10 years later u finally c a busted looking one, ur gonna think she's fine as hell. Same thing with hip hop, no offense to my southern brothers on here but the south killed hip hop a while ago and now every little mediocre sounding song sounds like a hit to u. U can buy this HW crap they're selling u but I'm not falling for it

Well it is more exciting than when it was just the klitschkos and nobody else. Now you actually got new guys like wilder, joshua , fury, ortiz all in the mix and one will come out on top. Id rather watch them fight than watch the klitschkos jab a bunch of overmatched guys for 12 rounds.

[ИATAS]

He looked OK i would say. I don't think Joshua, Klitschko or Fury would have been touched by Arreola at all. But Wilder seems to like a bit of a scrap, so maybe that's why. Giving his audience a little fight.

Yeah, to me it seemed like he was trying to put on a show and be entertaining for the home crowd. I think there is a part of him also who likes being in fights. I think he's probably good enough, certainly big enough, to just jab his opponents to death and stay on the outside, clinch when the opponent gets close, essentially the Wlad style of fighting , but he chooses not too. I think he's clearly limited as well and doesn't have the arsenal great fighters have, but he has the power and size to make up for it, at least up to this point. His chin is still the biggest unknown - how he'll respond taking a big shot that hurts him, we just haven't seen him tested like that yet. It's a shame the Povetkin fight didn't happen, that would have surely provided the answers.

I agree with the rest of your post. I think Wilder will most likely have a few tune ups when he gets back. Will be interesting to see how his hand and arm holds up to the injuries.

Thats the biggest issue now. He may be sidelined for a long time and if so, like you said he's probably going to need tune ups which means we may have to wait another year at least before he takes on a top opponent.

[LacedUp]

Wilder doesn't display the skills of a great heavyweight BUT....he does have moderately decent skill for such an athletic big man.

Couple that with his obvious punching power and it makes him dangerous to any heavyweight out there

Right now I think only Luis Ortiz would beat him, and possibly Anthony Joshua (who frankly I would like to see VADA tested.) I like his chances against anyone else.

Joshua is tested year round by an organization who catches more people cheating than VADA. So I wouldn't worry about that.