Comments Thread For: Deontay Wilder Starts Slow, Stops Gerald Washington in Five

[bronx7]

I hope breland saw this and shows it to wilder over and over so he realizes a joe Louis straight right 12 inches better than a wild right everyone sees coming it gets their faster and a straight line ajways better than a wild hook

[bronx7]

The follow up was horrible wild shots from his ankles breland should show him his famous cherry tree special

[bronx7]

Power jab 12 inch straight right on the point of chin left hook short and sweet closes the show breland won tons of nationals with that olympics and ww title

[Banderivets]

Gotta give it up to uncle Al....I have never seen a promoter manage to squeeze so much out of so little...he does this with all of his fighters.

Look at Garcia (he's levels above Wilder in any case), he's been putting him in front of buckets fight after fight, take a slight risk when you are still at a big advantage and just move the fighter along for years until actually putting him in with a live body...if Garcia looses his next fight, that will be his first loss, after which it will be a few tune ups before fighting the next big one, because the future champ will need a vulnerable name to defend against...Al sure knows how to make money in this market.

And now Wilder...hasn't fought a single live body, nervous and lacking any solid skills, piss poor performances, getting outboxed by a Polish C level heavy until clipping him good.

Now watching this fight, he is sloppy as hell. And guess what, AJ is better than him skill wise, but AJs chin so shaky that Wilder might just get lucky and KO him...and there we will get a recognized champ whose skills are piss poor.

And people were complaining about Wlad's reign, fighting top contender after top contender, taking guys' zeros on the regular.

[Cinci Champ]

something just seemed off with wilder last night like his head just wasnt in the game. could just be the long lay off and comin back from brutal injuries tho. washington was actually impressive lets just hope wilder can secure a big fight. i got a feeling we may end up getting fury wilder

[Squ□redCircle34]

Wilder should get 1 more tune up b4 facing a top guy! Those injuries he had was serious and you could tell he was cautious cuz of it!

Seeing him actually throw a short right straight was great to see, if he could do that consistently he'll have less injuries and more early KO's cuz he punches so hard with the right technique he can take out anyone early or anytime during the fight!

[koolbreez12]

And this is exactly why Team Wilder avoids Top 10 opponents like Ortiz for 2 years now.They even found an excuse not to face Ortiz because of his past.But what happens if Ortiz becomes WBC mandatory ? Will Wilder vacate his title then ?

Why would Wilder fight Ortiz in his first fight back from major surgery?? Makes zero sense

[koolbreez12]

Joshua punches straight,fast and with power and has timing.....those alone are enough to finsih of wilder inside 4 rounds and wilder will not know what day of the week it is.....wilder has no guard, has no jab , and gets caught square on and his balance is shocking

Wilder has no jab? Besides last night, have you ever watched him fight?

[ruedboy]

Washington had his moments. Nice jab and some decent work to the body but the way he carries his left hand low combined with Wilder's ko power in his right hand made for a predictable ending.
Commentary was good but no need for four guys. Campell, Hunter and Mares was more than enough.

[umop-ap!sdn]

Wilder is far from the best boxer amongst the elite heavies but he hits the hardest and that alone will make him the hardest to beat. AJ, Klit, Ortiz will all outbox Wilder but Wilder will likely eventually land and that shot could be the game changer. HW boxing is a 1 punch competition for the most part, especially when you have these 6'4"+ giants in the ring and Wilder has the power to stop any grown man. His 98% ko percentage proves that. Especially considering the only man he didn't ko, he broke his hand against.