All Wilder Has Is His Right Hand....And Killer Instict

[JimRaynor]

First and foremost, great fight, and hats off to Wilder for showing heart, grit, and determination. However, one thing became evidently clear in this fight, and that is that all Wilder has is his right hand and killer instinct. Not only did he not attempt to control the fight with his jab due to his significantly longer reach, but the man also didn't throw one meaningful left hook the whole night.

He measured Ortiz all night with his right hand, and at the slightest indication that Ortiz was hurt he pounced on him like a lion. Aside from that I had Ortiz winning going into the 10th round, albeit by one point, but still up.

Wilders power will always make him a threat, but we have seen power punchers in the past succumb to losses due to lack of skill, I fear this fate awaits Wilder as well, even though I will be rooting for him against Joshua.

[Sidney Powell]

In other words everything we already knew about him + we learned he had killer instinct.

No one is fooled into thinking Wilder can box beautifully or that he ever will. Every part of him fighting makes you think if you saw him hitting a speed bag in the gym, and didn't know who he was, you'd be sure he was a scrub who'd never win a fight against anyone worth half a dam.

But what he does do makes every fight he's in a high-drama, fun to watch affair. FFS for like 10 minutes I was dam sure that Gerald Washington was gonna be the WBC champion of the world. That he is obviously lacking is exactly what makes it enjoyable to be a fan of his.

But yeah, gotta like Joshua's chances even still. Never know though with these super heavyweight types.

[Squ□redCircle34]

He didn't use his jab as a weapon per se tonite due to him knowing Ortiz is a southpaw with lots of experience on how to disrupt an orthodox fighters jab and also cuz Ortiz is very cunning with coming over the top of a jab with counters!

He mostly used his jab as a distance control mechanism or for defense!

Wilder showed he's got patience to go along with killer instinct, he knew Ortiz is the more technical fighter but he has confidence in himself that he would eventually fish out a mistake that Ortiz makes and do damage!

A well known trainer calls it, "Big Game Hunting"

You can box Wilder all you want but he has the speed, reach, confidence and of course equalizer to turn A fight around at ANY time!

[Larry the boss]

Hard to jab against a southpaw counter puncher

[JimRaynor]

Hard to jab against a southpaw counter puncher

Wasn't hard for Ortiz to jab Deontay, in fact that was his most effective punch.


Besides Deontay's right hand he doesn't have much of an arsenal. Devastating power and killer instinct are his two biggest strengths, everything else I'd worry about.

[Larry the boss]

Wasn't hard for Ortiz to jab Deontay, in fact that was his most effective punch.


Besides Deontay's right hand he doesn't have much of an arsenal. Devastating power and killer instinct are his two biggest strengths, everything else I'd worry about.

That makes what he has achieved even more amazing

[Warrior Scholar]

I know I have bad mouthed Wilder because he lacks respect for humanity but what impressed me the most out of his performance was that approaching the ninth and tenth rounds was his adjustments to his cross. He threw weaker crosses early and tricked Ortiz to think that was his real cross. Then he showed him the real cross in the later rounds.

And Ortiz, is fkn hilarious, that funny smirk he makes when he thinks he got you, was making me laugh. I like that dudes attitude, and his little girl has a big heart. Kudos to him and Wilder.

[sotgoda]

Wasn't hard for Ortiz to jab Deontay, in fact that was his most effective punch.


Besides Deontay's right hand he doesn't have much of an arsenal. Devastating power and killer instinct are his two biggest strengths, everything else I'd worry about.

I respectfully disagree. Wilder is faster than most, if not all, of the heavyweights. Name me one who is faster than he is. Wilder is more explosive than any heavyweight. This is also what makes his punches more meaningful. He dulls things out and then springs into action while you have been lulled to sleep.

Wilder pivots well, moves his head most times, thinks in the ring, can fight on his front and back foot. Now include heart (dog), stamina, his athletic movement, etc., and you see why he is that good. If you cannot see that, I cannot help you with that.

Wilder dropped Ortiz in the 2nd round with a jab. It was the combination of right hands and left hook that dropped Ortiz in the 10th round - contradicting your statement about no meaningful left hook. Just saying...

[Warrior Scholar]

I feel like Deontay went into that fight knowing that he would get jabbed up and outfoxed for the first few rounds while he figured it out. I like his big picture mentality.

[Warrior Scholar]

I rewatched it last night and something I also noticed was that, while the ref did give Wilder a break at the beginning of the round after which he was hurt , I feel like he couldn't recovered irregardless. Watching their both motor skills and coordination, it was all over with once Wilder landed the first big true cross. When that happened, you could see the fight flee from Ortiz' gaze as it found the ceiling and then settled back on Wilder, that was when it was over with.

Was a damn good heavyweight fight!!!!!!!!