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he lost almost every round and was close to being stopped by a slow, old man and needed to ref to call a time out to let him recover
damn you yanks really are getting carried away with that win
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That's an interesting interview. Obviously he's forgotten more about boxing than I'll ever know, but I'm genuinely surprised he makes so much of the Stiverne knockdown.
Good stuff though, he's right that Wilder get the job done regardless of the gaps in his skillset.Comment
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Gifted with power.Comment
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He must be drunk, sorry but it’s not like Wilder put in a clinic and then KO Ortiz. Let’s put things into perspective here. It’s like the media going crazy and over the top here after Joshua beat Wlad.Comment
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ther'es a lot more to it with wilder than that. he's gifted with a lot of things. 7 foot reach. gift. 6'7" of a tommy hearns build with tommy hearns power. that jab that his opponents literally don't see until it's bounced off of their heads. another gift.
breland is doing a very decent job trying to tame a truly wild fighter. but he's got a ton to work with and people forget that. they talk about the power, but they don't talk about the reach! or they'll talk about the reach and the power, but they don't talk about his speed! i mean FFS that jab is fast! he makes joshua look slow when he's punching sharp. when he steps forward behind it it's almost impossible to deal with.
i picked ortiz to beat wilder in the mid - late rounds, and i was almost right. but wilder, in spite of his talent, is a greater sum than his parts [his physical abilities combined with his lack of craft!] he shouldn't be as good as he is with all of these flaws. and yet he's got 40 wins, knockouts over every guy he fought inlcuding dudes who have been boxing 2x as long, and he's on a list of two guys vying to be the best HW since wladimir klitschko, an all timer who ruled for a decade.
what wilder's doing is freakish. joshua too. joshua's development in a short period of time has been truly remarkable. wilder's success in spite of a lack of development has been equally remarkable. he's honestly one of the hardest punchers i have ever seen. maybe the hardest. i'm content with saying that now. he's up there with the hardest punchers ever. i don't think he's even hitting as hard as he could hit. there's still some work to be done with timing, distance, and straightening that thing out.Comment
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did you listen to the full interview? while i don't agree with him because we've seen more natural fighters [not those with better power, but those with better everything else,] since ali. roy jones and ray leonard are more talented than deontay wilder. sorry, deontay.
i do agree with the main point in his argument, that wilder is so talented he's beating fighters he should not beat, given his limitations. he keeps surprising people, myself included, by getting so far with having developed so little. and because of that he's arguing that he's supremely talented. which he is. most guys in the olympics have been boxing for 10 years.
joshua and wilder got into the olympics with less than 50 fights each. that's absolutely freakish, particularly in this era where foreign amateurs are boxing in the olympics as grown men.Comment
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I think what he means is, despite his horrific technique he's still somehow able to hit people and knock them out. Not sure how anyone can disagree with that. In terms of boxing technique he might be the worst of any world champion in history but somehow through athleticism and skill is somehow able to land hard punches.Comment
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Wilder has really good hand speed and can move well. If he learned to use that left to actually produce a thudding jab with his reach....he'd walk all of his opponents into that right quite easily.Comment
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