Comments Thread For: Wilder: Last Fight Showed Nobody Has Skill Set To Beat Me!

[Viacheslav]

"You only just managed to beat a 40 year old! How can you say that you're any good when you struggled so badly with a guy that was 50 years old? I can't believe that Wilder thinks he can beat Joshua when he struggled against 70 year old Ortiz!"

This "old man" could have knocked out AJ, Parker, Povetkin. AJ is more skilled boxer than WIlder, but he has problem with his stamina and if he doesn't knock Wilder out until 6th-7th round, Wilder will finish him off brutally.

[Tha Kid]

Almost getting stopped by a 48 year old sure proves you're the best...

Actually he fought a undefeated, well schooled Cuban fighter that no other heavyweight wanted to fight.

[Boksfan]

Last fight showed that everybody has skill set to beat Wilder but they also need fitness.

[Redgloveman]

Wilder's presumably basing this on the assumption that Ortiz is the most skilled HW fighter in the world. Therefore, the fact that he beat the most skilled boxer in the world means that nobody else has the skills to beat him.

This is fairly obviously ignoring the fact that

a) Wilder survived a huge scare in the 7th round; and
b) It wasn't Ortiz's skills but his gas tank which let him down.

Props to Wilder for the win and I appreciate he's on a buzz right now and wants to capitalise on it, but I think he's getting a little ahead of himself.

[Holler]

Actually he fought a undefeated, well schooled Cuban fighter that no other heavyweight wanted to fight.

Sure, but don't overstate matters, he also fought a guy who has very little on his pro resume bar a win over post Klitschko Bryant Jennings and who had looked to be in decline over his past three outings.

That victory is now being used to ignore the lack of quality in his other 39 victories, including 6 other defences of his world title which didn't involve any top ranked opponent.

There lots to like about Wilder and he's exciting to watch, but the way he's been carefully steered I his pro career makes the hype which is being churned out on a daily basis border on the ridiculous. Which is fine, it's aimed at casual fans and idiots, but anyone who cares for and follows boxing shouldn't make the mistake of buying into it. At 32 years old and with 40 pro fights wilder has maybe 2 opponents who were considered top 10 fighters in the division.

Thats two. Two fighters. A don King managed Stiferne and an Al Haymon signed Ortiz. So please understand the scepticism where these claims are concerned.

[Boksfan]

Didn't Joshua get dropped? Did Wilder ever go down? Okay...

Yes Wilder got dropped by journeyman, go educate yourself kid.

[Luilun]

If Ortiz was 30 instead of 40 yea I can see your point. This win is equal to when Mike Tyson knock out old Larry Holmes who was 38 at the time as well

[BodiesInFlight]

Didn't Joshua get dropped? Did Wilder ever go down? Okay...

Wilder is the one making grandiose statements not AJ doe.

[True That]

In the words of Alabama's Deontay Wilder: "It's mind bobbling."

[bigjavi973]

And because it was in NY got extra time to recoup....

yea because a mere 8 seconds is ALOT longer than that minute wilder was in trouble in the 7th