Deontay Wilder practically made Johan Duhaupas look like a prime version of Gennady Golovkin. If they were the same size, I know who my money would be on. That should answer the question of who the more skilled boxer is between Golovkin and Wilder. Since Duhaupas is still a poor man's Golovkin.
Wilder was getting out-jabbed, out boxed, badly marked up on his face and visibly damaged by Duhaupas. Duhaupas landed just as many, if not more effective punches on Wilder than vice versa. But he was the far superior ring general and showed arguably the better defense.
I had the fight close to or dead even at the time of the questionable, seemingly premature stoppage. If Duhaupas was able to do what he did to Wilder by winning as many rounds as he did, whilst also being as effective as he was offensively and in terms of effective punches landed. I can imagine how badly Alexander Povetkin at his best or Anthony Joshua or Wladimir Klitschko would've beaten Wilder. Even Kubrat Pulev, who is arguably superior to Johan Duhaupas in nearly every department, would arguably have beaten Wilder too.
Wilder was getting out-jabbed, out boxed, badly marked up on his face and visibly damaged by Duhaupas. Duhaupas landed just as many, if not more effective punches on Wilder than vice versa. But he was the far superior ring general and showed arguably the better defense.
I had the fight close to or dead even at the time of the questionable, seemingly premature stoppage. If Duhaupas was able to do what he did to Wilder by winning as many rounds as he did, whilst also being as effective as he was offensively and in terms of effective punches landed. I can imagine how badly Alexander Povetkin at his best or Anthony Joshua or Wladimir Klitschko would've beaten Wilder. Even Kubrat Pulev, who is arguably superior to Johan Duhaupas in nearly every department, would arguably have beaten Wilder too.
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