Comments Thread For: Mike Tyson Tabs Anthony Joshua as The Top Heavyweight

[Bronx2245]

Absolute crap. Wilder had about the same amount of training as Joshua.

How Deontay Wilder went from IHOP to heavyweight champion
June 14, 2015:

There are no professional sports teams in Alabama. The Crimson Tide are THE professional team. As a young boy, Wilder was torn between basketball and football. He chose the pigskin and wanted to embark on a path to the NFL. He enrolled at Shelton State Junior College in Tuscaloosa with the goal of playing major Division I college football.

The path ended when his daughter Naieya was born on March 20, 2005 and boxing entered his mind.

"I was a fan of boxing growing up," Wilder said. "I loved it growing up. I loved to watch it. Boxing didn't come until later on. I went to college and had my daughter. When I had her, it changed my life forever and my career. This is how I got into boxing and here I am now."

When she was born, Naieya was diagnosed with spina bifida, a birth defect in which a developing baby's spinal cord fails to develop properly. Wilder dropped out of Shelton State, and with bills mounting he needed a plan. He needed for it to happen quickly. Wilder ended up taking jobs at local chain restaurants and as a delivery truck driver to make ends meet.

"I went from IHOP, to AI-Three Company, Red Lobster and Budweiser," Wilder said. "The most interesting job was a delivery driver for Budweiser. I was still an amateur boxer. I had to get up at 4:30-5 a.m. every morning and I had to lift multiple amounts of beer. They probably put 1,000 cases of beer on my truck. I considered that a morning workout."

Wilder, who was 19 years old when everything was happening with Naieya, really didn't know what boxing was. He would watch certain fighters with his friends on television, but when Wilder decided he was going to give it a go, he realized he had found his calling...

After only 20 amateur fights, Wilder won the Olympic trials and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He won the bronze medal and was the only American to medal. When the Games commenced, Wilder turned professional and off he went.

http://www.sportingnews.com/us/other...o19aw0ekm6el91

[Bronx2245]

Usyk ain't knocking them out, he is not even stopping guys at 200, he better not go up to 220 and keep some speed and mobility, pot shots his way to UD wins.

Holyfield won fights at 6'1" 215, but I think Usyk needs to be somewhere between 225-235!

[BoZz]

Yea mike still crying about deontay's comment lol...well we all know mike ain't the smartest/sharpest tool in the shed. At the press conference everyone called Joshua a coward and that's what he is. You can not be a boxing fan and enjoy watching him fight Russian midgets and bums like whyte

[N/A]

Way to go arguing a point that I said was only recognized by some people

But the IBO isn't recognized by anyone other than brainwashed AJ fans. Matchroom doesn't recognize the IBO. Sky doesn't recognize the IBO. The IBO offered their belt for free to AJ, so he took it because it's a way to trick fans into thinking he has more world titles than he really does.

[N/A]

If wilder had it, his fans would have claimed it's the most prestigious belt in history

And those fans would be ****ing ******s. Just like you are now.

[BillyBoxing]

Holyfield won fights at 6'1" 215, but I think Usyk needs to be somewhere between 225-235!

Holy roided his as.s into HW, they were all big and ripped in the 90s for some obvious reasons.

[Jax teller]

But the IBO isn't recognized by anyone other than brainwashed AJ fans. Matchroom doesn't recognize the IBO. Sky doesn't recognize the IBO. The IBO offered their belt for free to AJ, so he took it because it's a way to trick fans into thinking he has more world titles than he really does.

Why are you still talking about it I wasn't arguing whether it should be recognized although you know it would be if Wilder or Fury had it. You seem to be ignoring everything else and only quoting parts of what I say to look like what you're saying means something.

[N/A]

Why are you still talking about it I wasn't arguing whether it should be recognized although you know it would be if Wilder or Fury had it.

That's a lie. The IBO isn't a recognized world championship. If Wilder or Fury held the title, it'd still be unrecognized.

[Jax teller]

That's a lie. The IBO isn't a recognized world championship. If Wilder or Fury held the title, it'd still be unrecognized.

How can a prediction be a lie?

[N/A]

How can a prediction be a lie?

None of the four recognized sanctioning bodies recognize the IBO. None of the major networks recognize the IBO. Not even Hearn himself recognizes the IBO.

The IBO heavyweight title, which is given to the recognized champion for free, has been held by Lewis, Klitschko, Joshua, etc, none of which has changed that it's an unrecognized title. It was already held by Fury and remained unrecognized. So when you say it'd be recognized if held by Fury, we know you're lying.