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Deontay Wilder has quickly become one of the biggest boxing stars of the last 15 years, perhaps longer than that.
It has been decades since the Heavyweight division has seen a fighter with the personality, and the physical talent of Wilder.
His story is amazing, got into boxing because of his daughter's illness, won a Bronze Medal with virtually zero experience, and quickly developed into one of the greatest knockout artist boxing has ever seen.
Wilder's lack of experience has always been evident, so what he has done, with all the so called prospects that have crashed and burned is remarkable.
Wilder is the new George Foreman, except he has old Georges personality in his prime.
So why all the hate? Why is it, that whenever his name appears on this forum, an army of people post childish pet names for him, or dedicate entire profile emojis to insulting him?
The hate is real, passionate, and deep seeded.
After a quick review, I realized many of the people who hated Mayweather, and posted craziness on this site at the simple mention of his name, have now transferred the hate to Wilder, splice in some keyboard warrior nationalists from the UK, and you have the biggest wagon of haters in all of sports, I think Tom Brady might compare, but the Wilder hate is worldwide.
Why is this?
Well, he is African American, outspoken, and rich, just like Mayweather was, Wilder will never be Mayweather in the ring, but he has filled the gap outside of it.
Look for yourself, look at every Wilder article comment section that quotes him on the record being confident over the last two years, that research makes my point for me.
Wilder represents something that people have had an issue with since Jack Johnson boxed, he is not demur, he is not quiet, he does not accept knowing him place, and because of that, he is hated.
AJ is not seen as a brotha the same way Wilder is, which is why most of his fanbase is white, which is fine, but the truth.
Wilder might not be the next big thing, and he certainly is not Ali, but right now, he is the most explosive, physically talented HW since the 70's, mabye further back than that, and on top of that, he is a good dude, ask around, see what other people say, he is beloved by the boxing community, even his opponents.
Do me a favor, imagine if Wilder was white, what would the reaction to his rampage over the HW division be?
Different than all of this chaos I can promise you that.
Half of the reason floyd made so much money, was because of race, look at his opponents, the biggest fights were against white, or mexican fighters, race fueled those promotions, and many of the haters that flocked to Mayweathers name whenever it was evoked.
Wilder is not perfect, but all in all, he is a good dude, the hate towards him is tribal, irrational, certainly not based on who he is as a person, more based on what he looks like, and his confidence in himself.
It has been decades since the Heavyweight division has seen a fighter with the personality, and the physical talent of Wilder.
His story is amazing, got into boxing because of his daughter's illness, won a Bronze Medal with virtually zero experience, and quickly developed into one of the greatest knockout artist boxing has ever seen.
Wilder's lack of experience has always been evident, so what he has done, with all the so called prospects that have crashed and burned is remarkable.
Wilder is the new George Foreman, except he has old Georges personality in his prime.
So why all the hate? Why is it, that whenever his name appears on this forum, an army of people post childish pet names for him, or dedicate entire profile emojis to insulting him?
The hate is real, passionate, and deep seeded.
After a quick review, I realized many of the people who hated Mayweather, and posted craziness on this site at the simple mention of his name, have now transferred the hate to Wilder, splice in some keyboard warrior nationalists from the UK, and you have the biggest wagon of haters in all of sports, I think Tom Brady might compare, but the Wilder hate is worldwide.
Why is this?
Well, he is African American, outspoken, and rich, just like Mayweather was, Wilder will never be Mayweather in the ring, but he has filled the gap outside of it.
Look for yourself, look at every Wilder article comment section that quotes him on the record being confident over the last two years, that research makes my point for me.
Wilder represents something that people have had an issue with since Jack Johnson boxed, he is not demur, he is not quiet, he does not accept knowing him place, and because of that, he is hated.
AJ is not seen as a brotha the same way Wilder is, which is why most of his fanbase is white, which is fine, but the truth.
Wilder might not be the next big thing, and he certainly is not Ali, but right now, he is the most explosive, physically talented HW since the 70's, mabye further back than that, and on top of that, he is a good dude, ask around, see what other people say, he is beloved by the boxing community, even his opponents.
Do me a favor, imagine if Wilder was white, what would the reaction to his rampage over the HW division be?
Different than all of this chaos I can promise you that.
Half of the reason floyd made so much money, was because of race, look at his opponents, the biggest fights were against white, or mexican fighters, race fueled those promotions, and many of the haters that flocked to Mayweathers name whenever it was evoked.
Wilder is not perfect, but all in all, he is a good dude, the hate towards him is tribal, irrational, certainly not based on who he is as a person, more based on what he looks like, and his confidence in himself.
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