Comments Thread For: Wilder Shoots Down Idea of Being Named WBC Franchise Champ

[Gentblue]

Stiverne was his 1st mando that he actually fought and for good reason,that fight was so bad i think Showtime was refusing to air it and he had to pretend to want the Ortiz fight , but Stivernes not his second it was his FIRST mando so that further reinforces this habitual liars stance that he doesn't really fight relevant ones anyway and only ****** people think hes some sort of hero of boxing when he just declined 100 million to fight the guy everyone wanted to see, bunch of morons on here for real. lol

Actually Povetkin was his first Mando. Then Stiverne, then Breazeale, now it was Whyte. So he’s had Four technically.

[DeeMoney]

How are boxing fans finding something negative to say about this?

Two reasons.

The most common one being that they are biased and more fan of a promoter, fighter, or nationality; and most likely Wilder's not a part of 'Their Group' or his actions wen counter to 'Their Group'.

The less common, and somewhat understandable one, is they recognize with the plethora of belts and sanctioning organizations one could avoid the top competition by sticking to their mandatories. For example- neither Ruiz or Joshua are in the top 15 in WBC rankings but I doubt anyone here thinks that there are 15 heavyweights better than them. Since boxing is so fractured one could feasibly get an easier path by sticking to his mandatories.

Now I am not writing Wilder fits into the second category, and I do applaud the principles of defending your belt as he is doing. But with so many sanctioning bodies out there, this ideal doesn't always play out as it should (as it would if there were only 1 belt).

The business of boxing further ruining the sport of boxing.

[Mrbamladen]

He expanded due mandatories. He didn't duck any mandatory because they weren't made besides Povetkin and currently whyte so that leaves to question where was the other mandatories since 2015 ? Aare you really telling me Stiverne out for 2 years isn't throwing a red flag here because that was his 2nd one ? Breazeale was his 3rd so I guess you can count that even though he was skipped as well for fury ? Ha

Lol. A little research goes a long way. 1st it was jennings. Jennings gave up his spot to fight wlad. Making way for povetkin vs perez for the spot. Povetkin ko'd him in one round and said he wanted his shot immediately. Wilder brought up drug testing.....suddenly povetkin wasnt ready for a year. Only to test dirty when he got his shot. Not only that, he tested dirty again the same year before his interim bout with stiverne. Making stiverne #1. Stiverne was suppose to fight breazeale for the spot. But stiverne got the wilder fight instead. Leaving breazeale in position to fight for the mandatory. So out of all of this......how do find any of this to be the fault of wilder??? Oh yeah, whyte was only #1 contender. When did he fight for a mandatory spot???

[Jkp]

Wilder will defend his belt against a mandatory as long as his name isn't Dillian Whyte. FACTS!

Dillian would last 30 seconds against Wilder. Would love to see that fight.

But Dillian will run if he gets an offer, just like he ran twice from signed guaranteed title shots againt AJ this year alone.

Theres a good reason Dillian only fights no names like "Oscar Rivas", and 40 year old bouncers like "Lucas Browne". While running from Ortiz and Parker and any other top 10 guy.

[Biolink]

Bravo to Wilder. That's a Witness Protection Program belt.

[ceylon mooney]

The mandatory fights have been very kind to Wilder of course he would love to keep fighting bums the WBC serves up or going for rematches nobody asked for.

nobody wants the fury rematch? come back after u become a boxing fan.

[sicko]

Like him or not I respect his stance on that BS Franchise Nonsense

[ceylon mooney]

Wilder will defend his belt against a mandatory as long as his name isn't Dillian Whyte. FACTS!

no. thats a feeling.

here are some facts:

whyte refused his IBF eliminator for AJ and his WBC eliminator for wilder.

whyte just now became WBC mandatory by beating oscar rivas.

[Plick647]

The business of boxing further ruining the sport of boxing.

Quote of the millennia, right there! Props to you!

[thabanga510]

If you cant respect this decision you are not a real boxing fan. We just saw Canelo and Loma request the franchise title to avoid fighters in line to fight them.