How can Wilder repair his image?

[QueensburyRules]

He needs to get back to basics ASAP

Haymon and co must ensure he only fights part timers or journey men to get
Those ko wins to build hype, back to basics

- -Deyonce never had even the basics.

*First TBA hvy champ ever his legacy.

[Mikeh333]

Did Wilder have a great image? Most people considered him a joke for a long time, nobody considered his power to be a joke though. Not a lot of guys doing to Wilder what Fury did to him tonight. Maybe none.

I agree. Wilder would have a chance against Joshua in my opinion. Fury is clearly the best HW in the division and would beat Joshua convincingly, if not knock him out.

The shame of it is that Wilder could have been the undisputed HW champion of the world, had he agreed to take limited money against Joshua in 2018 or 2019.

Wilder probably has to take the rematch clause against Fury inAugust, or lose credibility for big fights. That’s too bad, as I doubt he has an answer for Fury, but would probably have a good chance against Joshua.

[Butt stuff]

He's still young, he's still got the power and speed. He could knock out AJ and take his belts if he wants it bad enough.

TBH unlikely AJ will want to take the risk if Wilder doesn't have any belts though.

[Bandman]

He was badly beaten, Fury dominated him every round and was bullying him, you only needed to look at Wilders face to see he was a broken man in there. What does this bad beaten do for him psychologically? We saw Joshua come back from adversity, can Wilder do the same?

Wilder got demolished by the most skillful HW of the modern era. AJ got crushed by the biggest underdog since Buster Douglass. i give AJ props for bouncing back mentally from that. Wilder can bounce back since there's only one Fury out there, i don't think other HW's can avoid his right hand. but this fight should motivate him to add other weapons. just adding a check hook to his game would make Wilder better.

[Mikeh333]

He was walked down from the first bell, I actually felt sorry for him after the 5th round, because even at that point he knew his reliable right hand wouldn’t save him in that fight, this is why he talked about going out on his shield.

All that talk about “going out in my shield” was the best reason in the world for his trainer to throw in the towel. Really motivated fighters have to be saved from themselves sometimes. Wilder’s trainer made the right move.

[LetOutTheCage]

Wilder got demolished by the most skillful HW of the modern era. AJ got crushed by the biggest underdog since Buster Douglass. i give AJ props for bouncing back mentally from that. Wilder can bounce back since there's only one Fury out there, i don't think other HW's can avoid his right hand. but this fight should motivate him to add other weapons. just adding a check hook to his game would make Wilder better.

Wilder was beating from pillar to post by a guy not known for having power, forget Wilder landing his right, if the other heavyweights with power start landing on him first he's going down. AJ would be favourite to beat Wilder by KO if they meet anytime soon

[BostonGuy]

One of Wilder's biggest flaws is his "side jab." Put simply, his jab sucks. He throws it sideways and seems to use it just as a range finder for the right hand.

With Wilder's physique, his jab should resemble a fighter like Ali or Larry Holmes. A stiff crisp fast jab that does damage and sets up other punches in the offense.

[Kezzer]

For me wilder needs to rematch fury or take on someone like Whyte or Povetkin. He desperately needs to win though so needs to be careful with his selection. Povetkin makes a lot of sense to me.

[Ray*]

All that talk about “going out in my shield” was the best reason in the world for his trainer to throw in the towel. Really motivated fighters have to be saved from themselves sometimes. Wilder’s trainer made the right move.

That was his ego talking, in actual fact Wilder knew he was done after the 5th round. He was bleeding from the nose, mouth and ears. He essentially quit when he stopped throwing any punches. He was a sitting duck for Fury and he could have been hurt even worse, he needs to thank Breland, but knowing how delusional him and his yes men Team is, he would fire Breland.