Anyone else think Wilders title run was similar to ggg’s?

[JohnCastellanos]

I’m not sure how many defenses they both had but they both fell short vs oponents they were supposed to steamroll

[Vlad_]

You mean those opponents who waited for GGG to be past 35 years old?

[Ca$ual Fan]

Only difference - quality opponents gave GGG competitive fights. Wilder got exposed as soon as he fought someone real

[JohnCastellanos]

You mean those opponents who waited for GGG to be past 35 years old?

Can’t blame anyone but GGG for waiting for the last minute to step it up. If you think about it ggg “the late bloomer” waited till the last minute on allot of things: Turning pro, moving to America, taking a risky fight, taking control of his career etc. Almost as if he “waited till he was ready” wouldn’t you say? So for you or anyone to say it was another fighters obligation to fight GGG just because his clock was ticking is asinine! Ha ha

[GGG Gloveking]

Can’t blame anyone but GGG for waiting for the last minute to step it up. If you think about it ggg “the late bloomer” waited till the last minute on allot of things: Turning pro, moving to America, taking a risky fight, taking control of his career etc. Almost as if he “waited till he was ready” wouldn’t you say? So for you or anyone to say it was another fighters obligation to fight GGG just because his clock was ticking is asinine! Ha ha

I'd say the guy who initially said he'd fight GGG, then turned around and vacated his belt and waited another year to fight GGG, was the one that "waited until he was ready."

[JohnCastellanos]

I'd say the guy who initially said he'd fight GGG, then turned around and vacated his belt and waited another year to fight GGG, was the one that "waited until he was ready."

Well since he fought GGG, Canelo has improved even more so he could have waited even longer had that been the case. Canelo took a risk and GGG put his huge ego aside for a payday

[Dean_Razorback]

no, not at all

[bojangles1987]

Not even close. Golovkin looked much more impressive in his wins and didn't have the competition around to fight that Wilder did. When it was available, he fought them.

[JakeTheBoxer]

GGG fought all the best competition when it was available.

[Citizen Koba]

https://www.boxingscene.com/2010s-rankings-top-twenty-decade-5-1--146508

#4 Gennady Golovkin

Rated Opponents in the 2010s: TKO5 Grzegorz Proksa (Ring #9 - 160), TKO7 Gabrial Rosado (Ring Unrated/TBRB #10 - 154), KO3 Matthew Macklin (Ring #5/TBRB #6 - 160), RTD8 Curtis Stevens (Ring #9/TBRB Unrated - 160), TKO3 Daniel Geale (Ring #2/TBRB #5 - 160), KO2 Marco Antonio Rubio (Ring #8/TBRB Unrated), TKO11 Martin Murray (Ring #6/TBRB #4 - 160), TKO8 David Lemieux (Ring/TBRB #4 - 160), TKO5 Kell Brook (Ring/TBRB #1 - 147), UD12 Daniel Jacobs (Ring/TBRB #2 - 160), D12 Saul Alvarez (Ring Champion/TBRB #2 -160), L12 Saul Alvarez (Ring/TBRB Unrated* - 160), UD12 Sergey Derevyanchenko (Ring #6/TBRB #3 - 160)

https://www.boxingscene.com/2010s-rankings-top-twenty-decade-20-16--146137

It left a pool of more than fifty fighters to consider; heavyweights Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, and Deontay Wilder were also scored. Heavyweights often fall short of pound for pound consideration but represent the peak of the sport in literal terms. None of the three made the top twenty regardless.

Wilder has 3 top 10 guys on his resume, Stiverne #3 when the first fought, unranked the second, Ortiz unranked in their first fight but #3 prior to his heart meds debacle and #6 in their second fight and Fury ranked #8 in their first fight and #2 in their second.