Deontay Wilder......the next great HW Champion?

tryingmybestt · 22-02-2012 08:33PM #1

Deontay Wilder

20 fights, 20 ko's....unbeaten

6ft 7 with a colossal reach

I feel this guy has real potential to be a great champ

What do you guys feel?

http://youtu.be/5UWjt7YNrg8

duagre · 23-02-2012 12:37AM

Still learning on the job. Matched very easily thus far, but has a lot of potential.

Big Ears · 23-02-2012 11:02AM

He's going absolutely nowhere imo. Sure he has the height, reach, speed and power needed at the very top, which is how he managed to get himself an Olympic medal. But his defence is terrible, his chin is highly questionable and he seems to lack the heart for a scrap. Very uncomfortable when he's pushed backwards.

There's a reason his opposition has been so appallingly bad to date and it's that they don't trust him to come through hard tests. He should have been matched tougher all the same though, put him in with durable guys with a reasonable skill level but little power and maybe pick a few out of shape guys so he can out last them if he has to. Instead they've thrown him scrubs he can just blow away and it's doing no one any good.

His next fight is scheduled against a 5'9 natural Middleweight who hasn't fought in almost 4 1/2 years and has never boxed as a Heavyweight before. I don't see the point in this match up, he's not going to learn anything, at best this likely 1 round blow out will get a brief mention and get shown on HBO, but even that won't do much for him considering the opposition.

kryogen · 23-02-2012 12:16PM

Wouldn't hold much hope for him being a great HW champ, or a HW champ at all actually, maybe if he fights some guys that could actually be classed as decent opponents and wins well he can start to be considered someone to look out for, but as of now he is being matched with guys who have no chance of beating him, who knows how much heart he has? I'd suspect he is lacking in it though, and his defense looks weak.

barney4001 · 23-02-2012 04:35PM

He has the right lines of form to go far compared to what is on this side of the Atlantic

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:468841

Spazdarn · 23-02-2012 06:41PM

Untested, doesn't look great technically, physically has most of the tools needed to do well but I'd be very surprised if he amounted to something.

He's like the black Tyson Fury, not great technically and awkward to boot.

gene_tunney · 23-02-2012 07:04PM

Perez, Boytsov, Mitchell, and Price would all spark him.

barney4001 · 24-02-2012 11:36AM

SEEMS TO HAVE A WEAK CHIN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNO5bVPP-uw

rebelomar · 25-02-2012 01:04AM

His opposition has been awful thus far! Can't judge him till we seen him in with a higher rank guy. His Chin def looks suspect.

barney4001 · 25-02-2012 09:23PM

I doubt very much if any of the british heavies would trouble mike perez with the exception of price

Joe Musashi · 26-02-2012 11:12AM

tryingmybestt wrote: »

Deontay Wilder

20 fights, 20 ko's....unbeaten

6ft 7 with a colossal reach

I feel this guy has real potential to be a great champ

What do you guys feel?

http://youtu.be/5UWjt7YNrg8

I'd like to see him fight someone with a pulse.

Might be just another black hope/dope.

barney4001 · 27-02-2012 08:46PM

Makes you think don't it

http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=148750&start=50

Pighead · 04-04-2013 06:33PM

Audley Harrison p next for Wilder. Fights on the undercard of the Amir Khan Julio Diaz fight on April 27th.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/9972666/Deontay-Wilder-vows-to-eat-Audley-Harrison-on-UK-debut-on-undercard-of-Amir-Khan-bout-in-Sheffield.html

Could be the man to finally end old Audley's career once and for all.

FTA69 · 04-04-2013 09:01PM

I'd sooner go down to my own club and watch the kids spar than that pair to be honest.

T-K-O · 04-04-2013 09:06PM

I think Harrison beats this guy

cowzerp · 04-04-2013 09:24PM

T-K-O wrote: »

I think Harrison beats this guy

If he actually decides to throw a punch

T-K-O · 04-04-2013 09:29PM

cowzerp wrote: »

If he actually decides to throw a punch

That is the preferred method

FTA69 · 04-04-2013 09:32PM

T-K-O wrote: »

That is the preferred method

Well he didn't do much of it against Haye did he? He's not called "Fraudley" for no reason.

T-K-O · 04-04-2013 09:35PM

FTA69 wrote: »

Well he didn't do much of it against Haye did he? He's not called "Fraudley" for no reason.

What has that got to do with the price of anything. He won't be fighting Haye. Will he?

MickFleetwood · 05-04-2013 12:13AM

He's done absolutely nothing but fight scrubs so far. His best win is Kelvin Price.

Pighead · 05-04-2013 09:01AM

MickFleetwood wrote: »

He's done absolutely nothing but fight scrubs so far. His best win is Kelvin Price.

Yeah in fairness to him he looks like a beast but his opponents seem to be getting fatter and slower with each fight. Watched a YouTube video of his tenth or eleventh fight yesterday and then went to one of his last fights and the two opponents were both as bad as each other. They seem to be minding him like an egg. Audley will be by far the fittest looking opponent he has faced.

Frankie Lee · 05-04-2013 10:10AM

Pighead wrote: »

Yeah in fairness to him he looks like a beast but his opponents seem to be getting fatter and slower with each fight. Watched a YouTube video of his tenth or eleventh fight yesterday and then went to one of his last fights and the two opponents were both as bad as each other. They don't seem to be minding him like an egg. Audley will be by far the fittest looking opponent he has faced.

gaztop1979 · 05-04-2013 10:56PM

Wilder hasnt been tested yet,has been matched easy enough and fight against Harrison is another easy one in my opinion

PeterWeyland · 06-04-2013 09:33AM

T-K-O wrote: »

I think Harrison beats this guy

i second that audley KTFO

MickFleetwood · 06-04-2013 11:08AM

Don't see how Audley can win, really. If Wilder can do anything it's punch like a mule. One right hand, literally one, and Audley will either be severely hurt or severely comatose.

RoverZT · 27-04-2013 11:36PM

Good knockout tonight.

Wilder's fight stats do make it seem like he could be the next Mike Tyson. 25 fights, 25 wins, 25 Knockouts. The perfect record.

Needs to step up a few levels of opponents to get a better idea.

With a record like that you would think there would be more hype around him?

He was sparring with Haye a while back.

Frankie Lee · 27-04-2013 11:52PM

A fight against Haye in the summer would be interesting.

DaithiMa · 28-04-2013 12:26AM

T-K-O wrote: »

I think Harrison beats this guy

I thought the days when anyone thought fraudley would win were gone.

FTA69 · 28-04-2013 12:28AM

Fury would bate him handy.

T-K-O · 28-04-2013 08:22AM

DaithiMa wrote: »

I thought the days when anyone thought fraudley would win were gone.

It's easy to be an expert after the fact. Wilder was unproven and Harrison had looks pretty decent in prizefighter. I also thought the lighter weight would improve his all round game.

He's scared ****less in there. The guy should really hang them up

barney4001 · 28-04-2013 09:02AM

FTA69 wrote: »

Fury would bate him handy.

theres not a hope in hell of Fury fighting Wilder ,be to easy for WILDER

barney4001 · 28-04-2013 09:23AM

FTA69 wrote: »

Fury would bate him handy.

theres not a hope in hell of Fury fighting Wilder ,be to easy for WILDER

badabing106 · 28-04-2013 11:21AM

barney4001 wrote: »

theres not a hope in hell of Fury fighting Wilder ,be to easy for WILDER

no sure about that, Wilder got knocked on his ass by a feather fisted Harold Sconiers in 2010. His management are clearly puting him in against chinny 3rd tier fighters with terrrible records.Audley is the most dangerous fighter he has ever fought? If he ever fights a skilfful durable opponent . It might be David Price all over again?

I wonder are his management going to try and retire him with a 100 % record,maybe wait till the Klts are gone, and put him in against some paper weight champion

Deontay Wilder......the next great HW Champion?

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