3-Time SADDO PREDICTION COMP CHAMPION.
Sadly, this has the makings of another Floyd vs Pacquiao. Six years of jockeying and posturing, only to get underwhelmed in the end.
Dominic Breazeale feels referee stopped Deontay Wilder fight too early
Dominic Breazeale suffered a brutal first-round knockout at the hands of heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder on Saturday, but felt the referee stopped the fight too early.
WBC titleholder Wilder sent Breazeale to the canvas with a ferocious right hand to retain his belt after just 137 seconds at Barclays Center, improving to 41-0-1 in the process.
The mandatory challenger was almost back on his feet by the time referee Harvey Dock completed his 10 count, though he appeared in no condition to continue.
It was just the second defeat of Breazeale's career, with the American having lost to Anthony Joshua in the Briton's first world title defense in June 2016, but he felt he had more to give.
"I think the ref stopped it a little early because I could hear him saying 'seven' and 'eight', but that's boxing," Breazeale said.
"He did his job and kept us safe for our next fight. I got on my feet and had my legs under me. It's the heavyweight division so there's going to big shots from guys with power. This was a situation where he landed the big right hand before I did. I thought I was going to come on in the later rounds. I'll be back and go for the heavyweight title again."
After registering the 40th knockout of his career, Wilder said a unification bout with IBF, WBA and WBO champion Joshua will happen, although rematches against Tyson Fury or Luis Ortiz could also be up next.
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I thought the count might have been a little fast, but it didn't matter, Breazeale was on queer street when he got up. He couldve had someone elses legs underneath him and not known the difference. Wilder has improved a little. Particularly new was the uppercut he tried and missed on. Still it would seem like his form is causing unnecessary wear and tear on his body and will be a threat to his longevity. Its exciting to swing for the fences on every punch but it can be hell when you land and hell when you miss.
The shot that ended the fight came in typical Wilder fashion. He shot the jab and kept the right hand behind the body/lead shoulder. Breazeale, had his left hand practically in his pocket and he was trying to shoot from the hip. I didn't think he'd last to the opening bell to be honest. His footwork couldn't have been worse with two wooden legs. This was a showcase for Wilder and wilder makes these fights look easier than they should be because his opponents stand in front of him thinking they're out of range or or focusing on offense because they know that he's prone to getting clipped. I don't think theres a huge problem with his chin as much as him not seeing the punches coming because hes usually swinging big. If you want to be wilder, you have to get your legs into the fight and give him angles to neutralize the reach. Jabbing him out of position and feinting him to keep him from setting his feet.
Is Joshua capable of that.... Possibly. The issue with Joshua is hes used to walking down opponents that he has outgunned and advancing behind the jab to open guys up with combos. Which is beautiful if you're already inside. Joshuas a big target and if he stands in front of Wilder coming in, he'll be precisely where he doesn't want to be.. Most opponents have taken to try to circle to wilders left (away from that right hand and under estimating its ranginess). Joshua jabbing over the jab and turning him will take some of that away. Sooner or later Wilder is going to uncork the right hand behind the jab even if hes out of position, turned, off balance because its what he knows. Joshua cant get to overzealous and combo happy or he risks paying for it.
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Wilder can be hurt and has been a few times now, Breazeale definitely hurt him but he seemed to shake it off quickly and came back firing.
If Wilder hits you with that big right hand your hitting the deck no matter who you are.
AJ v Wilder is now THE fight in the division.
They'll just go at it until one of them is unconscious.
No way that goes the distance.
Hard to pick a winner but Wilder has better speed than AJ so might get to him first.
It's gonna be a brilliant fight when they finally meet.
He knocked over a tomato can. Breazeale dropped his hands and basically asked to get knocked out. Wilder lost his last fight against Fury and got a gift decision. On Saturday he fought in front of what the Guardian called : the charitably announced crowd of 13,181 so that's a half full at best arena and maybe half of the people there probably got free tickets. Was the fight PPV in America? I don't think it was, was it. Wilder has a right hand that can knock anybody out but nobody over there seems to be too excited about him. When he's in against somebody who isn't a can he doesn't look so good.
How good is Fury's chin to get up from Wilder's big right hand?
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Reread what I said.
"Certainly the pendulum is starting to swing a little bit isn't it."
Quite different from saying that Wilder is the "man" in the division, isn't it. I don't know. Maybe it IS a translation thing, like some have said.
"Used to be Wilder hadn't fought anybody. Well... he's slowly working on that isn't he."
Emphasis on "slowly". So he knocked over a "tomato can." How does that invalidate the Ortiz's and Stiverne's of the world? (Cue the "Ortiz is an old man and Stiverne is a nobody" song-and-dance). I would say Wilder's choice of opponents has improved vastly over the first part of his career. But you're free to disagree, of course.
"Argument was Wilder was fighting in front of 5,000 people in the backwoods of Alabama. Seems he's slowly warming up to the U.S. heavyweight fandom consciousness isn't he."
Fact is the argument WAS being used that Wilder was fighting in front of family and friends in the backwoods of Alabama. Now he's fighting in the slightly more upscale Barclay Center in Brooklyn. Sorry it doesn't hold as many people as Wembley Stadium, but what can you do. Objection overruled.
BTW, I'll stick to my own opinion that the fight was justly called a draw. Contrary to UK popular opinion, Wilder didn't JUST win the rounds in which he knocked down Fury. But whaddaIknow....
So you see.... all this anti-Wilder backlash is really unnecessary.
Last edited by mrbig1; 05-23-2019 at 01:49 AM.
America is odd with its boxing gates, not sure why that matters though. A guy like RJJ won the HW title in Vegas with a 1/2 empty Mack Center, does that matter in anyway to a fan?
Cassius Clay won a title fighting Liston to an empty house as well.
Other than Texas, California & Madison Square garden, rarely do fighters pack the house be it Bradley, Ward, former champs to name a few.
And kinda perplexed on you calling Brezealle a Tomato can was he that when he fought AJ? It seems then that the whole HW division is always overloaded with tomato cans, to which Wilder saw it as a mandatory, should he lose his belt for that?
Reminds me of when Bernard Hopkins took a lot of flack...and deserved it...for fighting a no namer Morrade Hakkar a mandatory.
Who is there for DW or AJ to fight? And if these guys are better than Brezealle I can only question who did they fight to relinquish the tomato can label that has been applied to Dominic?
All's lost! Everything's going to shit!
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