Wilder vs....

[ykdadamaja]

Arreola and Mitchell is pretty much happening last I read, kind of a waste. I don't care to see Kevin Johnson fight anyone, he's such a timid flower puncher that I'm not sure I couldn't go 12 rounds with him, that proves dick all. No different than a Dominick Guinn or somebody like that, we don't need to see a guy go rounds in a televised sparring session just because he hasn't had to, an opponent who will punch him is what Wilder needs. Arreola would have been a perfect test, but he's tied up like most everyone in the OP. Jennings or Chagaev are the only 2 who don't have a fight that I know of, either would be great to obviously.

The thing is with him fighting an opponent with a chin is that we will see if he has stamina and is able to go rounds or maybe do something the other fighters couldn't do and knock him (Johnson or Guinn) senseless to raise his stock even more. Carlos Takam could be a decent test for him also.

Well there lies the problem with Wilders career, he should already know these things about himself. He's now been a pro for five years, televised a whole bunch of times and has just fought two very recognizable opponents and blown them out in the first. Now he needs to see if he can go 12 rounds against a punching bag? It's completely backwards, especially given the state of the American HW scene.

Even if he doesn't have a glass jaw and he can actually fight, the way he's been groomed won't help him whatsoever when he actually has to prove it. Whether a big fraud or not, he would be a better fighter today had he taken on a single credible, durable opponent before he was getting prime TV slots.

Here is where I disagree with you and lean on the notion that boxing is a science and a sport. There is no sport or science in knocking a guy senseless within a round or two.

If he (Wilder) feels he can blow away a Klit- especially Vitali- in under 5 rounds, barring any injury, then he has to have rocks in his head. He has to win rounds against Vitali in particular.

I don't think Johnson is a punching bag. What was Johnson's problem was that he was never forced to push a fight BECAUSE he was always lulled into being a punching bag.

Johnson needs to feel the heat in order to rise... and Wilder will come at him harder than Fury or Vitali and allow him (Johnson) to get desperate, at least once in the fight, to rise and show what he can do!

It would be a great fight, for both men if the Wilder/Johnson fight comes off!

As with Vitali, with Johnson, Wilder, will be forced to win rounds.