How long will Deontay Wilder avoid the top heavyweights?

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Will Deontay Wilder ever fight someone like Ortiz, Fury, Povetkin, or Joshua?

Or will he continue to take "safe" fights, choosing journeyman opponents like Molina and DuHaupas, or fringe contenders like Szpilka who are not in the top ten?

Wilder is age 30 now.

First off, Joshua is NOT a top heavyweight. He is a top prospect. Joshua is no better or worse than the Parker's, Tepper's, Mansour's and Martin's of this world. In fact, to me, he has trouble with Parker, gets chinned by Tepper and Mansour, and will have a dog fight with Martin to the bitter end. Shoots, put him in with Derek Bryant.... that oughta be nice. Or even a Gerald Washington. These guys in no way, shape or form are any challenge to the Ortiz's, Wlad's, Fury's and Povetkin's of this world.

With that being said, most likely Wilder takes the winner of the Glazkov/Martin IBF title fight. Not exactly top flight guys, but both would certainly be better than the guys he has faced in his title run.

Says the man who was adamant Quillin was better then Golovkin.

Beating Whyte puts AJ above prospect level. US heavies are very poor. I doubt any bar Wilder would beat Whyte.

I was being tongue in cheek with Quillin. In fact, when he ducked Korobov, I said he was Shiite for it. But, Joshua is no top contender yet and Whyte is just another Brit hype-job, fluffed up to make Joshua seem higher than where he really is.

Not saying Joshua can't be there, but he is not a world beater yet. Shit, I feel Povetkin, Pulev, Ortiz, and even a Jennings beats him up really bad. The kinda beat down that makes you wonder why his promoter set him up the way David Price got set up when he faced Thompson.