That's basically what I thought but malignaggi is talking about the same thing apparently.

it seems like Deontay Wilder will fall from grace in his next one or two fights and forever be forced to fight as a second-string fighter kind of like what happened to Michael Grant after he got knocked out by Lennox Lewis. I think wildr will be just like Michael Grant

I don't think Wilder could knockout McGregor but he can make more money fighting McGregor then he will ever make again