Deontay Wilder VS Nicolai Firtha on the Hops undercard..

[palmerq]

No wonder they keep feeding him shrimp. He's got more holes then a block of Swiss cheese. And the way he commits to fighting somebody with a pulse leaves a lot to be desired. He's a hype job with a punch who throws it from the next town over.

Really sounds like they are going to let him waltz through the backdoor and fight Stiverne for vacant Vitali trinket.

:S it does seem a bit dodgy :S.... but if that does happen at least he would be taking on someone who earned the shot and if he did wiin the title he couldnt hide anymore...

[ykdadamaja]

The FACT on Wilder is that no one wants to fight him at this stage, seeing what they have seen from him. His handlers went to a few of the top HW's and they didn't want the fight- BECAUSE it was high risk and no cash reward to fight him.

I think they latter part is becoming less and less of an excuse, because everyone is wanting to see Wilder step it up with an active guy.

But he has been asking around for fights. This is simply a case of too few HW's wanting to get in the ring with him at this stage.

The only time we WILL see Wilder tested, in the ring with a top guy, is when he is either a 1. title eliminator, where he will have to fight a guy between the 1st and 3rd contender spot; and 2. is if he fights for a title, whether left vacant or one of the belt holders that happen to be a Klit, until something changes like Vitali retiring before the end of 2014.

So this is where we have it now. It reminds me of the Tyson years before he jumped in there with Berbick. Aside from Mitch Green (which really is a stretch) and James Tillis (a very good journeyman on the fringe at the time) all of Tyson's other fights were against stiffs and inexperienced lambs to the slaughter. Even Ferguson, which you may say was a step up, really wasn't a step up for Tyson.

So, let's see Wilder unferl.