Can 'Wilder' ~foreman~ his way to a "Lennox"reign?

[J_Undisputed]

Wilder has good power and if he straightens out his punches. He needs a guy like Clancy Gil Clancy to teach him to punch straight. The guy is a great athlete and a fine physical specimen and when you combine that with his size and athleticism then technically nothing should be able to stop him from catapulting to the top for the next five years. He also has his family and daughter to inspire him

On the straight punch issue, its partly because of his fight IQ, which is why i think some of us have ripped him. Its something he should have figured out earlier into his career with as many fights as he's had. Perhaps he was never forced to but its better to find out early than find out too late. Wilder has 2 ranges, "Throw" or "cover". When guys shorten the distance on him but are not buried in his chest, rather than adjust his positioning, move his feet, tuck his elbows, pivot at the waist and get the leverage back on his punches, he goes into crab mode, flares his elbows and shortens his punch buy looping and throws arm punches from the shoulders without turning his hands over. Which leaves him very WIIIIIDE... and creates a Bay window of opportunity.

I think you point out something very important here. He's a physical specimen and quite the athlete... Just my opinion, but it takes something extra to be a fighter. It has been said Michael grant was a good multi sport athlete. He had some good trainers trying to help him take advantage of his physical abilities including don turner, teddy atlas, buddy mcgirt, etc. but he just couldn't pull it off. People say said roy jones was a good athlete but did everything wrong technically, but got away with it in a boxing ring. The difference might be competitive nature, focus, reflexes, heart or it may lay in the intangibles... I tend think of it as warrior spirit. You can almost tell just by looking at a fighter, whether he'll fight to the death/ refuses to be beat/ will jump both feet into the fray/feels alive receiving it as much as he does dishing it out.....or..... if they are happy to just get paid, act the part or go through motions while the odds are in their favor/ will stop fighting if they don't think they can win.

It's amazing what a fighter can accomplish out of acts of pure stubbornness, will, ignorance, purpose or valor (or a combination of 2 or more) as long as the body is willing /partly willing (Like Kevin Kelley vs. derrick Gainer). Just as it's amazing how a guy without that spirit can be on the doorstep of an opportunity and be deterred easily or convince himself to turn around and run. (Like Kermit Cintron vs. Kermit Cintron). Then of course there are those bubble guys (Victor Ortiz/ Maidana Vs. Victor Ortiz/Berto).

[No Contest]

He needs to up his competition level, lots of questions still need to be answered. He is ranked merely on his wins being KO's. He has beat only a handful of decent fighters.

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