Deontay Wilder-Artur Szpilka/Martin-Glazkov - Saturday/SKY Sports/Showtime. Fact.

[ross]

Hey does anyone remember when Wilder got arrested for beating up a prostitute in a Las Vegas hotel room?

Wilder’s Attorney: Victim Has Accepted Deontay’s Apology - Boxing News

[Sleepwalker]

Wilder is the equivalent to Piston Hurricane on the original "Punch Out". Not much more.

[p4pking]

I think Wilders as vulnerable as the next guy, but is the division really locked down? Everyone is full of holes and a big punch makes you as likely as the next guy to take over, imo. I'd pick Tyson Fury over most anyone in the division, but it also wouldn't at all surprise me to see him get chinned.

[Mr140]

Anything can happen at a weight were you got guys that 230 pluse and have enough power to end your life if the wanted to . Hw is one of the hardest classes in general because you can have all the talent in a world a guy who is 230 and lands well on you and it is good night.

[p4pking]

It`s also the division where you are least likely to have all the talent in the world, though. Literally nobody is any good at HW right now, it`s kind of funny.

[Mr140]

The thing is power and size can make up for lack of talent though. I mean there a reason people cut weight and not many succeed when they move up there has been very few guys. I mean look at Wilder skill does not even matter because shot from him and your dead power changes things.

[Master]

You both make the same point that power and size make up for the lack of boxing skill in the heavyweight division.

[ross]

The thing is power and size can make up for lack of talent though. I mean there a reason people cut weight and not many succeed when they move up there has been very few guys. I mean look at Wilder skill does not even matter because shot from him and your dead power changes things.

The reason fighters cut weight is for a strength advantage to mask any skill disadvantage.

Heavyweight is probably the most honest division because no one has an "unfair" advantage. Everyone knows where they stand. If size masked skill Wach would have beaten Klitschko and Povetkin.

[Beanz]

Weird way for Martin to become a heavyweight champ. He looks ripe for the picking, and you can imagine considering the average nature of many of today's HW's that the queue to fight him is probably already building like a bunch of bargain hunters drooling outside a Black Friday sale.

Wilder, as has been noted, does seem to be neutered by trying to make him into something he is not. That said, you can't question his stopping power and mentally he has proved himself patient and capable. Fury, Ortiz, Wlad, would be fun and even a relatively untested Joshua or an inactive Haye would be very interesting.

If Wilder fights Povetkin we may never get to find out.

[Mr140]

it is all good ross i was kinda confuse though because what you said is what i pretty much see. I mean people talk about skills in hw but at the same time reigning while is hard in a division were guys with less skill can knock you fuck out more then any division there has been.