So compared to past U.S. heavyweights... Wilder's not very popular in the U.S. Why?

[Master]

Wilder should be huge, perfect record, good physicality, huge puncher, with a shortage of top US fighters he is their best so should be supported more.

Bad promotion, management, less interest in boxing, and poor technique could be factors why he is not so big.

[Primo Carnera]

I voted “other” because the answer is that they suffer fools less gladly in the US . The OP Mentioned Ali, Tyson and Holyfield . The answer is there. Wilder is not in their League AND NEVER WILL BE. WHY?

perfect record - against who? 40 fights and who has he beat?

good physicality - and? I can’t remember Arnold Schwarzenegger being in the HOF.

huge puncher - MYTH. watch his knockouts, when does he ever time a punch with very little leverage and just put someone away? Anybody can knock someone else out if they take a run up a throw 10 windmills!

with a shortage of top US fighters he is their best so should be supported more - the standard is and has been so poor for so long in the US , that the public don’t give a fuck. The yanks only back winners.

Bad promotion, management - difficult to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

less interest in boxing, and poor technique could be factors why he is not so big. - addressed above.

[El Kabong]

Deontay, like Andre Ward, but from a place faaaaaaar less known for boxing has stayed near his home, fought in places without the big appeal there is in New York, LA, Vegas, hell Florida, or NJ. He's put himself on the map with his performances, but he's not getting the eyes on him because nobody wants to be on a card in the middle of nowhere Alabama instead of fighting in the Garden or Atlantic City or fucking anywhere with a boxing PULSE.


It's not that he's wild and untested or that he doesn't have charisma, he's just not getting the eyes on him the way other fighters do by going to the hotspots of boxing.


Also his career has been really long and he's got a shit ton of fighters who aren't very good on his record, however, that is ok because he was so raw coming out of the Olympics and he needed to prepare himself for the pro game which I think he's done wonderfully.



People make the mistake of looking at Wilder through the lens of say a Mike Tyson or George Foreman, but you need to look at him more like a Michael Grant....Grant got too much too soon and he suffered because of it. Wilder had someone holding the reigns on his career, now whether they held on too long is a question, but he's achieved big things and he hasn't faltered to the point where he's even been in danger of losing so there's that.


So long story short
1. Where he chose to fight
2. Slow and slow and SLLLLLOOOOOOW and steady career development


Those are why he's not as big time as an Olympic superstar like AJ or a homegrown hero like Fury

[TitoFan]

I voted “other” because the answer is that they suffer fools less gladly in the US . The OP Mentioned Ali, Tyson and Holyfield . The answer is there. Wilder is not in their League AND NEVER WILL BE. WHY?

perfect record - against who? 40 fights and who has he beat?

good physicality - and? I can’t remember Arnold Schwarzenegger being in the HOF.

huge puncher - MYTH. watch his knockouts, when does he ever time a punch with very little leverage and just put someone away? Anybody can knock someone else out if they take a run up a throw 10 windmills!

with a shortage of top US fighters he is their best so should be supported more - the standard is and has been so poor for so long in the US , that the public don’t give a fuck. The yanks only back winners.

Bad promotion, management - difficult to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

less interest in boxing, and poor technique could be factors why he is not so big. - addressed above.

You could've just as well checked several of the available boxes. That's all covered.

[Primo Carnera]

I voted “other” because the answer is that they suffer fools less gladly in the US . The OP Mentioned Ali, Tyson and Holyfield . The answer is there. Wilder is not in their League AND NEVER WILL BE. WHY?

perfect record - against who? 40 fights and who has he beat?

good physicality - and? I can’t remember Arnold Schwarzenegger being in the HOF.

huge puncher - MYTH. watch his knockouts, when does he ever time a punch with very little leverage and just put someone away? Anybody can knock someone else out if they take a run up a throw 10 windmills!

with a shortage of top US fighters he is their best so should be supported more - the standard is and has been so poor for so long in the US , that the public don’t give a fuck. The yanks only back winners.

Bad promotion, management - difficult to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

less interest in boxing, and poor technique could be factors why he is not so big. - addressed above.

You could've just as well checked several of the available boxes. That's all covered.

Yes. But the reason I couldn’t is because there wasn’t a box for the main reason , and that is :
Because he isn’t very good.

[Slim the BoxingManiac]

Lmao dude really thinks Wilders punching power is a myth

Fucking wild bruv

[Freedom]

Wilder has been more carefully matched than any heavyweight titleholder in history.

He chose soft opponents like Szpilka and Washington while avoiding decent heavyweight contenders like Takam, Parker, Breazeale, Whyte, Povetkin, and Klitschko. He avoided Ortiz until he saw Ortiz was fading with age.

He knows Fury isn't ready, so that's why he's fighting him now. Before Fury was sick and obese, Wilder avoided him too.

I hate the way Wilder lies about who is avoiding who when it comes to Joshua-Wilder. He knows he's no match for Joshua, who is a bona fide top heavyweight.

[El Kabong]

I hate the way Wilder lies about who is avoiding who when it comes to Joshua-Wilder. He knows he's no match for Joshua, who is a bona fide top heavyweight.

I respect both of those guys but I wouldn't consider myself a fan of either. That said, he's making a play for the big money jackpot fight and there's 0 wrong with that from his standpoint. Will he be competitive vs Fury or AJ? Only one way to find out. But he's going to make sure he gets money and as well he should!