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

[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!

[TitoFan]

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!

BTW, I omitted a very important reason in the poll and I believe you nailed it. For the longest time the guy fought in frigging Alabama!!! I struggle to find the common sense in that. Then he finally graduates to Barclays Center in Brooklyn..... and then inexplicably schedules his next fight in Staples Center in L.A. I don't get it.

[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!

BTW, I omitted a very important reason in the poll and I believe you nailed it. For the longest time the guy fought in frigging Alabama!!! I struggle to find the common sense in that. Then he finally graduates to Barclays Center in Brooklyn..... and then inexplicably schedules his next fight in Staples Center in L.A. I don't get it.

You get a guy like Arturo Gatti who was brilliant to watch but was by no means the greatest ever but he had a rabid fan following because he kept having battles at ATLANTIC CITY and in New York which built his fanbase in that geographic area.

Out of 49 total fights Gatti fought 41 of his fights in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut and 3 times in Pennsylvania....so 44 times out of 49 in the Northeastern US...it built him a big fanbase because those are boxing hotspots.


Alabama is college football territory

[boyla]

He isn't exactly a champion.

[El Kabong]

He isn't exactly a champion.

He's got a belt sooooo......

[Slim the BoxingManiac]

Wilder absolutely decimates Joshua if they meet.

Which is why Joshua wants nothing to do with him.

[Primo Carnera]

Wilder absolutely decimates Joshua if they meet.

Which is why Joshua wants nothing to do with him.

If Wilder can’t take Fury’s head off, he doesn’t deserve to be a champion . If Joshua gets “decimated” by Wilder, then Joshua doesn’t deserve to be a champion. If he can get caught by a guy 2 stone lighter with a windmill that can be seen from outer space, he doesn’t deserve to be a champion.
Tell me the last time Wilder KO’d someone where he didn’t
A. Hit them with a windmill
B. Throw about 10 Windmills
C. Took a 5 yard run up.
Now if you or I did one of the above, we would probably knock someone out ffs. That’s not Boxing.
To me, power is when you throw an uppercut for example with hardly any swing and knock someone out. Like Mike Tyson did. Now that is power.
If the most powerful and effective way to Box was to swing like acwhirling dervish doing an impression of a giant Bambi on ice, then everyone would box like that. But it’s not, is it?
The yanks by and large don’t get sucked in by hype, they only go overboard about quality fighters. That is why Wilder hasn’t touched the hearts of the public.