Deontay Wilder vs Dominic Breazeale 18th May 2019 Sky Sports

[TitoFan]

Certainly the pendulum is starting to swing a little bit isn't it. Used to be Wilder hadn't fought anybody. Well... he's slowly working on that isn't he. Seems Wladimir was the only entry on AJ's resume his fans needed to mention to cancel out anything Wilder had done. Who's AJ fighting next again? And who has he fought lately? Just askin' Argument was Wilder was fighting in front of 5,000 people in the backwoods of Alabama. Seems he's slowly warming up to the U.S. heavyweight fandom consciousness isn't he. I mean... unless a screaming sold-out Barclays Center is still unworthy. Time for a disclaimer here. Not a die-hard Wilder fan, nor an AJ hater. Just putting things into a little perspective. Old habits die hard... and it seems die-hard AJ fans will continue dredging up all the reasons as to why Wilder is not worthy. But......... shhhhhh....... does anybody else sense the pendulum starting to swing a little bit? Point is, my boxing friends..... that throne is getting just a bit heated..... and it's gonna take a little more than the previous Eddie Hearn theatrics to convince fans that AJ really wants to fight Wilder and it's Wilder holding up the works. Wanna make it about number of belts? Sure..... ok. AJ has the most number of trinkets. If that's the argument.... we have nothing to talk about. That drunken giraffe just steamrollered his mandatory. AJ's leftovers? Great...... let's sit down and talk about it. All I know is the excuses will start slowly vanishing one by one like so many slammed doors. While we're at it....... Tyson Fury is a f*cking pussy for denying boxing fans of a rematch the whole world wanted to see. Saying you actually won a fight that was called a draw and then running for the hills looks chicken-shit, whether a big contract was involved or not. There....... I finally said it.

He knocked over a tomato can. Breazeale dropped his hands and basically asked to get knocked out. Wilder lost his last fight against Fury and got a gift decision. On Saturday he fought in front of what the Guardian called : the charitably announced crowd of 13,181 so that's a half full at best arena and maybe half of the people there probably got free tickets. Was the fight PPV in America? I don't think it was, was it. Wilder has a right hand that can knock anybody out but nobody over there seems to be too excited about him. When he's in against somebody who isn't a can he doesn't look so good.

Reread what I said.

"Certainly the pendulum is starting to swing a little bit isn't it."

Quite different from saying that Wilder is the "man" in the division, isn't it. I don't know. Maybe it IS a translation thing, like some have said.

"Used to be Wilder hadn't fought anybody. Well... he's slowly working on that isn't he."

Emphasis on "slowly". So he knocked over a "tomato can." How does that invalidate the Ortiz's and Stiverne's of the world? (Cue the "Ortiz is an old man and Stiverne is a nobody" song-and-dance). I would say Wilder's choice of opponents has improved vastly over the first part of his career. But you're free to disagree, of course.

"Argument was Wilder was fighting in front of 5,000 people in the backwoods of Alabama. Seems he's slowly warming up to the U.S. heavyweight fandom consciousness isn't he."

Fact is the argument WAS being used that Wilder was fighting in front of family and friends in the backwoods of Alabama. Now he's fighting in the slightly more upscale Barclay Center in Brooklyn. Sorry it doesn't hold as many people as Wembley Stadium, but what can you do. Objection overruled.

BTW, I'll stick to my own opinion that the fight was justly called a draw. Contrary to UK popular opinion, Wilder didn't JUST win the rounds in which he knocked down Fury. But whaddaIknow....


So you see.... all this anti-Wilder backlash is really unnecessary.

[Kirkland Laing]

Certainly the pendulum is starting to swing a little bit isn't it. Used to be Wilder hadn't fought anybody. Well... he's slowly working on that isn't he. Seems Wladimir was the only entry on AJ's resume his fans needed to mention to cancel out anything Wilder had done. Who's AJ fighting next again? And who has he fought lately? Just askin' Argument was Wilder was fighting in front of 5,000 people in the backwoods of Alabama. Seems he's slowly warming up to the U.S. heavyweight fandom consciousness isn't he. I mean... unless a screaming sold-out Barclays Center is still unworthy. Time for a disclaimer here. Not a die-hard Wilder fan, nor an AJ hater. Just putting things into a little perspective. Old habits die hard... and it seems die-hard AJ fans will continue dredging up all the reasons as to why Wilder is not worthy. But......... shhhhhh....... does anybody else sense the pendulum starting to swing a little bit? Point is, my boxing friends..... that throne is getting just a bit heated..... and it's gonna take a little more than the previous Eddie Hearn theatrics to convince fans that AJ really wants to fight Wilder and it's Wilder holding up the works. Wanna make it about number of belts? Sure..... ok. AJ has the most number of trinkets. If that's the argument.... we have nothing to talk about. That drunken giraffe just steamrollered his mandatory. AJ's leftovers? Great...... let's sit down and talk about it. All I know is the excuses will start slowly vanishing one by one like so many slammed doors. While we're at it....... Tyson Fury is a f*cking pussy for denying boxing fans of a rematch the whole world wanted to see. Saying you actually won a fight that was called a draw and then running for the hills looks chicken-shit, whether a big contract was involved or not. There....... I finally said it.

He knocked over a tomato can. Breazeale dropped his hands and basically asked to get knocked out. Wilder lost his last fight against Fury and got a gift decision. On Saturday he fought in front of what the Guardian called : the charitably announced crowd of 13,181 so that's a half full at best arena and maybe half of the people there probably got free tickets. Was the fight PPV in America? I don't think it was, was it. Wilder has a right hand that can knock anybody out but nobody over there seems to be too excited about him. When he's in against somebody who isn't a can he doesn't look so good.

Reread what I said. "Certainly the pendulum is starting to swing a little bit isn't it." Quite different from saying that Wilder is the "man" in the division, isn't it. I don't know. Maybe it IS a translation thing, like some have said. "Used to be Wilder hadn't fought anybody. Well... he's slowly working on that isn't he." Emphasis on "slowly". So he knocked over a "tomato can." How does that invalidate the Ortiz's and Stiverne's of the world? (Cue the "Ortiz is an old man and Stiverne is a nobody" song-and-dance). I would say Wilder's choice of opponents has improved vastly over the first part of his career. But you're free to disagree, of course. "Argument was Wilder was fighting in front of 5,000 people in the backwoods of Alabama. Seems he's slowly warming up to the U.S. heavyweight fandom consciousness isn't he." Fact is the argument WAS being used that Wilder was fighting in front of family and friends in the backwoods of Alabama. Now he's fighting in the slightly more upscale Barclay Center in Brooklyn. Sorry it doesn't hold as many people as Wembley Stadium, but what can you do. Objection overruled. BTW, I'll stick to my own opinion that the fight was justly called a draw. Contrary to UK popular opinion, Wilder didn't JUST win the rounds in which he knocked down Fury. But whaddaIknow.... So you see.... all this anti-Wilder backlash is really unnecessary.

He only got hit with one decent punch and it had him wobbled and hanging on. It's a matter of time till he gets clocked.