Quote Originally Posted by zoley View Post
I believe if he keeps that strategy using his reach and his speed that he could just win fights Now using his left jab the way Larry Holmes used to win fights in his second career just basically using the left Jab and an occasional hard unexpected overhand right which would knock out the opponent easily given his power

The guy like that can sit back and conserve his energy for 8 or 10 rounds and still get the spectacular knockout with one punch if he just conserves his energy and tries to win rounds just using the Jab like Tommy Hearns used to do and then when the opponent gets lulled into that rhythm, suddenly like a snake Wilder could simply smoke the opponent with a torpedo right hand.
mentioning larry & tommy when talking about deontay's ability is a special kind of delulu. the only chance he has against derek is when derek gets tired in the later rounds but deontay doesn't throw punches anymore, so he'll get outworked & maybe even stopped by the 2026 version of derek. at his best deontay probably still struggled with derek, now i'm not even sure he wins