Quote Originally Posted by OumaFan View Post
I know I know its very early but does he have the look of anything special?

He is actually in shape, about 6'7 215, and even though he didn't start early unlike a lot of these American heavyweights who take up boxing after they end their careers in other sports he's still young, only 22.

He's obviously very tall long reach (84 inches, longer than the Klitschkos, how bizarre is it that Paul Williams has a longer reach than the Klitschkos too?), good athlete, looks like a big right hand. And yes I know he hasn't fought anybody but he looks like a right hand puncher.

But he's raw as hell, for an Olympian he had a ridiculously small amount of amateur fights. Like the people watching FNF talked about I would take him very slow, fight like once a month versus part time fighters for at least another year, year and a half before he steps up even remotely.

Any thoughts?
Wilder has real potential, but he needs to be brought along slowly, for sure. From what I've heard, he is extremely coachable, and that's probably why he did well in the Olympics. He did what his coaches told him to do. The down side is that he doesn't seem super creative, but perhaps that's better in the modern HW division. He going to need great coaching of his overall boxing skill. Once he steps it up, he's going to need somebody in his corner like Roach, Steward, or Muhammed who can lay out a game plan for him to follow.

If I were him, I'd try to spend some time as a sparring partner for Wlad and learn everything he can from him.