Wilder fighting another bum

[Otley]

The guy is embarrassing... largely untested and should be better off in WWF

Fighting Mike Sheppard 21-17-1 on the Porter v Brooks undercard...total joke and hope Stiverne rips him a new one when they fight later in the year

Job Biscuit (ridiculous)!!!

eh eh!!

[mikeeod]

I don't know about Wilder. Kind of reminds me of Michael Grant in the late 90's. He is feasting on pretty weak competition now and not really learning much from those fights or testing himself. I hope I'm wrong, because he doesn't seem like a bad guy. He just strikes me as being moved along VERY carefully.

[TitoFan]

Well... I'm as annoyed as anyone over how long it has taken for Wilder to take the expected steps up in competition. But in his defense, he does have a scheduled fight with Stiverne. It's not Wilder who got injured... it's Stiverne. So Wilder is looking at this as a stay busy fight. I'm just anxious to see Wilder in there with the likes of a Bermane Stiverne. It'll be about damn time when it finally does happen. This is HW boxing, however, and I've long ago stopped having high expectations.

[holmcall]

Ironically, Wilder had this to say about Mike Perez, "As I watched the fight, I felt like Perez was starting to get fatigued, holding his hands down, and you could tell that Jennings is not the athlete that he claims to be. Man, I'm just happy to be a part of the heavyweight division. People are coming around now, because they know that I can bring the heavyweight division back, and I'm planning on doing that."


However, this begs the question: What would happen to Wilder if he were taken into the late rounds by a Bermaine Stiverne?

[mikeeod]

I'm interested to see how he reacts to a true heavyweight who can punch, wants to win, BELIEVES he will win, and catches him (Wilder) with a good punch. Michael Grant showed some heart in lasting through the tough patches vs. Golota, but was never the same after. Interested to see if Wilder will be similar. Get that first big shot that truly rings his bell and see how he looks after. I'm convinced its mostly a mental thing.

[Spicoli]

Looks like Gavern Jason Gavern - Boxer

Guess the goal hear is to ko him in the 1st quicker than Mansour did. That's just sad.

[beenKOed]

Well... I'm as annoyed as anyone over how long it has taken for Wilder to take the expected steps up in competition. But in his defense, he does have a scheduled fight with Stiverne. It's not Wilder who got injured... it's Stiverne. So Wilder is looking at this as a stay busy fight. I'm just anxious to see Wilder in there with the likes of a Bermane Stiverne. It'll be about damn time when it finally does happen. This is HW boxing, however, and I've long ago stopped having high expectations.

I hear you, especially about Stiverne being the holdup, and this being HW boxing, and in the back of my mind Don King, but I can understand all the frustration about Wilder fighting way below his level.
Stiverne isn't anything to brag about either.

[Master]

We will find out one day if he is another Seth Mitchell or Lennox Lewis.

[Spicoli]

Wilder just playing with his food and carrying Gavern. Into the 4th round.. Wilder has a horrible reaction when a guy throws heavy, backing and holding hands up split. Time to close this show