Deontay Wilder Vs Nicolai Firtha.
Will Wilder EVER Step UP?
It was
announced this week that Wilder’s next fight will be on Oct 26th on
the undercard of the Hopkins Vs Furat against Nicolai Firtha (21-10-1, 8 KO’s).
As you can
see from his record Firtha has TEN losses. Wilder will be having his 30th
pro fight against Firtha and is yet to step up to a level that could be classed
anywhere near respectable.
Whilst
Firtha is a tough cookie, he is just a journeyman and the level of fighter that
Wilder should have fought two years ago, not now as he talks about taking
control of the heavyweight scene. In fact Tyson Fury fought Firtha 2 years ago
in his 15th fight and beat him in the 5th round. I take
Wilder to win within 2 rounds.
I fail to
see why his management have set this fight up. They have said that they couldn’t
find any other opponent at this short notice, yet Kevin Johnson has said he
would have taken the fight had he received a call. The call never came...
Wilder’s career and record is being carefully
manufactured whilst it will and does look good on paper, if you look at the
detail the quality of opponent has been awful. Biggest names on his CV are Harrison
and Liakhovich. Not names that strike fear into any top 15 heavyweight in the
world. However a record of 29 fights, 29 wins, 29 KOs will cause headlines and
create a great deal of interest, meaning money and as well all know money
talks!
Next year
has to be the year that Wilder steps up. He has to start fighting top 20 ranked
fighters, all these journeymen are OK when starting out but not after 30 fights
and 5 years in the pro ranks. I’m pretty sure that the thought of beating Lamar
Clarks record of 44 consecutive Kos has crossed his mind, but there is a bigger
picture here. Wilder’s fans will tell you “BombSquad” is going to clean up in
2014, well not by fighting journeymen he won’t.
One
possible opponent for Wilder could be David Price. Price told Ringside on SKY “I’d fight
Deontay Wilder in a heartbeat. I know he’s a ferocious puncher, but so am I.
I’m a big puncher, and I’d definitely fight Deontay Wilder.” Who would win is a
debate for another time, it would raise the profile in Europe of Wilder,
however I wonder how he’ll fair when he is eventually pushed past 4/5 rounds
which he would be against a Chisora or an Adamek, would he have the stamina to
continue or would he simply fade and get stopped?
If he doesn’t start to step it up then he may find
his world crashing in around him leaving him nowhere to go.
I wish him well...
I thought Liakhovich was a good step in the right direction but apparently it's not a straight path up. I wouldn't be half surprised if his next opponent from this was Maskaev. I thought Wilder was going to head right into the winner of Arreola/Mitchell after Liakhovich, which I think would have been nice. As a fan I think he handles it but maybe his team know something I don't know.
ReplyDeleteLiakhovich was a spent force, well past his best. Wilder's win over him means zero.
DeleteWilder's rated no.3 American heavyweight by Boxrec. No. 4 is Johnathan Banks, no. 2 is Tony Thompson. He should fight one of them, not a guy with ten losses on his record.
Trouble is, both Banks and Thompson would do him in.
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