If we compare a snake to a lion as predators isn't it pretty amazing that a snake can hunt using only their head no with no arms or legs?
By the time fighters reach the upper echelons of professional prize fighting they have to have some basic skills if they are to advance. Even pure punchers have to be able to box a little bit or so conventional wisdom tells us. We have seen some one dimensional fighters who rose above the ranks. For example,Marciano, who had a very individualized skill sets given his size and reach.
So even excellent hitters like shavers and Lyle could box and had skills. I could go on and on and search for heavyweights who made it to the top but you know what? None of them were as bad as Wilder!
Wilder truly had no real boxing skills. So how could such a contender reach the status that Wilder achieved? Do I have to spell it out for you?
That's how good Wilders punch is. So good that it allowed him with no real skills to speak of, to fight as a champion. I can't think of a precedent for his success. I think of fighters like Tua, and later versions of razor rud****, who became a one-handed fighter, none of them were as devastating a puncher as Wilder.
So next time somebody is speaking about how bad Wilder was agree with them... And then ask them how a guy with no boxing skills, basically one hand, and no size could become a heavyweight champion. Because sometimes the logic is there all along if people are willing to look.
By the time fighters reach the upper echelons of professional prize fighting they have to have some basic skills if they are to advance. Even pure punchers have to be able to box a little bit or so conventional wisdom tells us. We have seen some one dimensional fighters who rose above the ranks. For example,Marciano, who had a very individualized skill sets given his size and reach.
So even excellent hitters like shavers and Lyle could box and had skills. I could go on and on and search for heavyweights who made it to the top but you know what? None of them were as bad as Wilder!
Wilder truly had no real boxing skills. So how could such a contender reach the status that Wilder achieved? Do I have to spell it out for you?
That's how good Wilders punch is. So good that it allowed him with no real skills to speak of, to fight as a champion. I can't think of a precedent for his success. I think of fighters like Tua, and later versions of razor rud****, who became a one-handed fighter, none of them were as devastating a puncher as Wilder.
So next time somebody is speaking about how bad Wilder was agree with them... And then ask them how a guy with no boxing skills, basically one hand, and no size could become a heavyweight champion. Because sometimes the logic is there all along if people are willing to look.
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