I'm not a fan of Valuev either, but Valuev proves that simply beïng big gives you a big advantage over someone smaller.Tony1244 wrote: You diss Wilder but let Valuev off the hook. Value can't run away, he's not athletic enough. Watch Valuev-Holyfiled. It's tragic to watch. Haye ran away from Valuev and Wlad, that's true. But who has Wilder run away from? He outboxed Stiverne, that's not running away.
Valuev is big, Stiverne isn't.
Please note that Valuev had arthralgia during his latest few fights. That's why a chicken running guy like Haye had a chance.
Also, I don't diss Wilder, I just put everything in perspective.
If I'm driving the fastest time, it doesn't mean I'm the best driver, perhaps I only have the best car and the least idiots around me that crash into me.
Wilder just cherrypicks his opponends very carefully and scores a lot of points that way, but he still isn't a real good boxer at all.
Take a look at Damon McCreary for example, 14 fights, 14 wins, 10 of them on KO, now this is a serious guy right?
Then you look at it for a second time and then you realise he actually had three fights in the past eleven years and was actually a super middleweight at the time who gained over 90 pounds and automatically became a heavyweight during those eleven years!
Now that's the kind of opponend Wilder fights after 24 fights that ended in 24 KO's (at the time).
Or watch Jason Gavern for example, he had 45 fights and won 25 of them, nice match after 31 fights with 31KO wins from Wilder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPeYplT2qPU
Now listen to what the commentators say, he's not in shape, he's old, he didn't have this fight on his planning, he's not a top fighter and the 32th KO Wilder has on his name thanks to him wasn't even a KO at all, he just said he was stopping the fight because he felt tired while he was safely sitting on his seat during the break.
Is that really the best America got to offer? Ofcourse he isn't, Jennings, Thompson, Washington, Martin, Cunningham, are probably better, not to mention Tarver, Mansour, name them, even Briggs probably has a serious chance.
Somehow those boxers are boxers Wilder simply avoid fighting.