Wilder comments on Breazeale child

[Wales]

Wilder: If I fight Breazeale I want his son to look into the eyes of the man who will cripple his daddy!

Such a shame when Wilder himself has been through so much with his own children

One of his daughters was born with spinal problems, born with chance of paralysis, and he said it was the scariest moment of his life and motivation he needed to start boxing

To think he’d wish paralysis on his opponent and the impact it’s have on someone else’s child to see it is sickening

'As a parent, you never want to hear your child is going to be born with a disability,' he said. 'We all want a healthy child. All that was just circling through my mind.'

But it’s fine to wish that on another man and the impact on that mans child ...

[jamamb]

lol, im also pretty sure after beating up zelenoff he yelled something at charlie about not talking/tweeting about his family too

wilder sort of started out as the nice family man, but hes embraced this type of character more and more. maybe especially as a counter to mr humble aj

[Wales]

Boxing fans are often seen as numbskulls. A Perception Were bloodthirsty, barbaric individuals devoid of any emotional compassion.

Yet you watch the hornets nest of unacceptability stir between us when something like that’s said .

Shame on you Wilder

[jamamb]

keith

and lolz my post isnt even the one criticizing him

[funso banjo baby]

Feontay who?

[ALI]

Rediculous comment from Wilder. He should definately come out and appologise for it. Its easy to get caught up in the moment and say something stupid, but when its this bad, be a man and make a public appology, or be tagged with the brush of being a complete and utter d*ck.

[Sequitorian]

No surprise there ... Wilder is an embarrassment ... bad for boxing ... begging to get K'd ... the F ... Out ...

[DrDuke]

Tyson was controversial, but still impressive in his prime, his achievments in the ring overlap his tricks out of it. Wilder's accomplishments in the ring are very disputable for the moment, while he acts like an attention whore, so it's no surprise, what reaction he recieves.

[Sequitorian]

Tyson was bad for boxing too ...

[DrDuke]

Tyson was bad for boxing too ...

That's nonsense, Tyson can't be bad for boxing, cause he had a huge impact on it. That led to the same huge overrating of Tyson, but still he was good for the sport. He unified belts providing some records, he had spectacular performances in 80s.

[Nightmare Roy]

It's ok Fury will do to him what Joe C did to Lacy

[jamamb]

highly doubt that

[Sequitorian]

Tyson was bad for boxing too ...

That's nonsense, Tyson can't be bad for boxing, cause he had a huge impact on it. That led to the same huge overrating of Tyson, but still he was good for the sport. He unified belts providing some records, he had spectacular performances in 80s.

Mike Tyson was one of the worst things that ever happened to boxing ...

There was something sick and unsavory about him ... that was obvious to everyone ... (everyone with a grain of common-sense, that is) ... and no one wanted to have anything to do with him ... (no one but those fools who were blinded by his knockout power) ...

He became the face of boxing and gave boxing a sick, unsavory image that persists even to this day ...

Hell ... he won his first belt in 1986 ... and within a year Network Television stopped broadcasting championship fights altogether ... in fact ... Network Television stopped broadcasting any boxing on a regular basis after Tyson won the title ...

No decent human being wanted to have anything to do with Tyson ... or with Boxing ... and Boxing STILL hasn't recovered ...

.... (and a Wilder championship reign would set boxing back for another couple of decades) ...

[DrDuke]

Tyson was bad for boxing too ...

That's nonsense, Tyson can't be bad for boxing, cause he had a huge impact on it. That led to the same huge overrating of Tyson, but still he was good for the sport. He unified belts providing some records, he had spectacular performances in 80s.

Mike Tyson was one of the worst things that ever happened to boxing ...

There was something sick and unsavory about him ... that was obvious to everyone ... (everyone with a grain of common-sense, that is) ... and no one wanted to have anything to do with him ... (no one but those fools who were blinded by his knockout power) ...

He became the face of boxing and gave boxing a sick, unsavory image that persists even to this day ...

Hell ... he won his first belt in 1986 ... and within a year Network Television stopped broadcasting championship fights altogether ... in fact ... Network Television stopped broadcasting any boxing on a regular basis after Tyson won the title ...

No decent human being wanted to have anything to do with Tyson ... or with Boxing ... and Boxing STILL hasn't recovered ...

.... (and a Wilder championship reign would set boxing back for another couple of decades) ...

How could boxing become unsavory, if he only got extra-attention? He got a lot of new spectators and a big amount of fans after the appearence of Tyson got into boxing because of seeing his fights first.

[Sequitorian]

Bullshit ... Boxing went into a steep decline when Tyson came along ... and it still hasn't recovered ...

[DrDuke]

Bullshit ... Boxing went into a steep decline when Tyson came along ... and it still hasn't recovered ...

If for you an increasing of an audience is a sign of a decline ... then ok ... it's a declline of boxing ...

[Thomastearns]

The only reliable indicators of the health of boxing are the viewing figures, the size of the purses and the cultural impact. The rise of Tyson era boosted all 3.

It was his subsequent fall that lead to a decline, especially in cultural terms. The fact that he's recovered from the fall and is seen as hero today testifies to the enormous impact he made upon his times. He was no angel but people can all now see the sheer number of sharks he was surrounded by in those times.

Wilder may well be the best today, we'll see, but he's no Mike Tyson. As for what boxers say to each other before their fights, remember the old saying 'Sticks and stones..'

It's just a part of psychological warfare. Sometimes it works for you, sometimes it works against you.

[DrDuke]

The only reliable indicators of the health of boxing are the viewing figures, the size of the purses and the cultural impact. The rise of Tyson era boosted all 3.

It was his subsequent fall that lead to a decline, especially in cultural terms. The fact that he's recovered from the fall and is seen as hero today testifies to the enormous impact he made upon his times.

Wilder may well be the best today, we'll see, but he's no Mike Tyson. As for what boxers say to each other before their fights, remember the old saying 'Sticks and stones..'

It's just a part of psychological warfare. Sometimes it works for you, sometimes it works against you.

[Noxy]

Tasteless, I used to think Wilder was alright. He‘s getting too much now.

[Stuarty]

Trying too hard to be controversial and making himself look a total moron in the process.

[Impractical Poster]

Breazeale has retorted:

“Wilder, you ain’t s***,” the 32-year-old stated in an Instagram video.

“For one man to talk about another man’s son and to talk about crippling a man in the ring, you ain’t nothing.

“You got the heavyweight championship, that’s about it.

“Outside of that: Two wives, three girlfriends, three kids you know about, a disabled child [a reference to Wilder’s daughter, who was born with spina bifida], kids on the side, your life is all f***ed up.”

“Be a man, step up, get the paperwork done, send the contract over. You and I, we can square this off in the ring and you’ll lose the only thing you’ve ever had good in your life.

“My revenge is coming.”

[candyslim]

Those of us that respect Tyson as a fighter would never suggest him as an exemplary human being, quite the opposite.

So far Wilder hasn't done anything to qualify as an average champion. His resume is acceptable for a contender but an embarrassment for a man who purports to be a word champion. With the connivance of the WBC he managed to avoid Povetkin, and when criticism got too loud to fight another cab-driver, he picked Ortiz probably because his reputation was very good but his age might be his achilles heel. It was a gamble that paid off and now he wants to fight him again and/or Fury who again fits the bill as a man whose name will look good on Wilder's record, but is minimum risk because he hasn't won a fight in three years (Seferi was not a fight. Neither will Pianeta be) and hasn't shown he is still worthy of a title shot.

I like to watch Wilder. He's very exciting and his punching power gives him a realistic chance against any heavyweight that ever lived. Sadly though the man is a poor champion, always looking for the path of least resistance, a thoroughly unpleasant individual, with all the characteristics associated with the worst kind of bully.

[DrDuke]

Those of us that respect Tyson as a fighter would never suggest him as an exemplary human being, quite the opposite.

So far Wilder hasn't done anything to qualify as an average champion. His resume is acceptable for a contender but an embarrassment for a man who purports to be a word champion. With the connivance of the WBC he managed to avoid Povetkin, and when criticism got too loud to fight another cab-driver, he picked Ortiz probably because his reputation was very good but his age might be his achilles heel. It was a gamble that paid off and now he wants to fight him again and/or Fury who again fits the bill as a man whose name will look good on Wilder's record, but is minimum risk because he hasn't won a fight in three years (Seferi was not a fight. Neither will Pianeta be) and hasn't shown he is still worthy of a title shot.

I like to watch Wilder. He's very exciting and his punching power gives him a realistic chance against any heavyweight that ever lived. Sadly though the man is a poor champion, always looking for the path of least resistance, a thoroughly unpleasant individual, with all the characteristics associated with the worst kind of bully.

I have the same attitude in this question. Wilder is fun to watch, but his achievements in the ring aren't equal to the his status and his statements.

[Sequitorian]

Anyone who views Mike Tyson as a hero has his head entirely up his ass ... all the way up to the shoulders ...

[gilgamesh]

It's definitely an out of line thing to say. Foolish too frankly. If anything you're gonna make your opponents potentially far more dangerous by saying sh*t like this because they're gonna be genuinely afraid of your intentions, and fighting for survival.

All in the name of sh*t talking, and marketing himself I'm sure. It don't impress me none, and I doubt it frightens his opponents much either.