What next for Deontay Wilder?

[Controversial]

He looks like a fighter with no confidence. Not sure if the Fury fights ruined him, he’s been too inactive, age is creeping up on him, injuries or a combination of them all but he looked shot. No tough talking or Bomb Squad antics and sounded like he didn’t care he lost either. Maybe too rich and comfortable now. So what do you see him doing next?

[Coco]

Wilder v AJ/ Uysk anyone really would still generate lots of money whichever Wilder turns up

[Riddick Bowie]

I think a fight with Joshua is still sellable, although would heavily favour Joshua now.

I'm not sure Wilder grew old overnight. Parker is the best fighter he's fought after Fury and I expected Parker to beat him. He has nothing in his arsenal but his right but tonight he wasn't throwing it at one of his C level victims. Knocking down Fury and having a trilogy with him is a devalued accomplishment given Wilder's lopsided loss to Parker, Fury being decked by a debutante, Fury having his hands full with Wallin who was treated like the harmless cannon fodder he is by Joshua etc.

[Fray Bentos]

He's lost the 'eye of the tiger' they even made a film about it.

He apparently went to an Ayahuasca retreat in Costa Rica and it has changed his life, which is why he was happy in his post fight interview - he is a changed man and I think he will just walk away from it now - he's 38, he won an Olympic medal and was world champion - what else does he need to do if his finances are sorted? Good luck to him - I would always watch him over Sultan Ibrahimigov.

[veriton]

Jake Paul or retirement

[Steveh583]

Charlie Z rematch

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He clearly turned up for the cheque.

There's a reason why he's barely fought recently and there are millions of reasons why he suddenly decided to take this latest fight.

He definitely looks to have slipped and if he is only motivated by money, then a crossover type fight will probably be his next option.

[BigDoofus]

Stick a fork in him. He’s done.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Become a shaman?

[margaret thatcher]

some more funky drug retreats

[spudder56]

Wilder will keep fighting as long as people pay to watch him

[polecateddy]

Probably as soon as he knocks over a chinny journeyman he’ll magically return to dangerous contender status!

[Cyclops]

Retirement.

He walked into the ring dry as a bone last night. Looked like a hadn't warmed up at all. I'm not sure about all of this him just turning up for the paycheque and being happy to lose. In the post fight interview, all of his team were looking increasingly nervous when the interviewer wouldn't stop asking questions.

Wilder put on a brave face, and probably genuinely was able to go his happy place and think of his family and his career and his masses of cash; but only minutes before he was parading around with his fist in the air believing he won, deluded and mental as ever. His team are all cheerleaders who look frightened of him.

Let him slink off to a beach somewhere with his mrs and his kids. He's minted and absolutely done.

[cormack]

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[rd350lc]

Retirement.

You could see from the first round his confidence has gone .

[oogiebe]

Retirement.

You could see from the first round his confidence has gone .

I don't think it's confidence. I think he got old and just can't fire like he used to.

[dookus]

Retire

[oogiebe]

Retire

agreed. And go into costume design perhaps?

[joshj909]

Wilder vs Ruiz?

[SeanBrennan]

Wilder vs Ruiz?

I'd watch this. Think it would sell in UK....as in I'd watch it via dodgystream

[TBA]

Didn't look like the fire was there, and maybe it's not for boxing anymore. Doesn't need the money, doesn't need the punishment and sees more value in the family life rather than the tough guy act.

Now saying all that, when he let the right hand swing he still had that pop and speed. Just so happens that for a heavyweight Parker has great tools. Fast footwork, movement and speed, very quick hands and a bit smaller in height and mobilty. That's not what you want if you are going to have the output and pressure fighting that Wilder did/does. Had a great gameplan and managed to apply it for 12 rounds.

Doesn't mean an iota if he get's in with Joshua though, but probably means an Usyk fight will be even more one sided.

But if he takes the Joshua fight, well that's a much larger static target that will be easier to hit with swinging chaos. We saw that versus Fury. Good thing is the Saudi's are loaded and incredibly stubborn. So if they still demand WIlder vs AJ, then this result won't swing them and they will demand that fight or nothing in Saudi for both these men (and probably their promotors too, lol).

[handsofstone]

I'm sure if Wilder had beaten Parker and Joshua lost to Wallin, there would be a lot of accusations towards AJ about him overlooking Wallin and thinking about Wilder, don't think I've seen anyone suggest Wilder was overlooking Parker, could've been a factor, doubt it mind, inactivity has killed him, no coincidence Parker and Joshua fought 3 times this year and looked the bollocks, well maybe slight coincidence but inactivity is fatal

[jwfg]

Stick a fork in him. He’s done.

Hey Doofus, I've missed you. Wasn't AJ's performance great last night?

[coneye]

First thing i noticed about 1 min into the fight , was Wilder flinching , every time Parker done a feint of any sort wether parker , dropped his shoulder , lifted his hands , moved the foot , did'nt matter everytime , Wilder jumped back to avoid , looking scared , .
Now when i say scared , you feint against an experienced boxer , they move there head whatever ,, But and try this when you are with novices , teaching them feints , i do it often , you can walk around the ring , feint a right hand , , drop the knees , lift the hands , however you do it don't matter , but they get startled and jump back almost panicking, Wilder done this , Teaching kids feints , i go with them , feint and keep on doing it till they stop jumping in panic , and learn to do it back , jumping back in panic too much , closing there eyes and turning there heads , all the time and i seriously doubt wether there made of the right stuff

And doing this , (jumping back ) he created distance now its not rocket science we all knew Parker had to maintain a distance between himself and that right hand , but yet Wilder maintained it for him , jumping back out of range all the time , and too far away to throw it let alone land it , (right hand ) Parker was aggresive coming forward , Wildr did'nt stand his ground and throw it , nope he continually created the gap he did'nt want a shoot out like we all thought he did , fair enough later rnds he tried to land it but that was desperation , rest of the time he just made it easy for Parker .

Wilder is gunshy , he' should retire , sit at home and count his millions with his kids , Unless off course he can land the AJ fight then take it and swan off with another 20 mill or so , it would still sell and AJ is'nt has loose or good on his feet has Parker , he still could land that big one , both money and right hand

[Controversial]

Wilder is gunshy

Yes that’s what I thought, he looked scared to be hit. No urgency, no aggression and just seemed happy to survive the rounds. I’d love to hear what Malik Scott says about him now, no idea what they’ve been working on in the gym but he looked more like a novice than he’s ever done.