Three things are true about Deontay Wilder:
He now has a belt at Heavyweight, he is far from the fraud some insisted he was, and he still has a long ways to go.
One thing is not true:
He is not the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
On Saturday night in Las Vegas, Wilder won the WBC belt with a dominant decision over Bermane Stiverne. To be the champion, one day he’ll have to defeat Wladimir Klitschko. Nothing seen this weekend indicates Wilder is ready for that feat.
There were signs that he might get there.
Take away the belt and what Saturday really boiled down to is Wilder won his biggest step up in competition to date. Stiverne is his first win over someone universally seen as a top ten Heavyweight. It’s a start. [Click Here To Read More]
He now has a belt at Heavyweight, he is far from the fraud some insisted he was, and he still has a long ways to go.
One thing is not true:
He is not the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
On Saturday night in Las Vegas, Wilder won the WBC belt with a dominant decision over Bermane Stiverne. To be the champion, one day he’ll have to defeat Wladimir Klitschko. Nothing seen this weekend indicates Wilder is ready for that feat.
There were signs that he might get there.
Take away the belt and what Saturday really boiled down to is Wilder won his biggest step up in competition to date. Stiverne is his first win over someone universally seen as a top ten Heavyweight. It’s a start. [Click Here To Read More]
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