World Boxing News analyzes whether Deontay Wilder has ever been considered a pound as the first warrior in the world.
Formable Forbes writer claimed that Wilder was the current P4P dog before the clash of Tyson Fury.
Forbes placed Wilder nad Canelo, Terenca Crawford, Nayya Inoue, Vasiliy Lomachenko and Oleksandr Usyk. This movement was probably more caused by the desire to draw attention.
Of these three, the three united at that time in the division, and four are not unquestioned.
At that time, WBN kept Wilder under great respect as the best weighty weight on the planet after ten basic defensive title WBC. But in no way Wilder took first place.
The pound for the pound is reserved only for the best boxers. Wilder had many achievements before.
Despite this, Forbes emphasized Wilder’s last win.
They said: “When we are going to the last month of 2019 with many solid fights in Ledger, we have a moment to stop and list the ten best fighters in sport.
“After another stunning victory of KO, I think it’s time for everyone to stop criticizing Deontay Wilder for the lack of conventional boxing skills and began to appreciate his dominance.
“How high is Deontay Wilder on the pounds list for pounds? Look.”
Forbes P4P TOP 10 – December 2019
10-man Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KO) -WBN took 5
9-Fennades Golovkin (40-1-1, 35 KO)-WBN from the 6th ranking
8-ERROL SPENCE JR. (26-0, 21 KO)-WBN took 4th place
7-Jaan Francisco Estrada (40-3, 27 KO)-WBN Ranking 9
6-ALEXANDR ULEK (17-0, 13 KO)-WBN occupies the 8th ranking
5-Canelo Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KO)-WBN took 1 ranking
4-Naoya Inoue (19-0, 16 KO)-WBN in the 3rd ranking
3-Vasyl Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KO)-WBN in the 2nd ranking
2-Tell Crawford (35-0, 26 KO)-WBN from the 7th ranking
1-Deontay Wilder (42-0-1, 41 KO)-WBN occupied 10
They added to Wilder: “Forget about his skinny legs. Forget about the scale to become wild when the opponent hurts.
“You just have to know that Wilder’s opponents have the smallest margin of the error of every warrior on the planet.
“Luis Ortiz saw it first hand in his rematch with the WBC master last month.
“One is enough and no warrior embodies this concept literally than Wilder. The first fight with Tyson Fury for the King’s Gypsy, but Wilder is still officially invincible.
“I have no doubt that when Wilder faces a fury in a rematch in February, he will win by Ko. In addition, I am convinced that Wilder also struck Andy Ruiz or Anthony Joshu.”
Hmm. I wonder if this view is still true today?