Former heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder explained his successful plan leading to his first round knockout of Robert Helenius. “I had to take my time,” said Wilder in the ring. “I had to circle around the ring. I had to be mobile, hostile, and agile tonight. I set him up, allowed him to reach, and then I attacked. So it was a great fight.
“Who’s next? …I’ve been hearing rumors about Usyk. I see he isn’t in the building, or is he? Most of the time when guys say they want me and they come to a show of mine, they see a devastating knockout, and then they turn the corner on me. I’ve had many. I’m down for Andy Ruiz, or Usyk, or whoever.
“Deontay Wilder is back…the excitement in the heavyweight division is back…there’s no heavyweight division without Deontay Wilder. That’s a fact!”
I think Ruiz is likely but if I could pick his next fight, I’d say Wilder – Joyce.
Same thing crossed my mind actually. Would definitely find out more about Joyce’s chin in that one
I would love that one too.
If Joyce would survive a couple of rounds I think he takes it, but he’s a bit stiff and predictable and a perfect target for Wilder. Hard one to predict.
I think Joyce would be a major problem for Usyk to manage in later rounds. Wilder is trickier.
But yes, give Joyce the opportunity to prove himself. He deserves it. Why not against Wilder?
I’d sooner see Wilder v Joshua!
Night night, AJ!
Wilder will demolish Joyce
Easy money. Helenious tried, but the ko was never in doubt.
I’d like to see Wilder and Joshua mix it up next.
A first round KO, with little or no exchanges doesn’t prove much of anything!
Agree. Was hoping the fight would go more rounds to see where Wilder is really at now. This did remind a person though that Wilder is one of the hardest single punch heavyweights in history.
Was surprised that Wilder was able to get that kind of power on that punch. Didn’t look like he fully committed to the punch…like an arm punch. Sure was loud though, and helped Helenius catch some Z’s.
He can be sloppy and awkward as hell USF and he may’ve even lost a step given his last two fights and all of that inactivity, but Wilder has a crazy eraser. Every time he fights, the first question is what happens when he lands.
In a mediocre heavyweight division, Wilder possibly can beat everybody but Fury. This makes him mediocre in my book. Wake me up when the next great heavyweight emerges to clean up the division from these scrubs.
WHACK! End of story.
I’m over this clown, watch the reply Helenius took a dive and a paycheck. Fight Ruiz Jr
Roy, Helenius did not take a dive. RELAX.
I agree. It certainly looked like a dive.
Was on another site where the dive thing was being brought up A LOT. In the overhead replay of that, it looked like Wilder didn’t turn into that punch at all. Looked like it was completely an arm punch. Not saying I think he took a dive, but understandable that people would question that. You could hear the punch when it connected. Pretty amazing that he got enough on that to lay Helenius out.
Now with a Touch Of Truth.
With LeKaren James.
To the chagrin of Fury fans, Wilder would have knocked out Fury in the 5th, or possibly the 4th, if he did not break his hand. And, was in a little better shape.
Last nights version of Wilder can beat Fury.
To see if Wilder is IBHOF worthy, he needs to beat Andy Ruiz, Joe Joyce, Anthony Joshua, and Usyk. If he can beat these 4 guys, he deserves an IBHOF nod.
The biggest mistake Wilder made in Fury 2 & 3 was to try copy Fury and gain weight. It worked for Fury, it just made Wilder slower, less mobile and gas out and lose that snap Wilder has in his punch.
Boo hoo. Deontay lost all 3 fights. He could have had 4 hands
This is guaranteed to piss some of you off.
I think Wilder can beat either Usyk or Joe Joyce.
Agree, Wilder can beat either Usyk or Joyce if he stays at this, his proper lighter weight and of course catches them. But can easily see the fight going the other way though.
Great Let’s see him step it up. Usyk, Sanchez, etc..
What do y’all think about Jared Anderson fight fans Tyson Fury says Anderson give him problems in sparring
What a joke of a fight, I would have bet my hose that Helenus was going to sleep but not in the first round. And this clown show was PPV, Wilder showed nothing and if he’s diminished, you wouldn’t know by this fight.
Lol!!! Reminds me of Samuel Peter’s question: “Who necks?!” If you haven’t seen it, look it up. But anyways, There’s still a ton of money for Wilder to make. Knockouts brings the crowds. AJ ain’t signing up for a fight anytime soon. He needs a couple of confidence boosters like we do after a hard breakup. Ruiz and Usyk are a logical choice if they are not contractually limited with someone else. Joyce has to be thrown in the mix too, but I feel like there are other plans for him before facing Deontay. Wilder smokes Ruiz, but Usyk can spoil the party. A 4th Fury fight would only generate interest if Wilder cleans out the current crop. Things could get pretty interesting in the division which is to our benefit.
The one thing that is certain Wilder can stop a RHINO in any round 1-12. And he is IMO the hardest 1 punch K.O artist of any hwt ever. Can he beat Fury,NO!!!!! But that does not matter because the hwt division needs a killer puncher like Wilder,and boxing needs a heavy that can punch through bricks.
That was short but it was indeed exciting. Almost unbelievable power. I don’t see anyone out there besides Fury that’s gonna topple Wilder at the moment.
We learnt that no one has a chin like fury. We learnt that wilder can drop 10 kilos hit a monster with a punch that wasn’t even on target and still destroy him . He has a live chance against anyone that he gets in the ring with. Can see fury dodging usyk – no one on the planet has interest in Chisora. Ruiz wound get KOed. Joshua claims he wants fights like this – would be nice to see him KOed and send him into obscurity.
Wilder is a very dangerous man, no doubt about it but beating Helenius who is slow and fragile is no big feat in my eyes.
Joyce should fight Usyk next. He should get the opportunity to get these belts. Wilder should clean up few more guys before he gets championship optios. At this current weight Wilder will wipe out every heavyweight, including Usyk.
Power punchers excite the fans and some of those same fans get delusional in the thought that they can do that to everyone else they face, but let’s look at history of the HW division the boxer Corbett beats puncher Sullivan, skilled boxer Tunney beats puncher Dempsey, Clay/Ali beats power puncher Liston, Ali beat power puncher Foreman, Douglas-Holyfield-Lewis all defeated power puncher Mike Tyson, Fury outclasses power puncher W. Klitschko, Fury dominates master KO artist Wilder, and skilled Usyk outclasses power puncher Joshua. I feel very confident that the highly skilled Usyk will do the same to Wilder.
It would be great to have Wilder vs Ruiz in a large venue in Texas or Vegas. Wilder may have a difficult time tracking down Usyk but at least their weights are close and titles would be on the line. The on again off again Fury factor keeps the matchups uncertain. But if Fury really wants “Charr” then everybody else can try and go though Deontay.
Sure Wilder vs Joshua works as well. I just don’t know based on the past if both teams really want it..
He needs to start yelling Diiive Squuuad from now on! That was such a Jake Paul / WWE staged event….Cmon and the Oscar goes to Robert Helnius.
I think Wilder would lose Joyce because Joyce is a BIGTIME pressure fighter and Wilder doesn’t deal well when he has to fight going backwards. Joyce may not be as skilled as Fury but his pressure is much more intense. Joyce has been absolutely nailed on the chin nonstop with some bombs and they did nothing. I don’t see that being a good matchup for Wilder and for that reason I think he will steer clear of Joyce. Not enough reward for the risk.
I see Wilder maybe going after a H’rgovic after Filip’s last outing. I like H’rgovic but he just like Helenius is there to be punched.
I’d love to see him in there with Andy Ruiz because that would be a fan friendly fight. Ruiz is coming forward no matter what and he isn’t trying to lay down. he’s got deceptively fast hands and punches hard.
Finally I think the ultimate fight I would want if I was Wilder would be Joshua because that’s likely the biggest money with a decent chance of him pulling out a win over a timid fighting Joshua.
The fighters that we could exclude from this altogether would be of course Fury and Usyk as both guys would and/or have made Wilder look awful and it wouldn’t be close.