Deontay Wilder doubts the Klitschko brothers will want to fight him now

By Boxing News - 08/11/2013 - Comments

deontay4444By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (29-0, 29 KO’s) put the heavyweight division on notice that he’s a force to be reckoned with after his impressive 1st round knockout win over Sergei Liakhovoch last Saturday night in Indio, California.

That was Deontay’s 29th straight knockout, and his goal is to knockout his first 30 opponents. After that, all Deontay wants is to capture a world title.

Getting an opportunity to fight for a world title may prove to be difficult for Deontay, because the Klitschko brothers aren’t likely to hand-pick Deontay for a fight when there are so many marks for them to fight.

Deontay doubts either of the Klitschko brothers will want to fight him, because he’s sparred with both Wladimir Klitschko and Vitali Klitschko in the past, and they know how good he is from those sparring sessions.

Deontay said to the Tuscaloosanews.com about the Klitschko brothers “I gave such tremendous work to them [in working as sparring partner]. The reply I got from sparring them, I got the feeling maybe they’re hold off on fighting me, because they know what I’m capable of doing.”

Well, I think the answer to whether the Klitschkos would volunteer to fight Deontay can be answered by looking at who the Klitschkos have been fighting recently: Dereck Chisora, Manuel Charr, Mariusz Wach, Francesco Pianeta, Jean Marc Mormeck, and Alberto Sosnowski.

Looking at that crew, what does that tell you about whether the Klitschkos would volunteer to fight a talented heavyweight like Deontay. It’s just not going to happen.

If Deontay wants to fight one of the Klitschkos, he’s going to have to become the mandatory challenger for one of them, and then hope that the sanctioning bodies will be firm with the Klitschkos if they ask to slip in extra optional title defenses by saying no and insisting that they fight Deontay.

Deontay probably will have 3 to 5 more fights before he’s locked in as the mandatory for Wladimir. I think Vitali will retire within the year, so it’s not even worth it for Deontay to try and get a fight against him.

If Deontay can beat the winner of the Chris Arreola vs. Seth Mitchell fight, and then beat four more top contenders, I see him in position to finally get a title shot.

Unfortunately, I think it’s going to take at least 2 more years before Deonty is ranked high enough for him to become the mandatory to face Wladimir, and that’s without Wladimir asking the sanctioning bodies permission to have optional title bouts.

If Wladimir requests 1 or 2 optional defenses beyond his normal optional title defenses, it could be another three years before Deontay gets a shot against Wladimir. By then, Deontay will be 30, and Wladimir will be 40-years-old. It won’t be good for Wladimir to be facing a puncher like Deontay at that age.

It is kind of sad that it will probably take another 3 years for Deontay to get a title shot, because he is ranked #6 by the World Boxing Association. However, Wladimir fights about 2 times a year, and there are 5 guys in front of Deontay in the WBA rankings and #5 guys in front of him in the WBO rankings.

If you look all those guys that Wladimir can pick before Deontay, and then factor in possible optional title defenses Wladimir might ask for where he faced guys ranked near the bottom of the heavyweight division, we’re 3 years easy before Deontay gets a title shot against Wladimir.



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