By John Hoolan: It was announced this week that heavyweight Deontay Wilder’s next fight will be on Oct 26th on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Karo Murat against Nicolai Firtha (21-10-1, 8 KO’s).
As you can see from his record Firtha has TEN losses. Wilder will be having his 30th pro fight against Firtha and is yet to step up to a level that could be classed anywhere near respectable.
Whilst Firtha is a tough cookie, he is just a journeyman and the level of fighter that Wilder should have fought two years ago, not now as he talks about taking control of the heavyweight scene. In fact Tyson Fury fought Firtha 2 years ago in his 15th fight and beat him in the 5th round. I take Wilder to win within 2 rounds.