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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 23: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder poses with referee Kenny Bayless after defeating Luis Ortiz in their title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 23, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wilder won with a seventh-round knockout. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images)

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 23: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder poses with referee Kenny Bayless after defeating Luis Ortiz in their title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 23, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wilder won with a seventh-round knockout. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images)
It has been some time since Deontay Wilder has been around and punching. At the age of 36, The Bronze Bomber holds a ferocious record in terms of fighting experience and his capabilities. Wilder has had 45 professional bouts, and 41, which is 91.11% of his wins, come via knockout. With this resume, for many, Wilder is a name that significantly qualifies to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. However, Matchroom Sport chairman Eddie Hearn feels totally different.
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In a recent episode of The DAZN Boxing Show ft. Eddie Hearn, the guests discussed whether Tyson Fury qualified to be the generation great. While on the same topic, as required, Hearn talked about some of Fury’s contemporaries, such as Joshua, Usyk, and Wilder.
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“The biggest fights for Tyson Fury haven’t happened yet,” told Hearn. “The jury is out on Deontay Wilder. We may get proved wrong, he [Deontay Wilder] may go on and actually, but his best win was Louis Ortiz. His only win was Louis Ortiz – Deontay Wilder,” Hearn specified.
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He continued and added, “We don’t know that the reality, the truth, right?
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Here’s what Eddie Hearn’s comments do not reveal about Deontay Wilder
Wilder has had over forty fights in his professional career since his debut in November 2008. His contemporaries, Fury and Joshua have 59 fights combined. Joshua, who has a professional record of 24 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws, will need twenty fights more just to match up with Wilder. Joshua made his professional debut in 2013 and going by his current pace, it will take him at least five-six more years to tie Wilder.

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Boxing – Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder – WBC Heavyweight Title – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. – October 9, 2021 Deontay Wilder knocks down Tyson Fury REUTERS/Steve Marcus
But one only estimates most of it theoretically, here. What stands strong practically to the naked eyes is Wilder’s ten title defenses. Something which Joshua and Fury both are yet to have. Controversies apart, Fury, who has defeated Wilder three consecutive times, maybe somewhat spared.
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However, Fury, at 34, already speaks of his desire to hang his gloves and leave boxing. Maybe there isn’t now much left for him to achieve. But to be honest, Wilder, at 36, is still going on. Even with ten title defenses, his search is far from being over.
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