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'Wilder v Paul next? You wouldn't flinch'

By Daily Sports Nigeria on June 27, 2025

Jake Paul and Deontay Wilder are two men separated by weight, experience and tradition, yet orbiting the same strange boxing universe.

'The Problem Child' Paul fights Julio Cesar Chavez Jr on Saturday in Arizona, while his fellow American Wilder returns against Tyrrell Herndon on Friday in Kansas.

And really, thank goodness they're not fighting each other, because that's exactly the kind of boxing world we live in now.

If someone called you tomorrow and said, "Wilder v Paul next," you wouldn't flinch.

Picture this: Wilder wipes out Herndon in a round in a vintage 'Bronze Bomber' display.

Just 24 hours later, Paul is behind on all cards and then stops Chavez Jr late on in a thriller.

By Sunday morning, the clips go viral, the messages start, and someone makes a call.

Wilder v Paul outdoors in America later this year? It's not impossible. Stranger things have happened.

Because every fighter wants to be in the Paul business. You can't find me a boxer from middleweight to heavyweight who wouldn't fight Paul at the drop of a hat for the type of money on display.

Wilder was dropped five times by Tyson Fury in their trilogy. He looked a shadow of himself against Joseph Parker. And against Zhilei Zhang, I was about four feet away and he honestly didn't look like he knew where he was. His instincts were scrambled.

He's lost four of his last five and yet we're still not convinced he's finished. Why? Because Wilder has a gift that defies logic.

He owns one of the most dangerous right hands in boxing history - a punch so destructive that it wipes out most sensible analysis. When you can end a fight in the blink of an eye, you get chances. You get forgiven. You get watched.

He faces the relatively unknown Herndon in Wichita - and no, I couldn't point it out on a map either. Herndon was stopped in two rounds by Olympic silver medallist Richard Torrez Jr, a terrific heavyweight who's flying under the radar.

If Wilder detonates early and finishes Herndon quicker than Torrez did, expect someone somewhere to shout: "He's back!"

And then he'll want the big names again. He'll talk about a Parker or Zhang rematch, or maybe even that long-awaited super-fight with Anthony Joshua.

Of course, there's also Dave Allen. The fact Wilder's even being linked with Doncaster's Allen - and no disrespect to Dave, who we all love - shows just how far Wilder's stock has fallen.

But here's the twist: put it on at the O2 and it sells out. You will struggle to get a ticket.

Source BBC Sports

Posted June 27, 2025