No. 94 - Deontay Wilder

One of the most tiring or entertaining debates today is whether or not Deontay Wilder is one of the all-time greats or a one-trick pony knocking off a series of tomato cans.

In my system, his recent win over Luis Ortiz moved him into the top 100 fighters all time, but he has a ways to go before he deserves to be in the conversation of top heavyweights ever.

Here are the positives for the "Bronze Bomber."

He has an amazing knockout record, having recorded knockouts in 41 of his 43 fights. No heavyweight ever has that kind of record. He's maximized the points against the fighters they've put in front of him.

Counting his unanimous win over Bermane Stiverne in 2015 to win the WBC heavyweight title, Wilder now has 10 wins in world title fights (so the draw against Tyson Fury is not included). The list of heavyweights who have accomplished that feat is not long. Here are the other heavyweights with 10 plus heavyweight title fight wins: Wladimire Klitschko, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, Vitali Klitschko, Mike Tyson and Joe Frazier. That's a good list to be on.

Here are the negatives. Wilder has fought no unification fights so he's not racking up a lot of points with each title fight. To really make a run at the fighters above he needs to begin unifying the belts.

He has no Hall of Fame points and needs to take some risks. Right now, the only Hall of Fame bonus points he'll likely receive is for his draw against Tyson Fury. If Luis Ortiz rebounds and wins a title he'd have a shot at the Hall of Fame, which would help Wilder's case. For Deontay to make a run at the top 50 or even top 25 - as some of his supporters already believe he is - he'll need to beat Fury and the winner of the Andy Ruiz/Anthony Joshua fight and then defend those belts successfully against someone like Oleksandr Usyk.

That's a tall task and if Wilder accomplishes it his detractors won't have much of a case. But the clock is ticking. Wilder already is 34 years old.

Deontay Wilder
Significant Fights
Opponent	Result	Fight Points	Title Points	HOF Points	Total	x Win %	Final Total
Kelvin Price	KO	100	20		120	100.00%	120.0
Siarhei Liakhovich	KO	100	20		120	83.33%	100.0
Nicolai Firtha	KO	100	20		120	67.74%	81.3
Bermane Stiverne	UD-W	90	40		130	96.00%	124.8
Eric Molina	KO	100	40		140	92.00%	128.8
Johann Duhaupas	KO	100	40		140	94.12%	131.8
Artur Szpilka	KO	100	40		140	95.24%	133.3
Chris Arreola	KO	100	40		140	90.00%	126.0
Gerald Washington	KO	100	40		140	100.00%	140.0
Bermane Stiverne	KO	100	40		140	92.59%	129.6
Luis Ortiz	KO	100	40		140	100.00%	140.0
Tyson Fury	Draw	50	20		70	100.00%	70.0
Dominic Breazeale	KO	100	40		140	95.24%	133.3
Luis Ortiz	KO	100	40		140	96.88%	135.6
Totals (13-0-1, 12 KOs)							1,694.6
Record in non-significant fights
29-0-0, 29 KOs		2,900
% of fights toward 50 (100%)		2,900			2,900	66.55%	1,930.0
7 fight adjustment to 50		66.6	x7		466.2	75.00%	349.7
Totals							2,279.6
Peak 5 Fights
Luis Ortiz							140.0
Gerald Washington							140.0
Luis Ortiz							135.6
Artur Szpilka							133.3
Dominic Breazeale							133.3
Peak 5 Totals							682.3
Final Totals (significant, non-significant, Peak 5)							4,656.5

Boxing's 100 Countdown
Rank	Fighter	Significant Fights	Non-Significant Fights	Peak 5	Final Total
94.	Deontay Wilder	1,694.6	2,279.6	682.3	4,656.5
95.	Marcel Thil	2,579.8	1,170.9	900.9	4,651.6
96.	Nicolino Locche	1,858.0	1,946.8	820.3	4,625.1
97.	Ricky Hatton	3,458.8	449.1	708.9	4,616.8
98.	Ismael Laguna	1,059.5	2,659.4	889.9	4,608.7
99.	Ramon "Chocalatito" Gonzalez	2,187.1	1,771.9	638.6	4,597.5
100.	Wilfredo Benitez	1,439.4	2,223.0	914.4	4,586.5