Why did people find Wilder more intimidating than AJ ?

[WillieWild114]

AJ had bigger muscles was actually the bigger guy however people found Wilder to be more tougher and intimidating. Both hit hard so it wasn’t just the power and both have been beaten ? So why is AJ looked at as the tougher guy

[Spray_resistant]

I don't know if this is true at all, Wilder had some nasty ko wins though against competition way below where AJ was fighting at the time.

[Willow The Wisp]

Joshua was outfought, outboxed and blown away while still in his prime and at his best; and never got a chance to even compete for the real heavyweight championship title. Wilder never lost during his prime years to anyone who he didn't at least draw with.

[Dakuwaqa]

Much scarier power

[champion4ever]

It was because of his game changing and concussive one punch knockout power. Which is very rare in the heavyweight division as a whole but in all of boxing as well.

[famicommander]

Wilder at his best fought with unchecked aggression and no fear. He just went out there and threw bombs. He didn't worry if he was making himself look like he had no idea how to box, he didn't care if he left himself open for counter shots, he didn't care if he missed wildly for 8 rounds in a row. He fought with the complete confidence that he was going to land eventually and put you out, and he fought as if he knew his chin and his conditioning would see him through any adversity.

He simply took too many clean shots in the two Ortiz fights and the three Fury fights. Whether psychologically or physically, he took too much damage and that made him unable or unwilling to fight with the same swagger anymore. He's afraid of what's coming back which makes him afraid to launch his windmill bombs, and without his unchecked aggression he's a joke of a fighter just standing there waiting to get hit.

Joshua was always a more cautious, more technical, more cerebral fighter who was protecting obvious vulnerabilities. Ultimately he beat better competition than Wilder ever did, but he never had that aura of absolute destructive confidence that Wilder did before being humbled.

[El_Mero]

Cause Wilder fought 35+ cans and ko'd them

[crimsonfalcon07]

There's something to be said for regularly being outboxed and landing one shot and winning the fight, over and over again. Yeah, his resume isn't great, but he's hardly the only boxer for whom that can be said, and frankly, the usual people calling pro boxers "cans"and "bums" wouldn't last one round with any of those "bums", let alone prime Wilder. There's some potential intimidation to the thought that you could be winning the first 10 rounds of the fight and then still lose by devastating KO because you made one mistake. And knocking out every man faced until he got broken by Tyson Fury could make potential future foes view him with some trepidation.

It's a shame AJ and Wilder never fought in their primes. That would have been explosive, as long as it lasted.

[daggum]

because propaganda and marketing is a real thing. joshua ko'd 6 of 12 top 10 opponents(ring) for a 50% knockout ratio while wilder ko'd 2 of 8 for a 25% knockout ratio. knocking over cans is not impressive but the way they marketed him you had people saying if wilder lands 1 punch he will win

[Willow The Wisp]

because propaganda and marketing is a real thing. joshua ko'd 6 of 12 top 10 opponents(ring) for a 50% knockout ratio while wilder ko'd 2 of 8 for a 25% knockout ratio. knocking over cans is not impressive but the way they marketed him you had people saying if wilder lands 1 punch he will win

But few would doubt, given the way their respective careers unfolded, that Wilder would need more than one to sleep Joshua.