Looks ok, but needs more time. If he shows up to Wilder looking like this I don't think it'll go well for Fury. If I was handling him, I would say 1-2 more fights.
Fury only 11 lbs. heavier now than he was in the Klitschko fight.
He have THREE MONTHS to train and devise a battle plan.
If he aint ready by then, he'll never be ready.
Exactly. He doesn't have to worry about weight at all. He needs quality sparring tho, Dave Allen & these random MMA guys ain't good enough.
Fury only 11 lbs. heavier now than he was in the Klitschko fight.
He have THREE MONTHS to train and devise a battle plan.
If he aint ready by then, he'll never be ready.
Yeah, he said himself he'd have another fight first ideally. I think he needs at least that.
He looked better than his last outing, which was a bit of a circus fight. But I'll be consistent with what i said when he was making his comeback and before Wilder was even mentioned.
After the time he's had out and the manner in which he has spent that time, I feel he needs more time in training camps and more fights before stepping up against the main guys in the division.
I like the BT team, Rawlison and Jones are very good IMO, but they were laying it on a bit thick last night about Fury's performance. Understandable, they've got a PPV to sell.
To me Fury looked just about how I'd expect at this moment in time.
It would of been good for him to have gotten the rounds in, but he needs more IMO.
Just didn't see enough clean punching from Fury in this fight. Whether or not he got a KO is not the key, it's moreso the lack of really imposing himself against this level of opponent that is bothersome.
I also feel he needs 1 or 2 more fights before fighting Wilder or Joshua.
That's what 90% of people said before the Wlad fight, though!
Wilder isn't a glass jawed, 40 year old, washed up, defense first fighter coming off a horrible performance doe...
I was hyped for the fight yesterday when I saw the weigh ins. Today killed the hype of the fight for me. Boring fight in which Fury looked slow af. Then the post fight interview looked and sounded rehearsed. This fight won't beat 200k buys on Showtime PPV.
Fury defeated this guy the same way he defeated Klitschko with Movement, Stamina and awkwardness!
Fury never was a big puncher! Expect some inside fighting from Fury in the Wilder fight!
Who the hell is Wilder and what has he shown so far in the ring that would make you believe Fury isn't ready for him?
The guy gets outboxed and made look like a fool in his every fight until he lands a hail Mary lol literally. He's all hype. He's a terrible fighter.
He's Michael Grant 2.0. Been saying that for years. And just like Grant who barely beat Golota only to get destroyeby Lewis in his next fight, he barely beat Ortiz and will now be made look silly by fury. Which is lucky considering Joshua would steamroll him within 3 rounds.
Fury/Joshua for all the marbles in 2019. Had Wilder signed the contract he'd be getting the Joshua payday in April.
Instead he'll get 10 million, outboxed and then just dissappear.
He's not ready yet but he improved around 15% from the last fight.. Faster, slicker, cagier but still showed some of the same vulnerabilities. Now if he keeps up with that rate of improvement, in the Wilder fight I'd guess he'll be about 80% peak (the version that fought Klitschko). An 80% Fury may not be enough to beat Wilder, but it might be enough to avoid getting KOd by him and therefore setup a rematch. In the rematch, if Fury improves further, he may approach 100% of his peak form and that might be enough to win. Looks like a trilogy could be brewing.
looks weaker, looks slower, looks smaller (less muscle mass), fatter and was easily being pushed back on the ropes. He has no power but hes still got speed and skill.
Wilder should knock him out under 6 rounds
He even looked shorter. Wilder was taller than him. :D
It's a decent point that the rounds are good for Fury.
This indeed may be better for him long term than a quick KO of Pianeta.
But, that being said, if he expects to beat Wilder, he should have stopped this guy.
Deontay has a better chin than the Italian, and Fury never hurt him.
So, how does Tyson keep Wilder off him?
Fury said he wasn't looking for a stoppage and was going for rounds.