He is all upper body his legs are so skinny man if he had normal size legs his weight would be like 230
He could really drop down to cruiserweight and should actually be in that division he cuts no weight and 12 pounds of water is nothing just hit the sauna the day before the fight and he can make 200 easy
I think the reason he is so light is because he stopped lifting weights he popped his bicep in a fight and his bones are so thin that packing all that muscle makes it more likely to tear, especially when they are swollen and tight
Didnt he bulk up to 225 pounds before his bicep tore?
At his age fighters tend to start filling out, he seems to be thinning out. I wonder if there is some underlying reason? I guess with the pre fight physical it would be picked up. Kind of strange though
I don't think being about 10 pounds lighter than in some previous fights will have any negative effect on either his punching power or his ability to take hard punches. It just means he trained very hard and should be sharp and quick with good stamina and a good work rate. You can either take a punch or you can't and just weighing more doesn't help you take a punch better. Being weight drained and dehydrated can hurt a boxer's ability to take hard punches but Wilder can eat and drink as much as he wants and weigh whatever he wants to weigh.
I think the weight is fine.
Even if Wilder was 220, he would still be the much lighter man anyway. So he may as well come in where he feels comfortable.
Great in my opinion. He can weigh as much as he wants to and his light weight indicates to me that he trained very hard for this fight. If he didn't over train he should be very sharp with good speed and stamina.
That's his lighest
All bad. He's too light. Fury will try and pin him to the ropes and lay on him to drain him. The only reason for being that light is wilder must be trying to have a welter weight punch output IMO
Wilder is a freak of explosive power and strength at any healthy weight including 212. He was throwing big Ortiz -- weighing in the 240s -- around the ring like a toy while weighing only 214 and change.
Just saying. I wouldn't count on Wilder being weak and worthless tomorrow against soft looking Fury.
I think it's good because it seems to be a comfortable weight for him to perform at. I guess it could be detrimental if it's an inside rough fight, and Fury could tire him out, but Wilder seems pretty good at catching opponents that move towards him, so I don't think Fury will risk the fight with that strategy.
Punches like a 400 pounder so it’s not like it matters. Fury only has a 2 or so inch reach advantage but is slower so if Fury can hit him, Fury is also in danger..and Wilder has been in the game all along and has been improving while Fury was out im retirement having a crisis. It’s been said that once you lose it you never really get it back...so lets see how good Wilder really is.
Sure, Wilder is much lighter but it benefits him more to fight at a natural weight than purposely pack on tons muscle just for the sake of absorbing more punishment. He needs to be as fast as he possibly can to unload that cannon against guys who might be a little bigger and a litte more skilled. He puts so much into his shots that being much bigger would exhaust him quickly.
Didn't hurt him in the Ortiz fight. Guy has probably been gearing up his cardio to crazy levels knowing Fury wants to go after a points victory. I think this is bad news for Fury.
Lighter and faster doesn't mean much. Can you outbox the other guy if you're willing to compromise your heavy hands?
No heavy hands means no knockout. No knockout means you need to outbox your opponent. Not sure Wilder can do that.