Did Fury make a tactical error in the 12th or do we give Wilder credit?

If you let a dangerous puncher hang around too long this will be the end result . Fury had the ability to really break Wilder down and do significant damage but he held back a lot. For good reason I know but had he turned it up more offensively Wilder would have been done. He was landing easily on Wilder and hit him with flush right hands , but he didn’t step into the punch enough. I was surprised he didn’t knock Wilder on his ass because he definitely could have

You all are praising wilder for his two knock downs, but they were not even great knockdown attributed to wilder, this was more on tyson getting sloppy. Wilder set up better punches at other parts of the fight but simply couldn't connect. From me, no credit to him what so ever except the fact that he suprised me with having something in his tank at the end.

i think he did well to even avoid it for so long (except the first knockdown which was his own fault showboating seconds before) wilder can KO you at any moment Fury fought almost the perfect fight..almost

It is both because Fury should have not allowed Wilder to get any sort of opportunity like that in the 12th and if he didn't he would have won even if he did nothing and lost the round. Wilder kept at it and tried to make something happen and almost did. It happened to be enough to get him a draw.

Give Wilder credit, he hung in there and landed 2 bombs. Yep this. Especially with those bombs being a straight right hand and following up with the hook. Instead of the wide looping overnight right that Fury ducked away from all night.

Tactical error. Wilder is so bad that he can only land on good fighters that make tactical errors or gas out. Fury pushed his **** in.

I was thinking that. He does show boat a bit too much and it cost him. He should have done a Floyd and ran for 3 minutes in the 12th. In the 9th he got complacent too and he got knocked down. But I suppose that's Fury. He is eccentric and is a happy go lucky kinda guy.

He thought he had Wilder figured out and could avoid any big shots but still try and win the round. He got caught with a bomb and was lucky to get up. I thought the fight was over the way he landed.

I think that, along with Fury's incredible heart getting up from that punch, Wilder's true grit is one of the least talked about stories of the fight. By round 12, Deontay had to know it was close, had to know it was all on the line, that he needed a big round. And he went out there and got one. That what champions do.

To be honest having watched it a few times I don’t think wilder even connected that badly, i think he was a bit exhausted by that point. Had he done that earlier in the fight it would have been over as he would’ve held more power on the punch Not sure it made a pretty decent thudding noise, you could argue Fury would not have lapsed earlier, or he would he was taking punches better when he was fresh

Wilder actually threw a straight punch is what happened. Pulled down fury’s hand after the jab so he couldn’t block I slightly disagree, Fury bent down to his right which he did with great effect the whole fight, but on tgat occasion he started doing the move from too far out and Wilder measured where his head would be. I'll try to embed a video of it later

You are right. Tyson had indeed beat the count. I had to rewatch it over again just to confirm it. It was nothing short of miracle how he got up from that knockdown. Yep for sure, it feels like someone said it was long and now a few people have jumped on the bandwagon. The count was pretty much spot on, there is always a slight delay, like one second or so which is normal, it's a human function. Jack Reiss picks up the count at 4 and you actually see Fury visibly come back to consciousness at 5, and you see this realisation in his face like "where am I, **** I better get up" and he makes it up at 9. Reiss does the right thing by checking him over and Fury actually puts his arms on the ref and Reiss pushes his arms away so Fury can't lean on him. There was nothing wrong with the count or the refereeing, it was very good in fact. He accounted for the fact that these guys were fighting for the WBC heavyweight championship. Unbelievably dramatic last round

Wilder was 1 second away from doing what he always does...Credit to both guys. But Wilder needs to add to his arsenal

If you look, Wilder actually blinded Fury with the left before coming with his straight right. Something Wlad is a master of. Fury just didn't see the shot coming. Wilder is as Fury said lightning fast with his shots. Maybe Fury could have been a bit more cautious but just a nice shot by Wilder.

Both. Fury made a tactical error and Wilder,an empty, drained, tired Wilder stumbling around in the last round of a fight he was about to lose, saw 1 tactical error and instantly landed a combo that would normally end a fight. You gotta give credit to Wilder for that. It was excellent by Wilder.

To be honest having watched it a few times I don’t think wilder even connected that badly, i think he was a bit exhausted by that point. Had he done that earlier in the fight it would have been over as he would’ve held more power on the punch

Wilder actually threw a straight punch is what happened. Pulled down fury’s hand after the jab so he couldn’t block

What do you guys think? I was expecting him to dance, but he tried to hold his ground and be aggressive. It shouldn't have cost him the fight anyway but it did. Ps. The long count theory is the biggest BS going. I have the fight recorded in HD and the count was fine, miraculous recovery from FuryYou are right. Tyson had indeed beat the count. I had to rewatch it over again just to confirm it. It was nothing short of miracle how he got up from that knockdown.

Fury got over confident...moved straight back with his hands down and paid the price for it

The business is entertainment. He would have left a bad taste in people's mouths by dancing in the 12th.