He's just posturing and trying to drum up intrigue.
Grandstanding about conceding to 8oz gloves, intimating that he's lost a step, giving the impression that he isn't taking training seriously.
It's all smoke and mirrors to excite casuals into thinking it's a 50/50 contest, and it really isn't worth debating.
Strip away both men's rhetoric and what you have is an ATG boxer vs. a UFC stand-out with a puncher's chance.
Beyond that, all we can do is wait till fight night.
It'll be a pretty dull fight i imagine, at least the first part. Fury won't have any problems getting past the jab. The problem for Fury is when Wladimir realises that he's getting completely outboxed, he'll eventually have to open up and start launching missiles. If Fury can avoid anything big, the fight is his. I don't think Fury has ever been properly hurt, he wasn't against Cunningham. He got knocked down, got back up, pulled his shorts up and went to work. He looked a bit buzzed against Chisora the first time when he landed that big overhand right.
It'll be interesting, I'm not sure I have as much faith in Fury's punch resistence or in Wlad resorting to wild gun-slinging...but it's what makes this interesting - neither man has a clear advantage in any one department. I just feel Wlad edges it in most (power and composure especially).
What I did find interesting is during their recent 'face-off' Fury talked about Wlad leaning back when his opponents begin to punch in volumes and then re-positioning and re-establishing the jab. He didn't say how he'll overcome it but I'm interested to see how he plans to do what few have managed thus far.
Yeah but the difference is, Fury isn't a stiff bum like Pulev. Pulev literally stood straight in front of Wlad, no leg or head movement whatsoever, and waited for Wlad to knock him out.
I'm really interested to see how Tyson approaches this fight once the time for talking is over and I hope we see a good, competitive fight. If he brings his usual willingness to engage then there should be some exciting moments, especially early on.
Where I see him coming unstuck is an inability to get past Wlad's jab. Size and reach advantage are one thing, but he'll need to neutralise those piston-like lefts and also avoid that thumping right. It's mechanical and on paper a busy fighter should have success disrupting the rhythm, but I just feel like it's a matter of 'when' and not 'if' that Wlad lands.
Fury has been buzzed (seriously buzzed) by fighters with far less pop and in this case he won't be afforded time to recover.
I'm predicting Klitschko KO9 but I hope it's fun whilst it lasts.
I'd like to see the fight, but I don't believe for a moment that Lara would win. Lara showed his true colours against Canelo. Had more popular support amongst the hardcore fanbase than he will ever have again, and he didn't go for it.
Fans will forgive a defeat but they won't forgive a bottler.
Precisely right. Lara's a talent, there's no doubt about it - but his tactics were poor that night. I wasn't expecting him to fight on the inside for 12 rounds but his continual back-peddling was a poor show and there's no reason to think he'd do anything different after the first meaningful Gennady punch lands.
GGG would cut the ring off more effectively than Canelo and I'd expect a mid to late rounds TKO. Lara's power looked good against Zaveck but beating up a stationary has-been tells us nothing new.