Anybody else glad Fury-Joshua fell through?

[miniq]

Yes because Fury-Wilder 3 is a better fight.

Joshua is the third best heavyweight.

People won't believe this till Fury rolls through AJ though.

[Outwest Exp 355]

I don’t really have an opinion. Myself personally I wasn’t into the Fury Joshua fight because I’m not a fan of either fighter. But I understood the significance of the fight since it was for the undisputed championship. Being a fan of Wilder I was ready for him to go after some new blood but I get that he wanted to do the rematch.

[RL_GMA]

From the significance of the Heavyweight Division having 1 Undisputed Champion it's a fight that should happen (at some point). It would be a bigger sell overall than whatever Wilder v Fury 3 is going to do (which on the surface seems like will be a rush promotion job if the fight has to happen before September). Fury completely dominated Wilder in their 2nd fight coming off (what I felt was) a disputed Draw. So essentially, how DO you sell the 3rd fight 18 months later? Wilder has a new trainer? He got over his 1st loss? Fury's gloves were "tampered with"? The 2nd fight underperformed on PPV (allegedly having to hit 1.3-1.4 Mill buys on PPV to break even). Wilder v Fury 3 still sells a good amount but I don't think it does anymore than the previous fight and will likely (like practically every other fight) will be HEAVILY streamed.

[billeau2]

Wilder is the worst skilled "elite" fighter at hw(which is historically the least skillful(technically) division in boxing)

I used to think Wilder would destroy AJ,but these days I think he gets destroyed by a fat Ruiz,AJ,Fury again. I think Wilder lost his mojo & will never get it back(hes 35 & hes NOW trying to learn how to box, Which says everything to me about how far gone he is since his world was shattered by Fury. )


Wilder will always have a punchers chance from here on out v the elites imo. (He got exposed big-time,even though I thought Ortiz exposed him 1st.,Even Spzilka made him look like some bum fighting a pro boxer at times during their fight.

Yes... Very weak era and traditionally heavyweights, having the least amount of population enteriing do figure into the ascent of the Bronze Bomber, agree whole heartedly. But Wilder survived Fury... and looks sharp preparing, while Fury looks a bit between the world of training and partying. Ortiz won most rounds of both fights if I recall, definitely during the second, but Ortiz has a lot more skills than people give him credit for.

Wilder is a super athlete, in this era, if he can sharpen up, I think he could beat Joshua... its a 50 50 to me on that one. Fury if prepared should win, but Fury might have let this situation mentally unbalance him.

[Rip Chudd]

Not at all. I wanted to see an undisputed champ

[Earl-Hickey]

You definatley have the correct avatar pic OP