Originally posted by 1hourRun
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I can not believe how so many fans still ignore the dangers of taking unanswered blows to the head in boxing. Wilder was absolutely defenseless. He had nothing, no defense or offense. He was just in there literally just getting beat up by a much bigger man. Boxing is all a joke to many of you. I have personally suffered two concussions for sparring much bigger men than me when I was younger and actively sparring. It's not fun.
When he enters the ring vs Fury in July 24th, he would have been out of the ring for 17 months. And that was just from a "premature" stoppage. Had the fight continued, you would have probably never seen Wilder step in the ring again. Or he would have probably taken a lot more than 17 months to come back.
It's silly to ignore how dangerous boxing is. Wilder's fight was stopped by a former boxer, as well as active boxers in attendance asking for the fight to be waived. It is not a secret that fighters need to be saved from themselves. Wilder was not going to quit, he's a warrior, he would have allowed Fury to kill him and leave his kids fatherless. We have seen fighters quit on their own while taking too much punishment. But many fighters will just stay in there and die. Wilder is one of them. Breland, Dirrell, Charlo, whoever else was begging for the fight to be waived, saved Wilder and his family heartache.
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