He might be at his best physically, but psychologically he's pretty much BROKEN and was before the second fight started.
He knows that Fury can get up from that right hand - twice - without a wobble and after the last round of the first fight and the entire second fight he knows that Fury can hurt him. Badly.
The best example to show his current state of mind - apart from that single press conference - is 10 minutes and 42 seconds into the exclusive interview he did with Mo Boxing a couple of months ago:
https://********/FG-Gr6NkPV4&t=642s
At 10 minutes and 42 seconds he comes out with his usual I only have to be perfect for 2 seconds schpiel with that big fake smile on his face, then the interviewer mentions Fury saying that he owns his soul after the second fight. Wilder's face drops, you can see the fear in his eyes and he starts stuttering and stammering like Foghorn Leghorn on speed. It takes him over a minute to recover from that.
You can't completely write off a fighter like Wilder because of that right hand, he'll always have a puncher's chance against ANYBODY, but psychologically he isn't in the right state of mind to be going into the ring. He's terrified of Fury.
He knows that Fury can get up from that right hand - twice - without a wobble and after the last round of the first fight and the entire second fight he knows that Fury can hurt him. Badly.
The best example to show his current state of mind - apart from that single press conference - is 10 minutes and 42 seconds into the exclusive interview he did with Mo Boxing a couple of months ago:
https://********/FG-Gr6NkPV4&t=642s
At 10 minutes and 42 seconds he comes out with his usual I only have to be perfect for 2 seconds schpiel with that big fake smile on his face, then the interviewer mentions Fury saying that he owns his soul after the second fight. Wilder's face drops, you can see the fear in his eyes and he starts stuttering and stammering like Foghorn Leghorn on speed. It takes him over a minute to recover from that.
You can't completely write off a fighter like Wilder because of that right hand, he'll always have a puncher's chance against ANYBODY, but psychologically he isn't in the right state of mind to be going into the ring. He's terrified of Fury.
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