Fury vs Wilder 3 was the best fight of all time

[club fighter]

It was a war, best heavyweight bout in recent times.
I still rank Ali frazier I fight of the century higher.

[SN!PER]

Not the best, but one of the most entertaining.

The back-and-forth knockdowns reminded me of Foreman vs. Lyle.

[SN!PER]

I always believed Vitali vs. Lennox 2 would've been one of the greatest ever if Lennox hadn't retired.

[BodyBagz]

Not the best, but one of the most entertaining.

The back-and-forth knockdowns reminded me of Foreman vs. Lyle.

Lyle Foreman > Fury Wilder 3

[Pac=Duran]

Gatti's Ghost and Ward hate you.

Lol they loved that fight though i guarantee it.

[billeau2]

I mean, it was great. Really enjoyable.

But if you took that Round 4 punch out of nowhere out of the equation, it was a beatdown. Wilder was dead on his feet from Round 3. He couldn't punch from Round 6. Fury was wide, really wide, on the cards.

The Round 4 punch from Wilder made the fight. Other than that it was an absolute demonstration of Fury's dominance over Wilder. Dominance that has now seen him win 26 rounds out of 30 with two stoppages.

You have to understand how punchers work...First off everytime people talk about Wilder's chances for a decision it is amusing. A puncher guages success by how many times he can unload and hopefully finish his opponent. Look at something like the Louis Conn fight. Louis was outboxed the entire fight, but he needed just a few opportunities to finish Conn off. Wilder was succesful to an amazing degree because he got Fury in trouble. That was his chance to win the fight.

I know its a little misleading, because we look at boxing matches in terms of punches, rounds won, etc... But a puncher needs a certain amount of cracks to succeed. Lets say hypothetically Wilder had hit Fury well again, as he did in that one round... and lost every other round, would it matter? If Fury could not get up? Fury was pretty shaken up... Wilder had his opportunity. It was infact in some respects a close fight for that reason. Wilder's incentive to hang in there was to deliver his right hand shot again..

[billeau2]

Not the best, but one of the most entertaining.

The back-and-forth knockdowns reminded me of Foreman vs. Lyle.

Good point! My thoughts exactly... a fight where at one point some drunk nonce in the audience slurs out the truth: "this fight isn't about who goes down, its about who finally cannot get up!"

[Toffee]

You have to understand how punchers work...First off everytime people talk about Wilder's chances for a decision it is amusing. A puncher guages success by how many times he can unload and hopefully finish his opponent. Look at something like the Louis Conn fight. Louis was outboxed the entire fight, but he needed just a few opportunities to finish Conn off. Wilder was succesful to an amazing degree because he got Fury in trouble. That was his chance to win the fight.

I know its a little misleading, because we look at boxing matches in terms of punches, rounds won, etc... But a puncher needs a certain amount of cracks to succeed. Lets say hypothetically Wilder had hit Fury well again, as he did in that one round... and lost every other round, would it matter? If Fury could not get up? Fury was pretty shaken up... Wilder had his opportunity. It was infact in some respects a close fight for that reason. Wilder's incentive to hang in there was to deliver his right hand shot again..

Understood.

But Wilder didn't have a punch in him. His best in Rd 6 was already not good enough to hurt Fury. He didn't even have a puncher's chance.

Rd 4 was his chance. He landed a shot and it wasn't enough.

In any case, were talking about this potentially being the best fight of all time. It wasn't, it was great fun watching a puncher land his one shot and otherwise get thoroughly beaten up.

[rully]

Good point! My thoughts exactly... a fight where at one point some drunk nonce in the audience slurs out the truth: "this fight isn't about who goes down, its about who finally cannot get up!"

agree - not 'best' from technical standpoint but very entertaining. Fury's weight advantage enables him to go toe to toe and sometime reckless against Wilder. I don't think any of knock downs in 1st & 3rd fight impacting Fury's balance that much. His eyes were wide open and fully conscious so only need little time to recover.

[BodyBagz]

Lol they loved that fight though i guarantee it.

FOTM for sure