Artur Szpilka vs. Deontay Wilder: who will win?

[Pigeons]

Nice promo by Szpilka. If the Polaks come out to Barclay's, the atmosphere will be nice and loud.

[Weltschmerz]

Hell yeah somebody to root for, but I do think Szpilka's bitten off more than he can chew here.

[1hourRun]

Nice promo by Szpilka. If the Polaks come out to Barclay's, the atmosphere will be nice and loud.

Dont forget the BombSquad.

[Fury4daWIN]

Szpilka looks like he's carrying a bit of moobage. I don't know how good a condition he'll be in come Jan 16. Hopefully the drug testing in this fight is lax and he'll be able to get a bit of a PED up to compete with Wilder. Four weeks to train for a big fight really is BS.

[Eff Pandas]

I need to go watch some Szpilka fights to get reacquainted with his style & skills, but I think its safe to assume Wilder gots this one.

Szpilka has had two meaningful fights in his career. The first one was vs Bryant Jennings where took a L & is probably the best guy Jennings actually KO'd. And the second one is winning a close decision over a ancient Tomasz Adamek. That doesn't bode well for his chances vs Wilder at all. Wilder hasn't really messed with many southpaws so Szpilka's chances in this fight probably starts & ends with him being a southpaw with some power.

[Fury4daWIN]

I need to go watch some Szpilka fights to get reacquainted with his style & skills, but I think its safe to assume Wilder gots this one.

Szpilka has had two meaningful fights in his career. The first one was vs Bryant Jennings where took a L & is probably the best guy Jennings actually KO'd. And the second one is winning a close decision over a ancient Tomasz Adamek. That doesn't bode well for his chances vs Wilder at all. Wilder hasn't really messed with many southpaws so Szpilka's chances in this fight probably starts & ends with him being a southpaw with some power.

He fights from a very low crouch out of a wide stance, OKish head movement and a decent left straight which he often leads with. Quite hittable, though generally only when he's throwing punches, which he tends to do on the counter. Average handspeed and (IMO) quite average power. His left will be his money punch, but I don't think it'll be enough here.

[Eff Pandas]

Motherf#ck Farhood makes some weird ass creepy looking faces. There is no way this dude isn't ******ing kids or stealing grown mens socks in the locker room at his local gym & smelling them in his closet at home or some nutty ass **** like that. Its just a matter of when he gets caught doing some creepy ****. Maybe he gots his mummified mother living with him still or something & has breakfast with her each morning. Something has gotta be going on with this creepy mofo.

[Szef]

He fights from a very low crouch out of a wide stance, OKish head movement and a decent left straight which he often leads with. Quite hittable, though generally only when he's throwing punches, which he tends to do on the counter. Average handspeed and (IMO) quite average power. His left will be his money punch, but I don't think it'll be enough here.

He also tends to get too brave when he gets hit, and fight back while he's on the ropes and counter with one of the most predictible uppercuts I've seen.

Wilder should knock him out, no question about it.

[Fury4daWIN]

He also tends to get too brave when he gets hit, and fight back while he's on the ropes and counter with one of the most predictible uppercuts I've seen.

Wilder should knock him out, no question about it.

Yeah, I forgot his tendency to brawl when hurt, despite the fact that he's clearly at his best at mid-range, has no compactness or explosiveness on the inside and a terrible paper chin. I also forgot to mention his horrible loopy overhand right that he always tries to hit guys coming in with despite the fact that it never seems to land and leaves him totally exposed.

Oh yeah, and that crappy lead hand waving he does in lieu of feints. Really quite a flawed fighter.

[LoadedWraps]

It's now official for January 16th.

Who will win?

Also, who will you be rooting for?

I expect Szpilka to put him to sleep, but I am rooting for Wilder in this one. I want Fury to take his soul and no one else.