Comments Thread For: Tyson Fury: As Far as I'm Concerned - Wilder Fight is 99% Done!

[champion4ever]

That has confirmed it for me Fury needs the payday ..... this is the only reason he came back... if it was about his legacy he would take a few fights and fight next summer!

Sure, of course it's about money. The man has to earn a living. He's been out of boxing for 2 and 1/2 years.

[TheBigLug]

Great tactical move by Fury and Frank Warren as well as Wilder and his team. Hang Matchroom out to dry, I hope Tyson really looks fantastic in his next outing, Slimmer and sharper. This will make Mega interest for Wilder vs Fury and it don't matter where the fight is staged it will do great anywhere.

Apparently is weight is around 265-270, which is about what he weighed v Hammer and he looked fine there. I think he was down to about 245 v Chisora II and Wlad.

I think if he is around 270, it will be pretty good progress and getting back in the direction where he fights best. No reason why he couldn't get to a perfect weight after 1 more camp.

[Raggamuffin]

A very dangerous fight for Wilder if it gets made.

[Patsfan bri]

Full credit to Fury if this fight happens. See how easy it is to make a fight with wilder if your promoter is willing to make it happen. Take note Eddie. The only thing I don’t understand is that the people on this board that call wilder a bum are now saying fury is not ready. I guess wilder ain’t so much of a bum after all.

[DougalDylan]

you know Martin was the stand in for Ortiz and Ortiz nearly failed a medical on the day. So Wilder v martin nearly happened.

word on the street "fast eddie" & joshua try to negotiate a rematch with charles martin

[DougalDylan]

It can't be a great tactical move for both ... one will lose.

[Afi23]

It might seem too early but with Fury i think you have to keep him motivated and maybe this is what he needs.

I know another easy fight and camp after the upcoming fight would probably be ideal, but Fury can outbox most of today's heavyweights in his sleep. I'm not sure how long he would remain focused if he was just gradually getting better opponents. Maybe he just needs the challenge.

I agree, get Fury while he's motivated.

[BreakingBox]

I like that. Winner gets Joshua?

That would be awesome, but more than likely, the winner will be permanantly "frozen out"

[Ake-Dawg]

This makes sense as it's the only way the winner gets parity with Joshua as far as splits go.

Bad news for Deyonce. If Tyson can play with Klitschko and not take a single decent punch what do you think he's going to do to the bum slayer?

Klitschko was 39 and not known for his stamina. He only threw 231 punches. Wilder, considerably younger and has the best stamina in the heavyweight division (threw 346 vs Ortiz in 10 rounds). Fury will have to work a lot harder to keep Wilder from landing, who won't be concerned with gassing.

It's a bad comparison anyway as Klitschko and Wilder have very different styles of delivering punches.

[skinnystev]

Vitali Klitschko after being out nearly 4 (four) years came back with no tune up and forced sam peter to quit on his stool and give up his heavyweight championship