Comments Thread For: Lennox Lewis Backs Fury To Rise To The Occasion With Wilder

[Fidel456]

On the other hand, Wilder's style is not what Fury
is used to, either. Fury's style and footwork shines
against heavier set, less mobile fighters. Fury has
been dropped by some smaller, more agile fighters
who do not hit nearly as hard as Wilder.
Fury's style may not work well against a tall, rangy
man who can move from-A-to-B much faster than
he does. The clash of styles makes this a much more
interesting fight than we would have seen between
Wilder-Joshua.

Wilder doesn't have a style he just throws a hard right hand that he can keep landing on today's heavyweight fighters or lack their of

[famicommander]

If Wilder catches him like that, someone in the crowd is catching Fury's head to take home as a souvenir.

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

Misleading title. Lewis did not explicitly say he backs Fury to win.
He merely said he was impressed by Fury's performance against
Klitschko, and that Fury seems like the type of fighter who can
rise to the occasion for big fights.

Translation: Fury didn't look great in his comeback wins, but he
can probably find a way to make the Wilder fight competitive.

[Zodogg]

Wilder will spark Fury out he will get caught flush and collapse

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

Wilder doesn't have a style he just throws a hard right hand that he can keep landing on today's heavyweight fighters or lack their of

Everyone has a style.
Wilder concentrates on doing what he does best,
which may seem limited, but sometimes it's better
to hone specific skills, rather than trying to be a
'jack of all trades' but a master of none.

Wilder has some attributes that can be considered
exceptional. Fury is a big man who does a lot of
things fairly well, but he does not do anything
exceptionally well. If Wilder was 5-inches shorter
he would have the same athletic prowess & power.
If Fury was 5 inches shorter he would be hard-pressed
to beat mediocre heavyweights because his sheer
size advantage would be gone.

[Dr_Calvin]

Not sure what Lennox is referring to when he says that Fury always steps up for the big fights. He has only had one big fight and both fighters stunk the place out.

[Boksfan]

Lewis you boring c@nt you didn't give any prediction, you still riding with your boyfriend Beyonce?

[Raggamuffin]

I expect him to rise to the occasion also Lennox. Joshua's fans are going the simple "doubt" route. Fury has the style to beat Wilder. He as the style to beat any heavy, but he still has to walk through fire to win. Wilder isn't body puncher. Fury just has to guard the head and make sure that he isn't caught off balance or when he's throwing. I want to see how Wilder adjusts to a fighter like Fury.

[Raggamuffin]

If Wilder catches him like that, someone in the crowd is catching Fury's head to take home as a souvenir.

But against the biggest punchers, they weren't able to hit Fury. Ali was put down in fights before he won the title. When it came to big bad Liston, he couldn't lay a glove on him. And Wlad didn't lay a glove on Fury. Champs know when to rise to the ocassion. I see it in Fury. I want to see how Wilder responds to Furys sdifficult style.

[P4Pdunny]

We’ll see a much more polished performance but I don’t think he can avoid a Wilder right in 12 rounds