If Wilder only knew how to fight.

[LoadedWraps]

For me that was the biggest take away from the weekend. I was just perplexed by how much raw talent this kid has and at the same time he just doesn't know how to fight.

I mean he basically was embarrassed by his lack of boxing skills and he still almost won. Absolutely Fn crazy.

I don't know much about him though, not sure what the back story is as to why he doesn't know how to fight.

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[Buckfever]

Sometimes you can be with a good trainer, but it's not the right trainer for your talents. Maybe it's something like that, but even the people that say he has some skills, I don't think would argue that he's not half as good as he could be.

And I'm not taking anything from Fury he did well, but truth be told he wasn't at his best either.

From a marketing standpoint it's intriguing, this fight helps him tons. People do want to see the guy that is going to get out boxed but still somehow wins. I can't argue that at all, so much of this game today is about money, marketability.

I just think this guy potentially could have been something special.

And as far as the "kid" comment I made, it's not his age it's his skills. He's at the top of the heavyweight division and he fights like he hasn't been doing it that long and lacking experience relies entirely on power. That's how an inexperienced fighter fights, that's how a "kid" fights.

Anyway that was just how it struck me, not having really followed him, I was thinking how could he have come this far and never really learned how to fight?

[lopetego]

He doesn´t have ¨raw talent¨

he has great genetics

great power, stamina and athleticism

but yeah, if he also had elite skills, the sky would be the limit for him

[Snowballer]

Sergio Martinez didn't start boxing till late as well, and he got skills.

Didn't Hopkins start late to.

And if I could fight like Lomachenko I would be world champion too.

"Only knew how to fight" SMH

I dont think Martinez was skilled. He was extremely talented possessing great athleticism and high level reflexes, but he was definitely not a text book fighter like someone who has boxed since kids.

Hopkins also had his own style, he is an anomaly. BHop was very unorthodox yet extremely effective and it helped with his longevity as he didn't get hit clean often and knew how to hurt his opponents beating by making them ineffective.

[johnbook]

If only he learned how to better control his emotions.