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The biggest takeaway from Fury's life and death struggle a couple weeks ago was the erosion of his ambition, his head movement, and his punch resistance.
He showed flashes of brilliance, but the pilot light wasn't lit so to speak, he looked like a spent force, on his downhill, past his prime, less than the sum of his parts.
For all intents and purposes, the boxing world views the bout as a loss for Fury on several levels, his status as "lineal HW" champion became a punchline, the prospect of fighting Wilder no longer seemed like a good idea, the Fury we saw two weeks ago gets put in a body bag by Wilder within 3 rounds.
Fury is finished as the preeminent HW on the planet, and that is due in large part to DW.
Wilder broke Fury, snatched his soul, altered his abilities in the ring, Fury will never be the same after that fight, and what's scary, is not that Wilder only caught him twice, but the second knockdown is the only time he really caught him, a barrage of punches from Wilder would end Fury's career if ONE flush punch could drain him in this manner.
Fury is washed up as the result of ONE fight, 2 or 3 more fights, he will retire and do television, he has a family, a sharp mind, and would be pure box office on any network in any country.
AJ was not exposed by Ruiz because most boxing fans knew before hand that AJ would be destroyed by Wilder due to Wilder's off the books style, and AJ's pathetic punch resistance, but with Ruiz beating up AJ like the soft punk he is, and Fury looking super washed up in his last fight, Wilder is the de facto HW champion of the world.
If he gets through Ortiz, he will eat up Ruiz or AJ.
Everyone though it was AJ, and Fury had a good run, but the dominant HW of this era will be Deontay Wilder.
He is the most electrifying performer in the sport, the HW champion America has been waiting for, and the biggest threats to him are falling off one by one.
He showed flashes of brilliance, but the pilot light wasn't lit so to speak, he looked like a spent force, on his downhill, past his prime, less than the sum of his parts.
For all intents and purposes, the boxing world views the bout as a loss for Fury on several levels, his status as "lineal HW" champion became a punchline, the prospect of fighting Wilder no longer seemed like a good idea, the Fury we saw two weeks ago gets put in a body bag by Wilder within 3 rounds.
Fury is finished as the preeminent HW on the planet, and that is due in large part to DW.
Wilder broke Fury, snatched his soul, altered his abilities in the ring, Fury will never be the same after that fight, and what's scary, is not that Wilder only caught him twice, but the second knockdown is the only time he really caught him, a barrage of punches from Wilder would end Fury's career if ONE flush punch could drain him in this manner.
Fury is washed up as the result of ONE fight, 2 or 3 more fights, he will retire and do television, he has a family, a sharp mind, and would be pure box office on any network in any country.
AJ was not exposed by Ruiz because most boxing fans knew before hand that AJ would be destroyed by Wilder due to Wilder's off the books style, and AJ's pathetic punch resistance, but with Ruiz beating up AJ like the soft punk he is, and Fury looking super washed up in his last fight, Wilder is the de facto HW champion of the world.
If he gets through Ortiz, he will eat up Ruiz or AJ.
Everyone though it was AJ, and Fury had a good run, but the dominant HW of this era will be Deontay Wilder.
He is the most electrifying performer in the sport, the HW champion America has been waiting for, and the biggest threats to him are falling off one by one.
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