Not sure Wilder at his best can survive the kind of toe to toe slugfest to the death that Fury has in store for him. Once that bell rings, Fury is going to sprint out to Wilders corner and unleash leather with full steam until one of them drops cold.
this is on some Nostradamus level prediction .. reading fury’s camps’ mind level stuff .. incredible .. pat yourself .. you might know the lottery numbers lol
Fun stepping back and looking at strong opinions less than 6 months ago and how they have changed.
I am a fan of both guys and I am certainly not buying the "costume excuse" but Wilder did not look right. He was staggering around like a drunk all fight. Does Fury possess that kind of power? Especialy the body shot that dropped Wilder? Most guys do not all of a sudden become K.O artists well in to their careers. Even the first knockdown looked strange. Wilder was beaten pillar to post by Ortiz in the first fight and regained his legs. Very strange! Fury does have 21 k.o's but generally not known as a power puncher.
Last edited by Claude Palle; 02-29-2020, 05:08 PM.
Fun stepping back and looking at strong opinions less than 6 months ago and how they have changed.
Seriously!
I’m starting to feel my track record isn’t very good with jumping on hype trains.
I jumped on the Wilder hype train something serious after the second Ortiz fight. Saw that as the epitome of confidence and punch power how he lost every round until the KO. In retrospect, I think there were a lot of weaknesses there I conveniently ignored. Fury attacked those weaknesses successfully.
In the same way, I’m trying to check myself from making the same mistake with Fury. He looked great this last fight, but I’m interested how he fights against Joshua and how one that plays out. If Fury can come through the third Wilder fight and win his fight (or the majority of his fights whatever the case may be) with AJ and then Usyk, then I’m ready to say he’s the best HW of this generation. He’s already looking like he has the potential to retire ATG status. I honestly didn’t see anyone beating Wilder until a few years from now, but here he’s done it.
I am a fan of both guys and I am certainly not buying the "costume excuse" but Wilder did not look right. He was staggering around like a drunk all fight. Does Fury possess that kind of power? Especialy the body shot that dropped Wilder? Most guys do not all of a sudden become K.O artists well in to their careers. Even the first knockdown looked strange. Wilder was beaten pillar to post by Ortiz in the first fight and regained his legs. Very strange! Fury does have 21 k.o's but generally not known as a power puncher.
I’m thinking the first KD was the one that busted his eardrum; it was a bit of a glancing blow and caught the back of Wilder’s head as he turned away. Dangerous punch for sure and he’s fortunate it wasn’t worse than that. Probably took his equilibrium.
The second KD was a liver shot. Getting hit in the liver suddenly drops your diastolic blood pressure so it becomes very difficult to stay standing.
I think both punches were just very damaging, not so much in force but in where they landed.
I feel satisfied with that explanation alone as to Wilder never fully recovered.
But who knows, maybe there was something wrong with him.
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