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Fury just seems to get more wacky with each press conference and sound byte he does. Which leaves me wondering how much of his recent talk of strategies in the rematch with Wilder is just a bunch of bs, and how much of it is basically true.
First of all, do you think that Fury really is not taking any shots in sparring to the face and head? I know he had a deep cut and everything, but it just seems like only taking shots to the body will not prepare him enough for a fight with Wilder, who is almost exclusively a head-hunting KO artist, and a very talented one at that.
As for one of his other comments, I think he may actually be serious about training for the KO vs. Wilder rather than fighting defensively like last time, but I want to know your thoughts. Mike McCallum I recall said something similar when he felt the power of a famous puncher (was it G-Man?) that he knew right away that he had to GET HIM OUT OF THERE or it was not going to end well for him. I think Fury knows he probably won’t avoid Wilder’s right hand for 12 more rounds and knows he has a better chance at the W if he can avoid Wilder for several rounds and get him out of there. Some may say this is risky, and it is, but the reason I think Fury may be right in taking this approach is because when you watch the first fight, you can see that Fury took both KD’s while MOVING AWAY from Wilder, and seemed to fare better when going on the attack. Granted, he didn’t have Wilder hurt in my opinion at any point in the fight (Wilder has a great chin and it will take a much better puncher to hurt him bad), but there were definitely some combinations and single punches by Fury — slaps, really — that seemed to surprise Wilder, take the impetus away from him, and just really make him look confused. Pardon my language here, but at certain parts of the first fight Fury looked like he was b*tch slapping the hell out of Wilder. Wilder had the last laugh in my opinion with the two thunderous KD’s though and Fury has to find a way to shorten their rematch. If he can land a sufficiently one-sided barrage of punches, especially if he can open up some good cuts and shiners over Wilder’s eyes, even he may be able to get the TKO stoppage, similar to what he did against The Schwaz.
Finally, I don’t see Fury standing in the center of the ring and exchanging with Wilder even though he says he will. We already know from the first fight that Fury doesn’t have the chin to stay on his feet when taking Wilder’s best. Only fighter I’ve ever seen of this generation take Wilder’s best right hand and stay on his feet was Johann Duhaupas (who has a granite chin to begin with), but he still got TKO’d in the following barrage and his face looked a mess. I doubt many others could take the right hand and stay standing — even of those who haven’t faced Wilder, although my money would be on Ruiz and possibly Pulev. That said, if Fury wants to win, he can’t get into any ****** exchanges with Wilder, he has to lean on him, cut off his blood flow and oxygen, take away his angles, and finally, attack him with barrages that break his rhythm and timing. That is because, when it comes to Wilder’s KO’s, timing is EVERYTHING. All 40 of them. And mark my words — the FIRST fighter to successfully break Wilder’s RHYTHM will break HIM.
IMO, it will NOT be Fury. It will be either Usyk (who I have winin by decision) or Dubois (who I have knocking him the spark out).
Everyone else loses or draws with Wilder.
Thoughts?
First of all, do you think that Fury really is not taking any shots in sparring to the face and head? I know he had a deep cut and everything, but it just seems like only taking shots to the body will not prepare him enough for a fight with Wilder, who is almost exclusively a head-hunting KO artist, and a very talented one at that.
As for one of his other comments, I think he may actually be serious about training for the KO vs. Wilder rather than fighting defensively like last time, but I want to know your thoughts. Mike McCallum I recall said something similar when he felt the power of a famous puncher (was it G-Man?) that he knew right away that he had to GET HIM OUT OF THERE or it was not going to end well for him. I think Fury knows he probably won’t avoid Wilder’s right hand for 12 more rounds and knows he has a better chance at the W if he can avoid Wilder for several rounds and get him out of there. Some may say this is risky, and it is, but the reason I think Fury may be right in taking this approach is because when you watch the first fight, you can see that Fury took both KD’s while MOVING AWAY from Wilder, and seemed to fare better when going on the attack. Granted, he didn’t have Wilder hurt in my opinion at any point in the fight (Wilder has a great chin and it will take a much better puncher to hurt him bad), but there were definitely some combinations and single punches by Fury — slaps, really — that seemed to surprise Wilder, take the impetus away from him, and just really make him look confused. Pardon my language here, but at certain parts of the first fight Fury looked like he was b*tch slapping the hell out of Wilder. Wilder had the last laugh in my opinion with the two thunderous KD’s though and Fury has to find a way to shorten their rematch. If he can land a sufficiently one-sided barrage of punches, especially if he can open up some good cuts and shiners over Wilder’s eyes, even he may be able to get the TKO stoppage, similar to what he did against The Schwaz.
Finally, I don’t see Fury standing in the center of the ring and exchanging with Wilder even though he says he will. We already know from the first fight that Fury doesn’t have the chin to stay on his feet when taking Wilder’s best. Only fighter I’ve ever seen of this generation take Wilder’s best right hand and stay on his feet was Johann Duhaupas (who has a granite chin to begin with), but he still got TKO’d in the following barrage and his face looked a mess. I doubt many others could take the right hand and stay standing — even of those who haven’t faced Wilder, although my money would be on Ruiz and possibly Pulev. That said, if Fury wants to win, he can’t get into any ****** exchanges with Wilder, he has to lean on him, cut off his blood flow and oxygen, take away his angles, and finally, attack him with barrages that break his rhythm and timing. That is because, when it comes to Wilder’s KO’s, timing is EVERYTHING. All 40 of them. And mark my words — the FIRST fighter to successfully break Wilder’s RHYTHM will break HIM.
IMO, it will NOT be Fury. It will be either Usyk (who I have winin by decision) or Dubois (who I have knocking him the spark out).
Everyone else loses or draws with Wilder.
Thoughts?
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