Comments Thread For: Steward: I Expect Fury To Knock Wilder Out - That's The Strategy

[Califire209]

Did grammatical errors sleep with your mom? Why are you taking it so personally?

Lmao that was good bro, legit chuckle

[Monty Fisto]

I do think they will be going in with more of a focus on seeking a stoppage this time, but I definitely don't think Fury is going in there to brawl, in the sense of swapping blows. In the first fight, Wilder missed badly time and again and Fury seemed to revel in evading those shots, but didn't do much to punish Wilder. I think this time the focus will be on countering those misses and not with pitty-patty touches that look to score, but trying to put some venom in the counter shots. In the aggregate, solid shots from such a big man could do enough to stop Wilder in the later rounds -- and I expect Fury to do more leaning and clinching to both tire his opponent and mitigate the risk of being hit by a big looping shot. That's my guess, anyway.

[Oshio]

Please are we suppose to believe Hill?

[bluemax]

If Fury could Punch he would have shown it by now

Fury has one chance. Run and box. All this baloney about him knocking out Wilder is pure marketing!!!!! It could backfire on his camp because if Fury plants his feet even for a minute to stand and fight the blame will be placed on his new trainer. This is a 50-50 fight if both men rely on what they are good at. For Wilder it's to knock Fury out before round 12 and for Fury it's to run and gun for 12 rounds. For Fury to actually decide to play the part of a puncher makes as much sense as for Wilder to train to outbox Fury for 12 rounds

[JakeTheBoxer]

There is no proof Wilder has any great chin. If Fury trades, he can have success.

[P4Pdunny]

As someone said before, stranger things have happened.

[hitmanjosh]

I bet I will F_ck U up, how about that!

[yoavm]

I do think they will be going in with more of a focus on seeking a stoppage this time, but I definitely don't think Fury is going in there to brawl, in the sense of swapping blows. In the first fight, Wilder missed badly time and again and Fury seemed to revel in evading those shots, but didn't do much to punish Wilder. I think this time the focus will be on countering those misses and not with pitty-patty touches that look to score, but trying to put some venom in the counter shots. In the aggregate, solid shots from such a big man could do enough to stop Wilder in the later rounds -- and I expect Fury to do more leaning and clinching to both tire his opponent and mitigate the risk of being hit by a big looping shot. That's my guess, anyway.

Well put. I think a lot of people fail to realize that you don’t have to stand in the center of the ring and trade to finish a guy. Fury has a very developed inside game (go watch the second del-boy fight) and Wilder was never forced to fight from a close range - for the simple reason that none of his previous opponents had the defensive skills/legs/ring I.Q to close the distance. Wilder needs room to operate, specifically in order to extend his straight right hand
Which is the punch that created the majority of his knockouts (Wilder is not a 2 handed power puncher).
I expect Fury to be tentative in the first few rounds and as the fight go into the middle rounds and assuming he won’t be hit with something massive prior to that - start closing the distance. If he manage successfully do so, I expect some exchanges from close quarters and in such case Fury will only be in danger of getting hit with short looping right hands which I assume he can handle which gives him a lot more room for error. Also in close quarters Fury can lean and use his weight to drain Wilder.

The million dollar question is Fury’s mental state and also whether he can weather the early storm from Wilder who might be more aggressive early on to try and end it.

On a side note, while I don’t view Wilder as more than a decent boxer (as most other), I highly respect his demeanor and the timing on his right hand. It may not be pretty until he lands it but he understand spacing and make subtle adjustments a lot better than people realize and you can’t ignore the bottom line of his knockout ratio (bums or not).

If Fury was fluid as he was against Vlad I would favor him, right now it’s really difficult to predict how it will pan out.

Great fight for us fans!

[Monty Fisto]

I do think they will be going in with more of a focus on seeking a stoppage this time, but I definitely don't think Fury is going in there to brawl, in the sense of swapping blows. In the first fight, Wilder missed badly time and again and Fury seemed to revel in evading those shots, but didn't do much to punish Wilder. I think this time the focus will be on countering those misses and not with pitty-patty touches that look to score, but trying to put some venom in the counter shots. In the aggregate, solid shots from such a big man could do enough to stop Wilder in the later rounds -- and I expect Fury to do more leaning and clinching to both tire his opponent and mitigate the risk of being hit by a big looping shot. That's my guess, anyway.

Time to pat myself on the back.

[LoadedWraps]

Mad respect for Sugar Hill, but come on now.... He's not fooling anyone. Kronk Gym is built on fighters learning how to box, use your feet, jab, ring generalship, and hit and don't get hit. So to say that Fury is training to " go for the K.O" is ridiculous. I'm guessing this strategy so Wilder wouldn't train for a guy who's going to move and box. So I hope Wilder is not buying this B.S.

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