Comments Thread For: Wilder Activates Contract Clause For Third Fight With Fury

[ShoulderRoll]

The rematch clause was in the contract and everyone knew it going into this fight beforehand.

No need to get upset about it now.

[patron]

Wilder team cashing out. I don’t see Wilder beating Fury, he lost twice already. Certainly not paying PPV for that ish.

[Coachcody]

Third fight needs to be on free network television only!

[Mighty_Windir]

Already outboxed 10-2 rounds in their first fight, demolished in their 2nd fight... do we really need to see a third fight? I think many rather see Fury vs AJ now.

Bingo.

He has a clause, but if I were him I'd let Tyson fight AJ and he should try to slip his way to get the winner of that bout

[d00m10rd]

Wilder has already lost 17 rounds out of 19! His next costume may as well be a Clown, because that's what he will feel like after the third fight.

Considering Fury got up and pushed Wilder back and boxed rings around him in both of those rounds, there's a case to be made that he hasn't won a single round against Fury from a fighting standpoint as opposed to a scoring one.

[CaptainWalrus]

Winner vs Joshua in December or never.

[Oldskoolg]

The problem I have and have had with wilder for a while is that he is perhaps the most stubborn top level fighter I have ever seen. I never liked his horrendously bad habit of sitting, waiting, posing, and letting his opponent dictate the pace and outwork him. That seemed to set in after the duhapaus fight with Molina and Szpilka and it’s been a very bad habit ever since. Because of those bad habits I’ve noticed he had adopted even more such as pulling straight back rather than lateral head and foot movement. He looks terrible when he tries to reset. I honestly don’t think he can beat fury unless he fires his corner and brings in a new trainer who can drill the basics back into him and extremely fast. I like the idea of added weight because if not Fury will have 60-70lbs on him. But wilder has got to get back to doing hard road work, and I am talking wind sprints such as Holyfield used to do and what Caleb plant does. Wilder will HAVE to stop the bad habit of ducking in close, he will have to rediscover the left hook as a stand alone weapon in itself, and he MUST punch in combinations....not just the 1-2, but mix it up like a 1-1-3-2....4-3, etc.
In other words, wilder needs some real work and he’s going to have to open his stubborn mind.

[Ant1979]

Judging by that cringe Instagram video, Wilder's delusions of grandeur have only got worse. Which is the LAST thing he needs right now. Haymon needs to step in and save him from Deas and insist on a change of trainer like he did Ruiz.

He'll always have a punchers chance but against a fast improving Fury that's getting smaller and smaller.

[Ake-Dawg]

The rematch clause was in the contract and everyone knew it going into this fight beforehand.

No need to get upset about it now.

Not even certain why people are upset that a champ wants to run it back to try and get his belt back. Especially since it was clear that the rematch clause was written with an eye towards a unification at the end of the year.

Side note. Wilder could still step aside. However he had to initiate the rematch clause to make step aside money necessary.

[Ake-Dawg]

The problem I have and have had with wilder for a while is that he is perhaps the most stubborn top level fighter I have ever seen. I never liked his horrendously bad habit of sitting, waiting, posing, and letting his opponent dictate the pace and outwork him. That seemed to set in after the duhapaus fight with Molina and Szpilka and it’s been a very bad habit ever since. Because of those bad habits I’ve noticed he had adopted even more such as pulling straight back rather than lateral head and foot movement. He looks terrible when he tries to reset. I honestly don’t think he can beat fury unless he fires his corner and brings in a new trainer who can drill the basics back into him and extremely fast. I like the idea of added weight because if not Fury will have 60-70lbs on him. But wilder has got to get back to doing hard road work, and I am talking wind sprints such as Holyfield used to do and what Caleb plant does. Wilder will HAVE to stop the bad habit of ducking in close, he will have to rediscover the left hook as a stand alone weapon in itself, and he MUST punch in combinations....not just the 1-2, but mix it up like a 1-1-3-2....4-3, etc.
In other words, wilder needs some real work and he’s going to have to open his stubborn mind.

Agree 1000%. He doesn't need another lead trainer just a different and respected voice in the camp. Virgil Hunter comes to mind. Maybe even a newly retired p4p fighter who has been highly critical of him of late.