Comments Thread For: Evander Holyfield Explains What Wilder Needs To Fix In Fury Trilogy

[Get em up]

Wilder drown into his own hype. He has all the physical attributes to be a no nonsense slick boxer puncher just threw the basics out and got beat because of it plain and simple

[REDEEMER]

Wilder didn’t bust his eardrum the excuses have to stop that goes for other fighters making them .

Holyfield fails to mention the other fight ,he had Emmanuel Steward in his corner when he defeated Bowe and the only time . Is Wilder going to get competent trainers and his he going to listen to them? That’s the first problem. Ha

[Lionbreech]

Wilders skill set

Wilder could punch and was long and those were his strengths . He used them to Max potential but his boxing skills were definitely questionable. Especially defensively where he often just pulled straight back and the fact that he had that long reach prevented him from getting tagged. But more importantly in my mind is that his level of competition was not good , the same applies to Fury. If you check out the records of both fighters opposition neither fought any top heavyweights except for Ortiz , Fury in Wilders case , Wilder and Klitchko in Fury's case. Fury beat Cunningham who was decent but so much smaller that all the leaning and grabbing on him just exhausted him and it was more that than Fury's skill which done him in. Joshua by contrast has beaten many of the top heavyweights right now and if he can get the Ruiz defeat out of his head has the best skills by far of the three. Just compare the opponents of the three men and you will see I'm talking truth..

[eco1]

The only thing Wildher will improve is his face when it gets rearranged in the 3rd fight.

[Smash]

wilder was hopeless in that fight but 1 thing u cant say about him is that he is a quitter, there was no quit whatsoever in him, hes a warrior and holyfield can see that too, its just wilder cant box very well, which is a problem v a good boxer like fury

[Ant1979]

The best I've seen Wilder box was the first Stiverne bout where he got his jab working early and mixed up his attacks while remaining mobile.

A return to that would be a welcome start for the trilogy but I think it'll take more to best a motivated Fury growing more accustom to the Kronk style.

Wilder has to take himself out of his comfort zone and employ the very best, as it's all on the line for him. Doing exactly the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.

[MisanthropicNY]

Wilder just needs to not where that 45-pound Black Panther costume and keep his knees strong. He does that, he'll KO Fury with the first punch he lands in round 1 easily.

[Jerald Finney]

3rd song, same result: Fury win

Wilder's eardrum was not busted or harmed. He had a cut in his ear. The hits he took were what wasted him. Lucky his corner threw in the towel.

[lion33lit]

That’s some real “do as I do,” and not “do as I say” from Holyfield. His son must’ve developed some real character from that example.

BIG RESPECT to Holyfield for seeing what TONS of fans witnessed: Wilder was lethargic from the start!! If that DUMB costume really beat him before he started to fight Fury? Well, shame on him! That costume was reminiscent of morbidity in the form of Captain Death!

Tyson resorted to watching courses in “Wrestling When Boxing Doesn’t Work” after his LOSS to Wilder in the first fight....Wilder definitely needs to concentrate on firing a better JAB and NUT KICKS if Tyson brings his **** game again.

Wilders just as fast as Tyson - if not faster and he hits harder, not having to resort to other forms of combat sport when boxing doesn’t seem to work!

BIG RESPECT to Wilder for having confidence in himself for a trilogy, when fan girls supported Tyson’s ****, GLOVE & headlocking strategy..

[Oldskoolg]

The best I've seen Wilder box was the first Stiverne bout where he got his jab working early and mixed up his attacks while remaining mobile.

A return to that would be a welcome start for the trilogy but I think it'll take more to best a motivated Fury growing more accustom to the Kronk style.

Wilder has to take himself out of his comfort zone and employ the very best, as it's all on the line for him. Doing exactly the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.

I’m not sure wilder can do that at this point. You are exactly right about his boxing skill versus stiverne in the first fight. It was after the duhapaus fight where he started to wait and wait and wait and wait and move backward flat footed waiting for right hand openings. I saw it taking hold against Molina and it was in full swing by the time he fought szpilka. It’s been the same ever since. It’s a terrible style and I’ve complained about it for years now. I suspected fury would be intelligent enough to adjust and take advantage of that flaw. I’m not sure wilder is humble and intelligent enough to adjust back to what needs to be done. His corner is inept, and he is incredibly stubborn himself. Somewhere along the way he got it into his mind that he could fight exactly the same way against every opponent and that his right hand would save him each and every time