Wlad v Fury - your breakdown

Wlad is old a ****.. if Fury beats him how much credit does he really deserve? If you dont think prime Wlad would have killed Jennings ydksab, age matters, even Tyson said so himself. Now I'm picking Wlad to win, but if he doesn't it does nothing to tarnish his career at age 39 he's still dominating the youngns, if Fury wins, good for him, he's the #1 HW but really the win will be blown way out of proportion.

 

I will not give Fury much credit as I don't give it to kovalev for beating old past prime bhop, same here wlad is old and past it ,that's why I think furys chances are good. If that was wlad from 2011, I'd give fury no chance.

 

Exactly, I barely give Kov let alone Dawson credit for Bhop. Though i do think Wlad is in better condition than Bhop was against Kovalev. I dont see Wlad getting hit that much by a Murat or Shumenov type opposition.
I give Fury a 10% chance of pulling it off. Wlad was just injured recently too so who knows what happens.

 

Yes definitely some credit, he's still the clear cut #1, but we all know 10-20 years from now if Fury does win it would be blown WAY out of proportion, Fury probably would duck Joshua, Wilder etc and fight the Glaskovs of the world and retire living off the Klitschko win.

 

Well wlad is a lot younger than bhop, so prob he's still in better physical condition than bhop , but bhop is much more skilled , less predictable and prob one of the smartest boxers ever , that's why a lot people forgot about his age.

 

Hatton-Zoo isnt really overrated in 2015 though, I rarely see people give him too much credit for that win. Trust me Wlad/Tyson would be on a different level of overrated win if Tyson wins, since Wlad is on a 10 year streak people will completely disregard his age, his struggle against Jennings, and act like he beat a prime Wlad. Some morons will even make an argument for Wlad being far better than he was 10 years ago. Yes Wlad is smarter forsure than before but I'd take his youth over those brains against a heavyweight who doesnt hit hard like Fury.

 

This 100%.

 

Good breakdown :good

 

I think Fury is gonna try to use his reach advantage and try to box from the outside. Once he starts to get frustrated with Wlad's superior footwork and technique, he'll try to close the gap, get past Wlad's jab and look for a chance to use his size and inside game advantage. I don't see him doing that without getting nailed with a big shot. And I think we can all agree he doesn't have the durability to walk Wlad down. Mid-round TKO for Wlad.

 

Fury can do well with his massive reach and switching stances so Wlad has to adjust early on, but doesn't have the power to keep Wlad of him, nor the chin/defence to take his harder punches.

My idea for the fight.
Wlad takes the middle of the ring trying to deploy his jab, while Fury tries to do the same thing from the outside... both have some succes because a) Wlad has a better jab, b) Fury has an extreme reach.
Then I expect very early in the match that Wlad lands his first straight right and wobbles or even drops Fury with it.
After that it becomes very tentative and a bit messy until Wlad lands the next big one, wich either abrubtly ends the whole thing, or starts bounching Fury off the canvas until it is stopped.