‘I don't want to show any sportsmanship or respect’ wilder to Fury.

What's gonna be the excuse this time?

Ref long count. Ref stopped it early?

 

Wilder is a very slow witted, low class individual

 

Sad way to go out after showing real heart he still shows he has no class. The only thing more entertaining than that final ko will be the inevitable incoming excuses that will surface in the coming days/weeks.

 

Yes, and he was literally willing to kill or die in the ring in the pursuit of victory. Boxing invites its pugilists into some dark places, and he went there willingly. You could not possibly ask more of an athlete. That's what makes the sport so beautiful and tragic at the same time. He will never be the same.

And yet, you have the usual children on here talking **** and will continue to call Wilder a hypejob, bum, etc. It's like they aren't even fans of the sport or just don't appreciate the gravity of what they are watching.

Contrast Wilder's performance with that of the Kownacki, who fouled his way out of the fight. (And to be clear, that fight needed to be stopped prior to that point.)

 

Yeah, kudos I guess on being tough and not giving up while having your face pounded to a literal pulp and never ceasing to believe you could land the big hail Mary, but ...that doesn't insulate you from criticism or preclude you from being a jerk for refusing to shake the hand of a guy you've talked loads of shite about thrice only to have beat you as many times (and officially twice, by stopping you no less) and who is willing to be the bigger man and extend the "good-game" hand.

 

Lol. We have an MO for Wilder. He'll come out with some biblical rant about how he's the second coming and that Fury had mechanical arm implants for the fight.

 

I don’t believe he said that…I’m sure they may have waved him away but he didn’t speak those words.

 

Sure, but if that is someone's primary takeaway from last night then they are an idiot. What happened in the ring was magical, and it reveals a petty agenda trying to make him refusing to shake Fury's hand (while badly concussed, no less) the big story. And yet, that's a lot of the posts his detractors are leading with. It's a shame.

 

Wilder and his clowns def don’t want to mess with a bunch or travelers who if nothing else can all fight and fight dirty

 

It’s because they don’t actually enjoy or understand the sport and what it takes. It’s some weird nationalistic, depressive, my life sucks but someone else of my race/country/Region doesn’t suck so “I’m a fan”, and it’s literally just “rah, rah, yay team!” Without any appreciation for what the two people just endured.

 

...magical? I just cringed so hard my bowels moved.

Actually, not getting carried away with the hype (ie calling last night's fight "magical" like a little kid going to Disney for the first time) is the very definition of not having any sort of vision-clouding agenda. The only people tripping over themselves about the fight are diehard Fury or Wilder fanboys, and casuals who gobble up hype like Pacman pellets. To cold, sober, uncaring eyes, to someone that doesn't give a damn about either fighter - it was okay. Oooh, back and forth moments where it seems either guy might get stopped? UNHEARD OF IN A BOXING MATCH EVER.

You've got it all mixed up. Him refusing to shake Fury's hand is a big deal, and shouldn't get buried or swept under the rug just because 'daww, he was such brave little boy in blocking Fury's overhands with his face".

 

Lose the strawman arguments. It doesn't suit you.

It was better than okay. It was not an ATG fight based on skill, but sometimes the personal sacrifice made by the individuals involved exceeds the fight itself. Gatti/Ward is an even better example, and also not a great fight based on skill. But there's a reason those fights are so memorable. A guy getting battered yet competing until the final second is what separates combat sports from others, and I shouldn't have to explain that to you. A HW championship fight with both guys hitting the mat multiple times to continue fighting. It was indeed magical.

Generally, I think fighters should get a break for what they say in the heat of the moment after a fight. Especially if concussed. I suspect Wilder will remain recalcitrant and I have and will continue to criticize him for it, but his refusal to shake Fury's hand was not the primary takeaway from last night. It certainly won't be remembered that way. And yet, people here are placing that aspect of the event front and center, revealing bias.

 

it would take a dumb guy to say such a dumb thing. Oh, wait.

 

There's a few things they could use. Fury hit and held in the first knockdown (headlocking and uppercutting him), he hit round the back of the head in the second knockdown (not really, but that's an angle I can see being used), he was allowed to drape himself over Wilder and the ref did nothing to stop it, there was a long count in both knockdowns in the fourth which should have ended the fight then and there, ref didn't give Wilder an opportunity to get up in the eleventh but just waved it off... Those are the less insane excuses to be made anyway. Steroids, glove tampering, water bottle spiking, voodoo transgender Egyptian bellydancer curses, I can all see those being made somewhere down the line as well.