50-50 fight for me. I'm picking Wilder but I'm not confident. He is the best puncher in boxing, that, coupled with the unknown regarding Fury. I could very well be wrong though, Fury has a knack of delivering when it matters.
He absolutely IS NOT the best puncher in boxing. He has a Wild right hand that is wound up, and it looks special because he’s fought a bum parade. He doesn’t set the punch up, he doesn’t throw combinations, he is just a crude swinger. Fury will get off first, and you’ll see Wilder look a million times more confused than Wlad did. Look at the difference of performance level from Wlad between Fury and Joshua. Have we ever seen Chisora completely neutralised. That’s what Fury does. He’ll pepper Wilder with light irritant shots and just smother him before he windmills. Another thing, I expect Fury to fight southpaw a lot of this fight. I think this is a wide Fury win. However the judges could be his toughest opponent.
In terms of crude power , a born puncher, he may be one of the best punchers ever. We do not know what Fury will be like, that is why I'm choosing Wilder. Like I said before though, I'm not confident. Your analysis is very accurate.
Fury will have some success early and then start showboating and farting around in the corner, wilder will get fed up and go for it around the 4th/5th and stop fury
I find the snobbery towards Wilder’s style hilarious. A lot of the time it’s not ‘pretty’ or conventional, but that’s only because it’s not a style that has been successful at a high level in the past. At the end of the day the aim of the game is to damage your opponent more than he can do to you, and he has done that in all of his fights. I’m expecting him to win tonight, but unfortunately when he does so the narrative will be that he beat a man that had to spend most of his time getting match fit rather than honing his craft and someone that took the fight too early in his comeback.
I see Tyson getting laid out before the halfway interval. 1) His level of opposition has been appaling for a comeback. 2) He has spent the last god knows how many months losing weight. 3) He has like THREE trainers for this camp! That's a red flag right there. Peter is needed, end of. 4) Wilder is in his prime and has had his "Acid Test" in Ortiz - and passed. He showed a lot of heart that night. 5) People bang on about Tyson's win over Wlad. As great as that was, remember his struggle with McDermott? Ducking Price? And he mentally AND physically fell apart after the Wlad win, and I don't think he is anywhere near ready for this one. 6) STEVE CUNNINGHAM, who wasn't known as a banger down at CW, felled Tyson like a tree. You can't help but imagine what would happen if Wilder lands a bomb like that. Tyson will probably wake up with a ponytail if so! 7) Wilder's jab is EXCELLENT. His power is EXCELLENT. His athleticism is streets ahead of Tysons, and he has the will to win. 8) I feel Tyson has aged and won't be up for it mentally. He won't recapture the form he had against Wlad, and he will switch off against Wilder. Big mistake. Fury is the better boxer, no question. But Toney was a better boxer by a country mile than RJJ, yet the athleticism negated the skill. I feel the same thing is going to happen tonight.
Fury’s knocking him out lads, I genuinely believe it. No heart in it, i’m being logical. Huge step up for Wilder, it’s comparable in my mind to Eubank v Groves. Eubank needs a fighter who comes forward with slow feet and stands in the pocket to demonstrate his superb athleticism. He can’t set things up. Groves old manned him, stifled his natural attributes and caught him on the way in with Eubank’s clumsy feet. Groves was the bigger man and he tied him up. You’ve got the same dynamics tonight. Wilder has never fought someone with the size, skill set and experience of Fury. This ain’t no 48 year old, 6”2 Cuban. Fury is 6”9, over 3 stone in weight advantage, great feet, awkward, switches stances, throws loads of feints. Wilder’s isn’t gonna land sweet and he’s getting bingo’d in the mid rounds.
Interesting view. I hope your right. Do u think there's an element of haye bellew about this? Retired fighter coming back after a long lay off. Ultra weak come back fights and then in against a guy who isn't highly rated but is active, fought well last time out and in wilders case great heart to survive getting kod v Ortiz. It's this that worries me. I'm hoping fury can make it ugly and get wilder on the back foot or not set to throw cause if that happens wilder has no chance but this is a big ask for Tyson. .
I agree with everything you said 20. However, 3 years away, 2 nothing fights..... What does Fury really have in the locker?
Haye-Bellew is an viable comparison mate, I think what makes this different is that he’s 6 years younger than Haye without the crippling career ending injuries and he doesn’t rely on the same attributes (explosive speed and athleticism) as Haye which naturally diminish in your mid 30’s. We’ll find out tonight mate. I think this version of Fury is wiser, more savvy and stronger...the latter is going on the fact that us blokes do develop more muscle mass (fill out) around the 30 mark.
I cant see anything other than Wilder landing a right hand and putting Tyson away in around 4 or 5 rounds. I think they will be cautious at first but Wilder has that explosive power and I think he will land. Fury is too unproven for me at this stage, he didn't look great in his comeback and not fighting proper Opposition is no preparation for jumping straight in there with dangerous champ, limited as he is. Fury needed more preparation and a better team around him and I think this will show in the fight. I hope to Christ this is wrong, I'd love to see Fury pull this of but I'm a realist. he would have to do an Ali and defy reason, he has that out-of-the-box mentality so who knows....
