Prediction - Wilder vs Fury

Hell no. That was an awesome fight.

 

sallywinder was right again.... draw!

 

A great fight, very exciting, but the outcome was just wrong imo.

 

It was a robbery. 115-111 for Wilder???? That judge gave Wilder the first four rounds.

Fix or incompetence?

 

It's one or the other. Either way, that man should never judge a major fight again.

 

Legendary performance from Fury, considering all that he'd gone through outside of the ring, and the fact that he was in with an explosive 6'7 slugger with ATG power (and practically out cold in the 12th). Put on a clinic for the most part. Tempted to say that he exposed Wilder, but highly skilled 6'9 boxers who can fight off their back feet can "expose" almost anyone on a given night. This Wilder would have been a tough out for almost any past heavyweight champion, but Fury was miles beyond him in terms of skills and ring IQ, and for the most part used his size advantage excellently. Really enjoyed watching him work tonight.

 

Very unfair to Fury. There were some close rounds, but I don't think there were any clear rounds for Wilder except for those with the KDs.

 

Great fight, though.

 

The two most salient conclusions I drew from this:

1) Fury will trounce Wilder soundly in any rematch if he gets to a reasonably trim 240-245. (As well as him being more fit with less ring rust, Wilder will be older.)

2). Wilder would probably have gotten a KO if it went to 15.

 

I see where you are coming from but Fury had come back solidly by the end of the round. During the some of the late stages he looked to have more in the tank.

 

I was wrong about the overall outcome, but this still doesn't feel like a bad prediction right now!

 

Have to give props to Fury for a fantastic performance. To go off the rails like he did and have two pretty poor tune-ups and then perform like he did last night. Amazing. Him getting up in that last round will live long in memory.

Too bad he couldn't keep his **** together after beating Wlad. What a fighter he would have been at this point.

 

Yeah, Fury looked the stronger fighter at the end of the round. Wilder was clearly gassing from all that swinging and missing.

 

Things is, I like Joshua's chances against these two guys better after last night than before.

Wilder is just too wild and Joshua would be more intent to go in between those big swings and punish him than mainly stay on the outside like Fury. And as for Fury, that low left spells trouble against these guys. Wilder for all his predictability and lack of a more advanced set up managed to land his right twice. I think Joshua probably would get there earlier and be more ruthless in his finishing.

Just love what kind of fights we have to look forward to here.

 

Speaking of Wilder's lack of good set-up, though, I have to say that it is possible that he set a pretty elaborate trap for Fury. He started off with wide overhand right that Fury got used to duck under, but towards the end he straightened them out so they weren't as looping. Fury automatically tried to get under them as he had all night, but when they weren't as looping anymore he couldn't and got tagged.

If Wilder lulled him into expecting those looping rights only to straighten them up towards the end, it was indeed a pretty elaborate trap.