Wilder entered the first fight as the defending WBC Champ. Wilder entered the second fight as the defending WBC Champ. If Wilder leaves the ring after fight 3 as the WBC and Ring/Lineal champ, he will have effectively won the series. And the record books will FOREVER show the lineal World Heavyweight Title passed from Wlad Klitschko to Tyson Fury to Deontay Wilder. Pretty great. 24 days to go.
Wont happen though. Hes mentally unstable and lacks your confidence. Good luck to you though, dont go running from the forum on the 25th. Fury will finish Wilder earlier and in better style than the second fight. Its going to be beutitful, especially the next round of excuses but a real shame as we wont get to see Wilder fight other heavyweights once he retires.
C'mon let's be fair. None of this weight lifting to get stronger, drilling of the 1-2 and 'murderous' body punching is window dressing for exactly the same product. We know this much after watching Wilder's comeback fight against a gatekeeper to test all these new skills out. And he's just waiting on an email reply from Fury to agree to stand there right in front of him to take these body punches without moving or hitting back like Scott in the video. He won't lean on, clinch or maul either. That's already been signed off...
IMO, Wilder doesn't have the balance in that stance to be an effective bodypuncher. I agree with someone above that a jab to the body alone would help him if for no other reason than to slow Fury's advance, but I'm skeptical he's going to be ripping left hooks downstairs in the course of the actual fight.
Why should Wilders punches aimed at body not have decent reward, his head shots don't get thrown textbook style and they seem to do damage, so yes body punching is worth trying. Fury offers a big enough target, even if body punches being blocked, whatever body part of Fury that the blow is deflected by sure isn't going to feel comfortable, these accumulating over a few rounds chips away at a fighters positivity and impacts on offense and defence, plus Fury will have need to protect body and head from a Wilder bomb. This is Wilders last chance saloon, perhaps he has got to forget the old method of firing off one big right hand, and rather from first bell throw two handed punches like a windmill in a raging gale, to head, body and any part he can thump, less of that one bullet with Furys name on it AKA (his jaw), and more a hail of bullets addressed to whom it may concern (anything he can hit). Will Fury win? yes it is very likely he will, however Fury is training and fighting a bout he really is not wanting, in a way it is Fury under pressure as he has everything to lose, Wilder has nothing to lose and everything to gain. At least we will soon have a bout to watch whoever you support, and whatever your opinion is regarding if this third fight should have happened, that sounds good to me.
For your mental stability, I hope Wilder has been working on his ability to take a shot to the body. Remember in fight 2, Fury dropped Wilder with a cuffing body shot. Remember, this is the so-called 'pillow fist' that Wilder had no fear of... if Fury turns the screws in fight 3 and invests heavily in the body then Wilder is in trouble. Wilder has never been a great body puncher and doesn't have the chin to rely on them at this point in his career.
Fury's body composition looks really poor even by his standards. Maybe he isn't taking this fight seriously.
I think Fury is probably of the opinion he's beaten the guy twice (draw or not), and that, short of a miracle shot from the Gods, Wilder has nothing he can't counter and overcome. Personally, I think it's dangerous to look through/past anyone...but we'll see.
I hear people saying **** like "wilder gonna go to the body" "wilder gonna put that right hand to the body" and it seems like just another thing he will try and fail at. Furys defense is great fury leaves no stone unturned this is just wilder fans trying to cope and dream of another way Wilder could possibly beat fury but in reality, he could try it fury will probably block them and then wilders game plan will go out the window once fury blocks and counters his body punches he just decided to start practicing this year lol. Having said that wilder should throw some body shots cse he aint hitting furys head. in 2 fights he has only landed clean on furys head a few times. I could totally see fury flubbing this fight and losing so i hope hes training seriously.
I hope they have Wilder working these new skills, combos, and ducks with someone pressuring him. In the videos, his trainer is giving him space to throw but Fury will bully him. Everything you practice needs to be like the real thing if Wilder will learn it and acquire it effectively to actually use in the pressure of the real fight. Also, I see more head movement but also Wilder lunging in unprotected. Can Wilder bring anything new off the back foot, I've yet to see anything. They need to get someone like Big Baby Miller to bully him non stop in sparring. Wilder looks more fluid and loose but can he transfer that into the real fight? That's what I can't wait to see.
Every time before a Fury fight you hear the same things he is out of shape he doesn't look good he hasn't been training properly but then comes in and wins every time. I think that Fury takes boxing more serious than most if he is not ready he will pull out as he has done that before but if the fight goes ahead you bet he has a serious game plan and he will execute it like he always does.