It is but I remember watching his pro debut on TV and he was embarrassed about the way he looked and he's said he hates seeing himself on TV covered in flab on other occasions as well.
Thing is, though, Fury normally does have much better movement than that... So does Wilder. They both looked slow and plodding by their own standards and Fury displayed far less skill than we know he has - he went out there to brawl, and it wasn't pretty. Effective, but not pretty. Wilder never had much skill to begin with, but he played his part in making it as ugly as possible. This wound up being a bit of a grudge match and it showed - they wanted to hurt each other as much as they wanted to win.
Thats possible. But he was a solid amateur Boxer in his day. I dont know how good exactly but i think i remember he competed in soem Golden Gloves events. He also revoluzionized fight scenes on screen. The guy who brought blood, violence and well choreographed fight scenes in western cinema was Bruce Lee in 1973, but Flynn was a forerunner when it comes to fight choreography when he played Robin Hood in the later 30s. The fight scenes in western cinema were horrible before Flynn showed up. But he understood to make them better and more realistic, maybe it was from his experience in his youth as Amateur Boxer. I saw some fight scenes in old movies from the 1930s or so and they were absolute horrible, i mean when a good guy had a fist fight with a bad guy, you and me could have done it better. The punches missed the other guys head some times by 10 inches or more, anyone saw they were hooks in the air not even close to the others face/head. Back in the day they didnt care how they looked, but Flynn thought fight scenes have to look realitic for the audience, otherwise they are too cheap and the ppl in cinema think two children play a game. In the 50s and 60s there were already some very good fight scenes in western movies, and Flynn was one of the reasons for.
Totally agree with the OP. Fury was not motivated at all. The fight was very exciting, I was glued to it, but it was poor technically. I’m sure Fury will be different & much better against Usyk in their probable 2 fights. He would be the same against AJ, or Whyte too. The Wilder chapter has closed. Fury probably has 2/3 left before he retires. There really isn’t much out there now for him.
Hey thank you sir I appreciate the kind words. Yes I've been a 'supporter' of Wilders for quite some time, though obviously it became harder to do these last few years due to the Fury saga (mainly the excuses, wanting to kill someone, and the racial stuff). As hard as I rooted for him against Fury, I'm rooting even harder that he can grow above this crap over time. Cheers.
When you get lipo you can't grow the fat back in the same areas. So with his 20 pints of Guiness a night diet, he risks growing back the fat on his boobs and ass, and looking like a huge, hideously deformed woman or transsexual.
Here are my observations: Wilder looked better and more motivated than normal. Coming in bigger helped him last longer. Fury probably wasn't as motivated or hit hard by COVID during training camp to come in fatter. Fury had a harder time imposing his style. Fury didn't smother his work, he wanted to close the distance so Wilder couldn't land his power punches, and so he could lean on Wilder and rough him up on the inside. Wilder did a better job catching Fury coming in compared to the first two fights. Fury overall has Wilder's number and is just a big mean physically imposing machine. Both guys showed a lot of guts and heart, but Fury is just better.
Fury looked flabbier, less muscle mass, not finely trained at all, perhaps partly due to what was going on with his baby in intensive care just a few weeks ago. But he was still likely fit enough to go 12 hard rounds. The inactivity diminished Fury for this fight, which is to be expected. The inactivity didn't really diminish Wilder as much because he was so thoroughly outclassed in the 2nd fight he probably needed a good deal of time to build himself up physically and mentally. Fury still put in an impressive performance. So did Wilder really.
Both guys didn't have a pro fight in 20 months, that's a long time to be inactive. In the 15ish months between fights 1 and 2 both guys had 2 fights each. Some guys can brush that type of inactivity off and look sharp, a lot of guys can't.
