. . . .for years Deontay Wilder has been criticized as a bum who never fought anyone and had no chin. I guess now that Tyson Fury had a draw with him then both are 'bums'?. . . You have to believe that experts who post on boxing forum sites. Certainly because they watch boxing from the comfort of their living room chairs they can't be wrong.
How on Earth have you worked that out lol They are 2 of the top 3 heavyweights in the world, no they aren’t bums
Tyson's the biggest winner out of the two. His marketability has risen, he's now seen as the People's Champion, what with his back story and proving those that doubted he could go in with Wilder off the 2 and a half year layoff and the two tune ups he had. You can bet now that any card that he headlines or is part of will no doubt sell out 99 times out of 100. He's got a major bargaining tool in negotiations with AJ, with what I have stated in my opening paragraph and that's only going to benefit him when it comes to the split. IMO the lowest split he can get is 60/40 in AJ's favour. And once the PPV sales come out then we will get more indication of what the split should look like.
Wilders technique is embarrassing, but this is the HW division, power is sometimes more important than skill at that weight, and when you punch like Wilder, it doesn't matter how lacking you are in skill when you can change fights with 1 punch
I think the narrative which emerges from this fight may be that whilst PPV sales weren't great, they would be better for the rematch given the quality of the first fight.
Both their profiles went up IMO. Good solid fight, with a hot last round. The rematch is May/June. Would have Usyk on the Joshua undercard in April. There are lots of options now in Heavyweight, it's all good.
For me the most intriguing story now is what happens with Fury. His stock has gone up, but in a weird way the biggest thing people will talk about will be him getting up after being knocked down a few times. I hope he ends up in a similarly contested fight, because if he goes back to a Pianeta like decision against a Charr type, (which oddly will be seen by a lot more people in his home country than the Wilder fight), then it's not back to square one, but back a step or two.
Sort of. He needs top opponents to have a go at him. Let's not beat around the bush here. He went to Germany and won and the reaction was appalling. 'Worst heavyweight title fight ever' and suchlike. This time he goes to America, doesn't win, and is seen as a harshly treated hero who showed his bravery in coming back from what looked like a devastating stoppage. That was an exciting Tyson Fury fight. He could do with some more of them because if he goes into his next fight as a massive favourite, fights off the back foot, wins a fairly easy points decision and doesn't look like forcing a stoppage some of the momentum gained may be lost.
I don’t know what Hearn is waiting for. He should be busting a gut to get Fury lined up to fight Joshua on that Wembley date in April. It’s an absolute mega fight in the UK and would garner a load of interest worldwide, the PPV sales would go through the roof.
