Did Tyson Fury's brilliant mind games pre rematch make Wilder overconfident going into the rematch?

Not to say this would have changed the end result of the fight but there is absolutely no doubt that the manner in which Fury deliberately or subconsciously enters and influences an opponents mind is just unparalleled in the current boxing scenario

1) Fury refused to rematch Wilder immediately after the first fight and that led to accusations from Team Wilder and Wilder hardcore fans that Fury was afraid of Wilders power and was wary of fighting him again knowing he got away from being ruled knocked out in the first fight in the final round

2) Fury going into the Wilder rematch had a nasty cut in the Wallin fight and a very tough fight against an unknown opponent giving the impression to team Wilder that Fury was not the same fighter. Then we heard rumours from Furys camp that all sparring partners were being instructed not to target Furys head and eye, giving immense confidence to Team Wilder that his eye was there for the taking in the rematch

3) Fury changed trainers and this gave the impression of self doubt confusion in the Fury camp about the strategy going into the rematch to Team Wilder

4) There were reports coming in from Fury's camp and even from Eddie Hearn that the Fury camp was in chaos and panic. Fury was later pictured with a wrapping on his ankle and a cast, walking with a stick. Apparently Fury actually faked this injury in order to figure who was the mole in his camp who was feeding off information to PBC and Team Wilder and he then carried on with the strategy to further ensure Team Wilder were complacent.

5) Fury's non serious, non aggressive, non emotional behaviour and conduct in the final stages of the rematch where he was doing his WWE stints, where he gave the impression of yeah whatever, I am just here for the pay day, this is just a regular day in the office for me, blah blah, I am going to knock him out in the second round (something he had never done to most opponents before). Normally Fury is very nasty with the verbals and expletives and had Fury behaved like this with Wilder I am sure it would have made Wilder more charged up but at the time most ex boxers, experts felt that Fury was just talking out of his Ass with regards to his game plan and clearly this is a cash out fight for him. How can you not blame Wilder for not laughing and mock Fury with "pillow Ass fists" comments and completely let his guard down

5) The final master stroke came on the day of the weigh in where Wilder looked like Adonis with the body of a Greek God even though he weighed in at 231 lbs a career highest whereas Fury refused to take his clothes off and registered 274 lbs on the scales. There was a leaked photo of Fury showing a heavily bloated stomach and that prompted even Teddy Atlas to heavily blast Fury for doing another Andy Ruiz. However it was later revealed that Fury heavily over drank gallons and gallons of water for that weigh in to give Team Wilder the impression that he was actually out of shape for the rematch whereas in reality it was just a master stroke in deception

Given all this above, can you really blame Wilder from having the WTF expression on his face from the moment the bell rang where Fury just went after him. I don't profess that the result of the fight could be anything other than a Fury win if these guys fight ten times but I wonder if Wilder can recover from this shock to his system and whether the result of the third fight actually end up in his favour if he takes Fury seriously like no tommorow

I think this Covid 19 delay is actually extremely beneficial for him, it gives him a chance to get maximum rest for his injuries, healing psychologically and mentally from the second fight beat down, put in the work in the gym on his weak areas and watching tapes and trying to put together a proper disciplined intelligent game plan to help him regain the belt

Anyways Tyson Fury indeed delivered a true master stroke with his deceiving conduct and behaviour going into the Wilder rematch

 

Not disagreeing that skill, talent, physical abilities wise Fury is just the better fighter.

But Fury no doubt with his ultra relaxed, unusually calm composed pre fight press conferences and by not making any fun of Wilder, abusing him and even mentioning his game plan of knocking him out in a very non serious manner led Wilder to believe this guy is not as charged up for the rematch and he got brutally shocked within a few minutes when the ball ran