Man that was super impressive. Up there with all the great performances by British fighters. Manhandled him and dominated him from start to finish.
It's up there with Calzghe v Lacy and Froch v Bute in terms of a Brit in a genuine 50/50 fight (or close to it), and the Brit utterly dominating.
Yeah why is this? I haven't really seen anyone say anything ban-worthy. Is one of the mods a Wilder fan?
We were told we were daft for believing that Fury bangs harder at the higher weight. That was despite him stopping Chisora, Hammer and most recently Schwarz in two rounds while weighing above 260 pounds. John Fury knows his son better than anyone and said the same thing but apparently it was all in our heads. Well, last night proved once more that Fury is an animal of a man above 260 pounds and perhaps moreso closer to 270. The fact is he was never feather fisted. He's now stopped 21 of the 28 men he's faced. He fought cautiously v the great Wladimir Klitschko and that performance, along with comeback fights he wasn't match fit for like Seferi, Pianetta, Wilder and Wallin have been tediously used every day to tell us he's not a puncher. Well, last night he looked like a pretty devastating puncher. With the addition of Sugar Hill fine tuning his attack, it proved to be the best offensive version of Fury we've seen and he'll only get better now that he's established his best 2.0 weight and works more with Sugar Hill. The jab was fantastic. He was fully committed to it and couldn't miss Wilder and it looked to be a really hurtful weapon, stopping Wilder in his tracks time and time again. The right hands that landed were brutal and the first knockdown almost lifted Wilder off his feet. He telegraphed a few wild right hands and that's what he needs to keep fine tuning in the gym with Sugar. Most impressive of all were the body shots. They completely zapped the leaking gas tank of Wilder and again, he almost lifted him off his feet with the body shot that put Wilder down. Beautuful work. The boxing IQ was there and he was able to avoid any of Wilder's attacks by bobbing and weaving while countering immediately after the assault. Wilder couldn't time Fury's movement patterns this time because he was terrified of the big counters coming back from Fury. Fury also utilised his size advantage much better than the first fight by man handling and leaning on Wilder in the clinch. All of the above combined took Wilder's soul and in the end, he was a sitting duck with no power left in his attacks. His corner were right to pull him out and probably should've did it earlier and Kenny Bayless was very kind to him in the clinch as well where he was being legally bullied on the inside. A classic overall heavyweight performance and I'm delighted that the best, most charismatic heavyweight we've seen in many years is finally getting the praise and credit he deserves. When you consider how poorly he's looked after himself yet performs to that level, the man is a genius.
