Is It Just me, Or Did Wilder Seem Technically Better When He Was An Amateur?

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  1. TipNom

    TipNom Active Member Full Member

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  2. POTUS

    POTUS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nothing a VPN can't fix but It's so strange they block these vids in America ( ͡°ᴥ ͡° ʋ)
     
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  3. AlwaysFirst

    AlwaysFirst Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I feel the same way, nowadays he just looks for his big right hand, he relies on it too much and forgets how to box. Wilder have a good left hand and earlier in his career he used to set the right had up with jabs and hooks. This loss (hopefully) can make him realize that he needs to go back to basics, if he do that I think he beat Fury.
     
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  4. Heavy_Hitter

    Heavy_Hitter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He used to suck 10 years ago and he still sucks now
     
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  5. WhataRock

    WhataRock VIP Member Full Member

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    Many fighters regress technically...especially punchers.
     
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  6. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Took the best heavyweight on the planet to beat him
     
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  7. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    His feet are objectively better now. No idea how one could see it any other way
     
  8. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    Punchers are known to "fall in love with their power", as a result they neglect to develop other skillsets and become one dimensional. Tito Trinidad was a much better boxer earlier on in his career as well.
     
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  9. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    They don't give Bronze, Silver or Gold Olympic medals to people that suck. That's what differentiates them from clueless trash like you.
     
  10. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    Its not that unusual for fighters to get less technical as pros.
     
  11. Jackomano

    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This.
     
  12. Heavy_Hitter

    Heavy_Hitter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Somebody's hero just got exposed and humiliated lol
     
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  13. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    I'm a bigger fan of Fury and openly stated that I would rather see him win than Wilder.
     
  14. Fury's Love Handles

    Fury's Love Handles Mrkoolkevin Full Member

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    No offense but I don't really see it. He's basically doing everything fighters are trained not to do in this clip. Completely falling in with his punches, lifting and walking his back foot when he throws his right, punching with his chin high and exposed, telegraphing the bow-and-arrow right as badly as ever, dropping his left, bouncing off balance a bit when he lands stiff jabs. Got away with a ton of rabbit punches too.
     
  15. Naked Snake

    Naked Snake Active Member Full Member

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    To me he seems much the same, which is an indictment in itself. He hasn't improved one bit since he was an amateur