It was clearly enough to beat Wilder who looked like he was one punch from being KOd round 5 onwards... But Fury looked poor throughout, lack of movement, defence.. He looked unmotivated. I remember reading that he had a short camp and that he had covid at some point. May or may not have had an effect on him.. Something also looked off with Furys face, he looks rough, like he'd had just recovered from Covid or the flu. Not sure if anyone else noticed that?
He said he had covid two times. He looked horrible tonight and would have been stopped if wilder had patience, he froze a lot right in wilders firing line and got caught with that big one in the 4th. He needs to get more muscle again.
Maybe Wilder's better than most give him credit for, or Fury's not as good as people think, or a combination of the 2
I think Fury was just sick of Wilder and unmotivated as anyone would be. He still found a way to win though, and in style.
I think the latter.. But Fury did look off and his face prior and throughout the fight looks like he's just recovered from something
I think Fury Wilder II was so easy for him, he underestimated Wilder a bit coming into this one. Wilder put everything into this fight.
Fury may have been out of shape and not peak. But he did not give a poor performance at all. He got up twice and Ko'ed ( out cold) one of the most dangerous punchers in history after 11 brutal rounds. Incredible.
He certainly wasn't as good as fight 2 but Wilder did improve, you have to credit Wilder for making a real fight unlike #2 but Fury defo took his eye off the ball, covid or complacency who knows.
KO11. Can you really call it a poor performance? He beat the hardest hitting heavyweight in a slugfest. It didn't look pretty but you have to give him props.
Inactivity I will put it down to that, 19 months is a long time, Fury needs to be fighting fit to look and be his best, think about how he grew from his first comeback fight to Wilder II.. it was a process and the activity played a huge part in that. And remember Fury was banging on about Warringtons defeat being down to inactivity and he was banging on about inactivity for a while. So Fury must have been feeling it himself at times, let's see how quickly he is back out again and how he looks and looks performs.
