Lewis wasn`t as good as Fury before he hooked up with Steward, Bugner was 37 and way shorter and fatter than Fury, Bugner Evans and Eckland couldn`t move like Fury and neither could Bruno.
And height. And reach. And conditioning. And heart. And chin. And ten times as many succesful title defenses, including one successful defense against the the lineal champ. And half a decade as WBC champ. Better yet, no losses to Bigfoot Martin.
Wilder is a more effective fighter than Spoon was but hasn`t displayed more heart or a better chin, Spoon took a lot of shots from Bruno who was a huge puncher, Spoon got blown away by the big punching Smith because Smit came out blasting, he still took Smith`s shots better than Bruno did though and got back to his feet after the first knockdown.
Could would should motivated not motivated Pot screwed by King blah blah blah.............Witherspoons claim to fame is giving a aging Holmes a tough fight , still lost and ate a awful lot of leather in the process...he aint eating the same amount from Wilder without getting counted out......in essence Spoon sucked, a total let down. Deep inside Spoon never wanted the Mike Tyson fight to get made, he knew Tyson would put him down and out in record time....blah blah Don King dis and Don King dat...the proof is in the pudding. On top of my head I cannot remember ONE exiting Spoon fight, even when he faced absolute No Hopers on USA's Tuesday night fights he was the cure for insomnia. Wilder by KO , early and afterwards the excuses would fly in, Spoon was high, got screwed by his promoter, was not motivated, was fat etc etc etc. but if he would could should be in shaape he would be a force.........again he sucked,
More heart and chin. Wilder knocked out Chris Arreola with a torn bicep AND a broken hand. When did Tim overcome injury to win ever? Hell, Tim Witherspoon quit against Brian Nielsen so he could go smoke more weed. And Witherspoon was knocked out on mutliple occasions, not counting the weed incident. The next time Fury drops Wilder with a punch to the chin will be the first time it happens.