If Wilder connects with his hydrogen nuclear bomb of a right hand it's "Goodnight Vienna" for Mr Usyk. Deontay Wilder AKA "Dr Sleep" only needs to be perfect for one second. Mr Usyk will have to be flawless for twelve rounds. We know Usyk can be hit and hurt. He's not Superman.
Inactivity. The best thing that could have happened to Deontay was getting 12 rounds under his belt against a smooth operator like Joseph Parker. The killer is back in Deontay and mark my words Usyk will avoid Wilder like the plague he doesn't want that smoke.
When I say Wilder didn't land a punch for 6 rounds I'm not kidding. He literally didn't land a single punch on Ortiz for 6 rounds. In the last round, it looked like Ortiz was hurting him and would eventually knock him out. Last 10 seconds of a round, Wilder floored Ortiz. No one speaks of this as an early stoppage. Ortiz got back on his feet before 10, and the round ended. Why does no one mention this? He should have been given the benefit of the doubt given he got up and there was a break, and especially as the round ended there and then. If you contrast this with Fury against Usyk, who was getting bashed pillar to post then given a 25 second 8 count. That wasn't stopped but this was. Both Fury and Wilder were protected here.
Usyk IMO takes this by TKO. Wilder has little in the way of defence and Usyk would push him back forcing him to fight on the back foot. No way will Wilder push Usyk back. Widler has a 1/10 punchers chance.
Meh, Oldtiz beat the count. Referee waved it off at 9. Imagine you are boxing beautifully, leading wide on all the cards. Then you get dropped end of the round 7. You narrowly beat the count. You're expecting to walk back to your corner. But Kenny Bayliss is holding you in a death grip and waving it off. In a World title fight, no less.
Maybe I'm deluded but I think Usyk would be able to take a good few of Wilders nuclear rights, his chin is pure iron. Wilder has never knocked out an iron chinned boxer, Duhauapas is the closest thing and he took MANY big shots from Wilder and never went down
The Ortiz stoppage was normal not early. Fury has been given extra time to recover as he has shown that given enough time, he will carry on. No other fighters are given time to recover. a perk of being fury
Wilder went life and death with an old plodder like Ortiz, he'd be backed up continually against such an agile pressure fighter like Usyk and be made totally ineffective and unable to land the right hand. Even if Wilder somehow lands the right hand, Usyk's chin is granite far better than Fury's and Wilder for all his power couldn't put Fury away, no matter how many times he hit him. Wilder hits hard but some guys are just too durable to be so easily taken out by single shots. Usyk stops him inside 8 rounds.