ok here's a wacky theory: Wilders ear drum was busted, but because Wilder didn't want to give credit to Fury for a hard blow he lied and covered up having a busted ear drum coming up with the costume was too heavy excuse thinking it would confuse us fans into believing he deserved a third shot???
if that's true I would love that, that would be just so extreme I might even have to start rooting for him a tiny bit.
I thought it had been, but Wilder's team clearly said it wasn't. On top of that, they made other excuses about his costume being too heavy -- consequently we can conclude they're not simply refraining from, "making excuses." Seems pretty clear-cut to me: No broken eardrum.
Nah, his balance was off because he was getting a pasting off a 270lbs gypsy monster. The busted eardrum theory came from the commentary team even during the fight I called BS on that one.
I am not a conspiracy theorist, and if his team said it wasn't, then I accept that. But he sure looked liked something was wrong with him in a bad way, and not from the opening bell. Fury did something to him that he couldn't recover from. But if he says no eardrum, then no eardrum.