What was your reaction when they scored Fury-Wilder a draw?

I think Fury will win the rematch in UK, that's my takeaway.

 

Wasn't shocked was more disappointed that boxing again shot itself in the foot in a high profile fight.

We've all been following this sport for long enough to know that some home town cooking was likely, we've seen it before in Wilder fights and plenty of people were saying it would be a robbery before the final decision.

We've known for a long time Wilder was an over protected fighter and it seems it's more than just him facing soft opposition, being allowed to avoid mandatory challengers like Povetkin and Breazeale, have number 1 challengers not named mandatories like Whyte, have refs give him extra time to recover when hurt and now he's gotten favourable decisions on the scorecards. Wilder will need to be KO'ed to be beaten.

 

Out of those 3 you’d obviously have to say option C because the first 2 are ridiculous

Knockdown was legititmate, don’t believe fighters are in on any of this nonsense

No one is scoring a 10-8 round with no knockdown

Option C also sounds ludicrous but could be the case, or there could’ve even just been some scorecard fudging after the fact if the knockdown didn’t ‘level’ the fight

Who knows, either way you can’t convince me a panel of 3 made this happen as an honest mistake. Anyone who knows boxing and a boxing judge should know boxing knows who won that fight clearly

 

i dont believe you are following his reasoning. do you have any idea how many individual moving pieces are required to pull off the predetermined outcome in the manner it went down? i would put it right up there with oliviers hamlet. just flawless, busted up eyes and knockdowns just to make it look real life.

 

Glad I didn't buy it.

 

Always seems to be a pre filled card every big fight in the USA these days.. Funny they are never pre filled for the "away" fighter..

 

I think he thought Fury would be a fairly easily winnable fight and that Fury wouldn't have recovered from what he put his body through. Thought he'd beat Fury and then have more bargaining chips to negotiate with AJ. I don't think for a second he doesn't want the Joshua fight, and will probably be kicking himself for not taking it. He's lost millions by fighting Fury first I reckon.

 

Sorry I talking about the 115/111 card for Wilder.. It seems every match these day has one that totally favours the home fighter...

 

my rage sounded something similar to those Mel Gibson drunken audio tapes of him and his ex wife

 

My reaction was, great, now we're going to witness some whiny bitches complain about a "robbery" until next week when other whiny bitches complain about another "robbery". This is getting too old.

And for the record I had Fury winning the fight.

 

I thought Fury won it clearly, but who cares, cos something more special than a win happened in there tonight.

Fury - seemingly unconscious on the canvas - opened his eyes as if someone had quietly spoken to him. Not shouted, not instructed, no alarm; just a soft voice telling him he can get back up.

You see, Fury's life has never ever been about being unbeatable. He doesn't represent invincibility. He represents belief, even when you're at your lowest.

Belief in God, in love, in family; whatever you like. Belief that you can carry on and be okay.

I thought anything less than a win for Fury would leave me disappointed, but something more valuable happened instead, and is my favourite moment in boxing.

Seeing this man stand up after being knocked down is more meaningful than seeing him lift the belt. It turns out he was right: it is just a belt.

There are bigger things in the world.

Peace, everyone

 

I think the draw scorecard could have legitimately been a bad card. Some of these judges just don't know how to score a fight.

The 115-111 Wilder scorecard however doesn't seem possible to me without some home cooking.

Fury\s treating it as the win he deserved and I will too. He's the lineal champion and has no need to collect belts.

I hope he chases AJ now and forgets the rematch.