I don't know how so many people seem so confident Fury beats Wilder. I had it 50/50 going into the first fight, maybe even slight favourite to Wilder given how he always seems to connect the punch at some point and Fury's layoff. But I see the next fight as 50/50 as well. Both will be better prepared and know what the other brings to the table so it just evens itself out again.
I didn't give Fury much hope going into the first fight, but he showed me and others that he was a world class boxer once again. Fury should be be fitter and stronger. He won't have spent the previous year shedding all that weight, he will have the benefit of several camps. I'm not sure if or even how Wilder can be much improved. He's unlikely to add much to his armoury by this stage in his career.
I knew Fury felt up to the task but i had it even going into the first fight yet I still feared for him being KTFO like every other wilder opponent. It very nearly did play out that way... however I just don't see Fury being drastically better like a lot of people say he will be. I hear things like, "he was 40% in the ring and still won" , seems ludicrous to me, 70-80% seems more fitting. Maybe he can be 10% - 20% better, perhaps enough to beat wilder sure but Wilder would have gained a lot from that first fight too. It's a weird one where i feel exactly the same about the first fight as I do the rematch.
I believe he'd conquored most of the layoff fat and rust around Pianeta - Wilder imo. There's still more to go but not as much. With Seferi it was a joke fight really, Pianeta was to get the rounds in and then Wilder fight was Fury going all in ahead of schedule to prove a point and nearly pulled it off. He rises to the occasion and trained his arse off for it that's why he looked so good in the Wilder fight and not so much before. Same thing happened in the Klitschko fight looking phenomenal but not likely to win based on prior performances. Love him or hate him i just think wilder is ridiculously underestimated here.