WILDER IMPRESSED ME... Gotta Say it

It's an odd situation that they and other people with odd agendas never saw themselves being in a situation wherein this could of happened.

The bloke you were responding to is a proper weirdo though who accused me of lying when I said Paulie said he was concerned how the judges were scoring the fight during the telecast when it was there for everyone to hear. What. A. Freak.

 

There seems to be a lot of strange posters on here recently, I thought I'd blocked most of the weirdos, I might have to reevaluate the situation LOL

 

Your definition of strange in this instance being anyone who doesn't worship the deity Joshua.

 

The Matchroomistas have been very quiet today...

Fury is a strange one. He doesn't have a particularly good chin - not awful but not great - and yet his powers of recovery are otherworldly. And that 'mystical occurrence' after the KD in round 12 will have spooked Joshua. I mean if Wilder can't keep him on the canvas, who can?

If Fury broke his leg, he'd be taking the cast off after two days...

 

Both guys impressed me, this really was a great fight - lots of skill and will on display there. Fury was outboxing Wilder, but we are past that point where you can say Wilder is not a great boxer and be taken seriously. Wilders jab and presence in the fight was a constant threat, he did a lot of work and he did a lot of good work, he made Fury miss plenty. You do NOT go 12 competitive rounds against the guy who shut out Wladimir Klitschko purely with a big right hand.

Fury getting up in the 12th is one of those huge moments in boxing that should be remembered, after the whole "Fury" story it was the perfect footnote. What an awesome fight!

 

Yeah, this. Matchroom will be gunning for Wilder methinks, I really don't expect to see them even entering negotiations with Fury.

 

I don't worship AJ, I don't think I worship any fighter.

I criticise AJ, I criticise British fighters, I criticise Hearn and Sky, actually the announcement that David Price would be on another PPV sent me over the edge last week.

I just won't accept the crap some Wilder fans (not all, some very fair ones) spew, it's delusional rubbish.

 

Same. Next Summer I reckon, Wilder's 33, he's only got so many big paydays left before his raw athleticism starts to diminish.

 

Other than his power I don't see why anyone would be impressed. He looked terrible. He looks almost bum level technically sometimes. He's lucky Fury is not a hard puncher. Any top HW from other eras would kill him. You cannot make mistakes like he does and not pay for them. This era is just weak. I would not be surprised if a prime Lamont Brewster would splatter Wilder.

 

Wilder spent most of the fight looking limited and bereft of ideas but his one two on Fury in the 12th was a thing of beauty and there's no taking that away from him. However, I don't think think Fury was particularly hurt by it, just knocked down, and he used the time it offered him judiciously. His "resurrection" was so impressive simply because it looked as if he should not have got up from it, when it reality he wasn't that hurt and he arose clear eyed and ready to engage, which he did, winning the rest of the round.

Wilder did not impress. He is the archetypal one trick pony, the only difference being that he presses his trick as if his life depended on it. In many respects that is commendable. He has few peers in determination. However, he looked utterly lost from round 7 onward and it was only through pressing the same thing, over and over, that he eventually got some sort of result. It was clear from his face that he was embarrassed and humiliated from that point on, knockdowns notwithstanding. At one point Fury ducked and dodged 12 of Wilder's punches while on the ropes, which is some Ali levels of diminution.

 

His power is tremendous, no denying that much.

Everything else is meh.