Wilder was 212 pounds vs 254 pound Fury

Yeah and would happen too 100%

 

Have to remember how much better Fury is than Wlad.
But yeah would take those two over them

 

They most likely could but lets remember how tall Wilder is and how skinny his legs are, his Torso is massive but he has the Jon Jones legs

 

It’s less the weight and more the height as far I’m concerned.

At a certain point, it’s just too easy for the tall fighters to hit and not get hit.

It’s obviously not a guarantee. It’s just an extreme advantage that could be insurmountable if the taller fighter is reasonably skilled.

 

I thought Fury would rag doll Wilder in the clinch but nope, Wilder even at 212 has a freak strength. Too bad he didn’t start boxing as a youngster, so as to develop him properly, technically.

 

I've been saying for years that smaller fighters can still compete in the HW division, and fighters like Wilder and soon Usyk will bear that out.

The rise of the SHW is a very overblown concept. There have really only been a handful of legitimate SHWs in the past few decades; the rest have all been big guys with exploitable flaws or overweight fighters nothing special in the skills department. If every CW was unleashed on the HW scene tomorrow there'd be major seismic shifts in the landscape.

Only Fury and Joshua have the combination of size, speed and skill to count as modern SHWs, and both men have shown vulnerabilities to smaller fighters in the past.

 

Louis kod guys like buddy Baer and Abe Simon and Primo CArnera ..etc.. .. .guys the size of today's heavies.. .....

 

Wilder has the height and frame of a much bigger man, and usually is closer to 225. Height matters in a sport, less than weight, but it is still significant. He also hits like a mack truck. We haven't seen someone who is A. shorter than average B. lighter than average and C. lighter hitting than average, EVER dominate the HW division. Styles make fights, and the most successful HW's are almost always large, movement based HWs, or hard hitting HW's, either large or small. Wilder is extremely tall and hard hitting. If Usyk comes out and takes over the HW division, then you have a much better argument that old timers like Ali would have a chance in the modern era.

 

And guys a lot worse than the fighters today of the same size.....

 

Being 6'2 212 is different from being 6'7 212...It's more the height than the weight, as well as the rule changes that I think would nullify their strengths in many cases. By no means am I saying they can't compete, simply saying it's different and hard to project.

 

So now we should have height divisions.........

 

Definitely more to do with the height. Very hard for a short guy to manhandle a taller guy, in a wrestling fight even if both guys are a similar weight. The leverage is the key to it. Deontay's centre of gravity is more evenly distributed, when he's pushed by a guy similar to vertical proportions. Strength don't factor into size anyway. A orangutan is stronger than a sumo wrestler but half the size and weight. Truth be told Deontay's ratio and density of muscle fibres is higher in number than the average human being. That's how he generates that devastating power! Lol.

 

That's not humanly possible. .

 

It's a fact pal.