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Orion

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Best heavyweight fight since AJ/Klitschko. That was easily the best of the trilogy.

 

Wilder was tough and fought well tonight. Fury is just the better boxer. Hopefully Wilder doesn't come out with a million excuses again. 

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madness. fucking knew i was watching some legendary shit there. crazy KO for Fury too, and genius gameplan to wear Wilder out like that - thought Wilder might be conditioned to carry that but he came in huge. Hope to see a lot of respect between these two. LIke i say, missed the first 5 but sounds like Wilder got in there and gave a great account of himself.

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15 minutes ago, Corrogate said:

madness. fucking knew i was watching some legendary shit there. crazy KO for Fury too, and genius gameplan to wear Wilder out like that - thought Wilder might be conditioned to carry that but he came in huge. Hope to see a lot of respect between these two. LIke i say, missed the first 5 but sounds like Wilder got in there and gave a great account of himself.

 

I still want to know why Wilder had a huge mental edge going into the fight. It's such a bewildering thing to say that I can't let go of asking for you to explain it.

 

Wilder gave a great account of himself. I don't think I've ever seen a boxer who is simultaneously so mentally fragile, yet spirited. So easily unravelled but not an ounce of quit it him.

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Wilder was definitely improved from the second fight and I hope that performance rebuilds some of the goodwill he lost with his reaction to the previous fight. 
 

Fury wasn’t as sharp as the second fight. A little too confidant early on I thought. He was letting wilder measure him with the jab and I don’t think the best version of fury allows that. He’s still the best heavyweight boxer on earth right now. 
 

wilder a little better, fury ever so slightly worse. Makes for an absolute banger. 

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Fury had quite a disrupted build up, since the summer he’s had to deal with the cancellation of the AJ fight against his will, then he tested positive for covid two weeks before the initial date in July causing a postponement until October and within that postponement his daughter was born prematurely and he spent four weeks of August and September in hospital in Liverpool with her.  

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Just watched. Belter of a fight. 

 

Pretty close after 6 rounds then fury sapped the energy from Wilder. 

 

Furys tank is insane for a man of his size. So insanely fit. 

 

Fury vs Whyte/Wallin could be a very interesting fight. Furys first fight with Wallin was great. 

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3 hours ago, Opinionated Ham Scarecrow said:

Fury is a Terminator. No one will want to fight him now. Well, apart from Haye fucking lol.


There will always be people who want to fight Fury.  He’s got the belt, he’s as over as fuck right now so the financial incentive to fight him is huge too.  Fury himself seems to be in this for the legacy and there are still big fights out there for him.  AJ will still do gangbusters, Usyk is fascinating and Whyte is probably the stadium fight that happens in England that British fans want.  He’s got two or three more years here easily.  
 

 

As for the fight last night? I’ve watched it twice now and it’s like a Rocky movie isn’t it? Cements the trilogy as one for the ages and Fury probably emerges from this era as the man.  I do wonder how much it took out of Deontay though, he took a bloody good hiding.  

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22 hours ago, Corrogate said:

I think Wilder's gonna bang him. He's top 3 heavyweight - think his mental edge after the second, combined with that fucking sledge hammer right hand is gonna be hardwired. Personally feel the general consensus is the trilogy's a bit boring at this point tbf. Fury's had Joshua on him mind for a hundred million pound fight so he's forgotten about Wilder at some point. All Wilder's been able to think about career wise is Fury. I give him a massive mental edge, and Fury's showing a degree of doubt or lack of enthusiasm same way Joshua did leading into the fight with Usyk.

If Fury does it, fair play, but I'm giving Wilder a 65/35 edge. Hope he does as well - Wilder's punching power's a mad thing to see.
 

This didn't age well

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29 minutes ago, Corrogate said:

 

Still gave him a better fight than what everybody expected. People were talking about 4th round. I don't proper dislike Fury but he's got tons of fanboys.


What’s being a fanboy got to do with anything? He wasn’t at his best last night and pretty handily dispatched Wilder. You have to credit Wilder for staying in there until the later rounds but nothing more. 

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Matt Defis

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8 hours ago, Corrogate said:

 

Still gave him a better fight than what everybody expected. People were talking about 4th round. I don't proper dislike Fury but he's got tons of fanboys.

 

I don't think I'm a fanboy, I just think it's clear Fury was clearly the better fighter in the previous 2 fights by some margin. 

 

I'd say you'd have to be a far bigger Wilder fanboy to think he was in anyway the favourite for last nights fight. 

 

AJ seems to be the fanboy favourite, I really don't think he's quite at the level of all time greats people seem to think he is. 

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9 hours ago, Stigweard said:

Just watched the fight. What a great fight. How the fuck Wilder managed to last so long between the 6th and 11th I don't know, he looked fucked.

 

I watched it last night as well - you know a sporting event is special, that even though you've read what happens before watching it, you end up not believing what you've read and assume something else is going to take place.

 

Wilder carrying on after round 3/Fury maybe not carrying on in Round 4 and then certainly - this can't possibly be going to round 11 and maybe wondering if Wilder is going to knock Fury out with a desperation punch.

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An amazing fight really. Even Fury must be wondering how Wilder lasted so long, and it's that constant, overbearing grind that just ruins an opponent. Knock his arse to the floor twice, still gets up, and 5 rounds later he's still looking pretty sharp, still grinding. It must be awful.

 

With that I wonder how Usyk will cope. He's going to have to bulk up but at what price? all the technical skill in the world and no big punches like wilder? that's a very difficult fight. I think Fury has only got a few fights left in him, he looked visibly worn after those 11 rounds with Wilder in a 'what the fuck am I doing to myself' kind of way. You cannot subject yourself to that level forever. Beat Usyk, beat Joshua, retire.

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