Re: Can Fury actually beat Wilder?
Wilder is better judge of distance than fury is. Wilder only needs to find the courage to throw his shots. If he misses, is fury going to mug him on the counters. Doesn't seem likely after this weekends performance. Fury invited the shorter man in all night to show off his defense and then found him so close that he smothered any leverage on Fury's punches.
Wilder will have to work a little hard on delivery (not square up as much and bring the right across his body hidden behind the lead shoulder) with Fury's evasive head movement but the power will still be there. So i figure something like Wilder goes out to establish dominance in the first 4 or so. Fury plays sleeping dog hoping wilder wears himself out like he did against Ortiz, so he can capitalize in the middle rounds... but then starts trying to do his ali imitation rather than KO wilder because he wore himself out. Wilder weathers the storm and somewhere around 9 or 10 breaks his hand on Fury's melon and wins the fight via split decision (rematch marketing) from his bicycle. They'll talk and try to set up the rematch the UK side of the pond.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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