Re: Wilder came in way too light against Fury!
I bow to you guys (well two of you anyway) superior knowledge on muscles and how they work.
But for me, and what generally gets overlooked, is the mental side of the game. Fury burned Wilder up mentally to the point of him not knowing where his success was going to come from. Wilder threw some great punches in the fight, but he also threw some absolutely terrible ones out of desperation, ones that would have been laughed at on the playground. The distance, the timing, the feints, all had Wilder second guessing himself, asking if it's OK to punch now. Fury might not look like much of an athlete, but he is a fighting man and completely at one in the ring doing his thing, mentally fights don't take much of a toll on him. Wilder is not, he's a very gifted athlete no doubt about that, but Fury made him think and he's just not equipped to do that.
When God said to the both of us "Which one of you wants to be Sugar Ray?" I guess I didnt raise my hand fast enough
Charley Burley
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