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I feel bad for Ortiz though. He did all the work and got a bit sloppy. When you have won half the fight, you can be sneaky and kill a little time here and there. He didn't need to put himself in that position, but easier said than done in the hear of the moment. Could have taken a walk, but took a little nap.

Makes me think Tyson Fury gets it done better next time. Wilder has no intention of trying to win rounds anymore.
i think a lot of guys dont see wilder's right hand. because fury was moving, wilder had to hop in to hit him with a right hand, and he never got to just comfortably time it like he did with ortiz, and so many of the other guys he fought. if wilder is only thinking about getting his timing to be right, and unlike everybody else, actually boxing, then that means he eventually is going to find it if you let him. in other words, he can lose all the rounds but if he was never forced out of his pace, the thing that really mattered, then it means in that whole time he was being allowed to comfortably figure out his timing, and, since that is the only thing he is thinking about, eventually find it.

ortiz won all those rounds but he never forced wilder out of his pace so wilder had all that time to find the only thing he was looking for and he found it.

what made fury hard to fight was he never stayed in front of wilder. so if wilder wanted to land a right hand he had to close distance first before he could throw one. thats why he missed so many right hands. that little hop in that he had to do to close the distance to land his right hand is what tipped fury off. since its the only punch wilder throws, its the only punch fury has to think about, and, most importantly to my mind, if he does get hit, he knew it was coming. he in a way "sees" it, if that makes sense. thats why he got up and ortiz didnt. ortiz never saw it because he never knew it was already coming.

and thats what wilder's power is. if you can take that away you can take the power away.
Good post. I like Wilder a lot, but I think it is dangerous to rely on a single knock out punch. Maybe having been in with Ortiz he felt he could turn it on when he needed to. I don't know. With Fury it will be harder as Wilder will have to stalk and Fury knows he can bore his way into taking all of the rounds, but will Wilder be able to time and stop him? After this I have a hard time seeing Wilder winning many rounds unless those are rounds where he inflicts hurt. I thought maybe the first fight might have been an off night, but it is now a habit for Wilder not to win many rounds. Quite strange. I am not sure a knock out will come against Fury who isn't stupid and knows he can outbox Wilder, knows the power, and has range and height that is hard to train for. It is an intriguing fight.