Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder 3

[Kirkland Laing]

That was fucking brilliant.

Wilder was on Bambi legs in the third round before the knockdown. If Fury had a knockout punch Wilder would have been out of there long before he eventually was. Got to give him credit for hanging in so long though. Fantastic to watch. Nothing is as exciting to watch as a proper big heavyweight fight.

[Kirkland Laing]

Fury's stool tonight.

[Kirkland Laing]

Res ipsa loquitur.

[SlimTrae]

As always thanks guys for blow by blow. Tough spot for Wilder. I saw the highlights, wow. Fury is a warrior who can box. If Wilder only knew how. Strong enough to drop a 277lb guy is no easy feat.

[Mark TKO]

In Turkey on holiday.

Got up at 6 to watch it and the bastard WiFi was off in the hotel.

Anyway just managed to watch highlights after knowing result - kind of glad I did as would have had heart failure in that 4th.

Fair dues to both. Was fury poorer or wilder just better ?

Fury seemed a bit subdued in post fight interview with Buncey. That will have taken a lot out of him.

Fight the winner of Usyk AJ rematch and get out Tyson.

[Beanz]

Great fight.

A fight in which both fighters made the experts, armchair or ringside veterans. re -evaluate some of their opinions, whilst confirming others. Wilder is nowhere near as useless as a boxer as many had insisted, and Fury is not quite the genius craftsman many have claimed him to be. Both looked wide open to big shots for large parts of the fight (and multiple trips to the canvas confirmed it) and while you have to admire the heart of both big men, there was a lot of fundamental errors from each side throughout that smaller men would have paid dearly for.

Fury seemed a bit surprised and thrown by Wilders success in getting to him early on and could not deliver on his promise to end things early without risking not getting up himself. Wilder seems not to be as concussive a puncher as his record suggests when you pair him with a decent boxer, but neither does he look as vulnerable as claimed, even with those Bambi legs. I got a decent return on Fury finishing in in the 11th but there were moments when both sides looked like making it an earlier finish and Wilder was a little unlucky not to see the final bell. The big American looked much better equipped to survive this time out every time he shipped a big punch, but Fury seemed to let him off the hook at several points and is nowhere near the massive puncher commentators still insist on claiming, just because he is a huge bloke with big spades.

Usyk? Technically I think Fury struggles to shut him down and would have to alternate between swinging for the trees and bear hugging him.

Lets not have a fourth for a bit, but Wilder is not over yet and Fury has shown he can be a lot easier to hit than many are willing to admit.

[sanatogen]

Fury did briefly mention training camp disrupted this time, and it showed. His performance wasnt as good as the second fight.

Wilder redeemed himself somewhat with refusing to go away and still being dangerous close to the end.