Heavyweight Boxing

He was competitive as in never got blown away but was never going to win that way ,

AJ's problem is if he comes out to box him again he will find out very quickly things are going the same way & he has never once showed the ability to change mid fight, to lose again in such a passive manner will be embarrassing , Look at Wilder he had the courage and balls to go after Fury & at least went out giving it his absolute all ,

AJ as you rightly say AJ will have to take one to land one but does he have that courage still

Fury is ripping that Usyk was the one to knock AJ permanently off the hype train. It has cost both of them a fortune.

Wilder being allowed a rematch and Usyk enforcing his mandatory has cost the 2 guys (and Eddie Hearn and Top Rank) an absolute fortune.

Fury won't see that purse in 2 fights (Whyte/Wallin and Usyk) so must be a real sickener.

Kevin Barry (Fury was training in his Vegas gym) was saying on the Monday morning after the AJ fight Fury was in foul form in the gym & really deflated as himself and his team truly always believed AJ would be short work & easy money but a career defining sceptical for fans,

Kevin always good to listen to & always found it very intrusting that he has said for a while now that Fury would wipe the floor with AJ, You've got to remember his own fighter Parker spar's Fury & fought AJ so he has seen both up close.

I hear what your saying but AJ went 12 rounds, didn't look hurt until round 12 but still never tried to pull he victory out, He was just happy to let the fight slip away & survive ,

To me that was the most telling thing, He wasn't willing to go into the flames & get burned to get a victory,

He can't beat Usyk being that passive ,He has to be more aggressive but also willing to take more shots , I don't think he is wiling or capable to do that anymore,

Sky & Hearn won't say it but the aul man in silk Pj's comes to mind, his mind set seems to be a better athlete but not a fighter,

I agree on the AJ points

On Fury, seriously, we need to steady on a bit.....I mean, he has beaten two elites....one was almost 40 and several years past his best when Fury beat him. Nobody is telling me that the 2015 Wlad was near as good as he was 7-8 years prior.

the other, very few people rate at all highly, other than a KO shot....Wilder is not a great fighter.....never was.

There are many HW greats with far stellar records. Fury has what, one actual defence of the lineal HW title?

Not to mention his doping conviction. The Wlad win will always have a suspicion about it.....yes, did not test positive before/during the Wlad time....but!!!! He did test positive for nandrolone coming up to the Wlad rematch

i watched his interview and he said monday morning everyone was down in the gym because it was seen as easy work for 100m but thats gone now by the look of the current situation

Said I'd throw a bet on this now as I could easily forget they are fighting come nearer the fight.

Haven't much interest.

Never thought much of Whyte and I've a feeling he is not able for it anymore.

To be fair to AJ he hit Usyk plenty of times he wasn't finding it impossible to get to him , it was just when he was happy to land one shot & then try to get out,

He needs to land combinations & when he hurts him don't let him off the hook, The big problem is that means getting hit & expanding more energy ,

I think he will come in at a similar weight but just be more aggressive be prepared to throw more than one shot when in range, AJ done quite well at stages positioning wise & putting Usyk where he wanted him up but just never let more than one shot go , He needs to let his hands go more but still be smart about setting it up,

Boxer at all weights tend to get into a position to throw shots & with muscle memory straight away step & circle out of range to safety & you can't play that game with Usyk when he is quicker & more agile than you ( its only the real the real good ones feel safe still in range) , AJ being the bigger stronger man needs to find position fire of 2 or 3 shots & hold his ground & fire again obviously not all the time but more often than fight 1 ., There is a lot more nuance to it but you know what I'm getting at

Ruiz 1 has made AJ panic in range & stiffen up which sucks the gas out of him , he needs to have a training camp that puts him there often & makes him uncomfortable there as often as possible so it become comfortable ,

I just don't think he has it in him anymore to pull it off ,

Pretty much everything I would have said.....

I think you have thrown away a tenner

Wallins record is skewed by a performance with Fury, a fight which I'd say Fury didnlittle prep for

He's got a pretty poor Amateur record, losing more than 1 in every 3 fights.

His pro record is marked with a fight with Fury and a long drawn out fight with a fighter that Wilder KO'd in 1 and AJ in 7 with Dominic Breazle being his "best" win

I think he's out of there inside 8. Whyte isn't a world champion but he can bang

That's a good interview with Fury and Bruno on youtube from a few weeks ago.

All the tools apart from heart

I am simply saying it will be a hard fought win. I would back Whyte here, but there should be no issues with a very cloely fought fight, or even an "upset."

Dillian Whyte is tier 2 at HW. He's good....and that is all.