You mean wilder released a prepared statement to try and save face after the backlash, he didn’t write that himself
Hahaha! That’s cold! Ah he made a bollox of himself but at least it’s said now. Fury’s twitter operator retweeted it so all good
Whether he wrote the statement or not is irrelevant. He signed off and approved it. I’ll give him a pass right after the fight. He was clearly dazed, hurt, stressed, concussed and confused. Mind all over the place. Time and reflection kicking in now.
Yea that’s where my head is at on it. Resting and doc visits I’m sure on Sunday maybe monday too. Tuesday chilling with family and wednesday maybe a meeting with advisors who would have put him right.
I always feel so sorry for a knocked out HW in a big fight. Like Foreman Ali, the sight of a mountain crumbling and wobbling out of the ring is the saddest sight in sport. Even lower down the order I felt sorry for Price and Dubois for instance. As much as it’s exciting to see the KO I was kinda glad for aj looking back that he made the bell.
Just watched the fight again. It was over rated. Morning after I heard them call it one of the all time classics.
Entertaining enough but quality was severely lacking. Wilder is just so one dimensional. He was gassed from at least round 6. He has 0 defence at the best of times.
2nd half of the fight was just childs play. For Wilder to have the tank completely empty by round 6 looks terrible. All he has is a haymaker which he just spams like a video game.
Fury's defence not as good as it was, getting hit far more often now.
From round 6 it was quite a boring fight and even the fans in the arena were muted.
Jaysus you’re hard to please. There are points during the Bowe Holyfield fights where they’re just slugging and there aren’t much tactics. Ali Frazier III saw a great big one fail to put away a great little one who couldn’t see. Was Lewis Holyfield especially exciting... either time? It was a dramatic fight. That’s entertainment. Then we saw a guy who was well beaten keep coming back and standing firm in an admirable way. Fury had a bit of an off night but the fight shows just how far ahead of Wilder he is so we got the answer. I get your point it was full of mistakes and really showed wilder up but I’m more than glad I got up!
There was nothing in Bowe-Holyfield 1 remotely boring or not exciting. It was 36 minutes of enjoyment, skill, heart and ebb and flow.
fights 2 and 3, yes, didn’t match fight 1.
I see David Haye has called out Fury 😏
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/boxing/7746442/david-haye-tyson-fury-boxing-fight/
David Haye can't shake the Bellew losses.......needs redemption and the limelight for his ego.
Well now I didn’t call them boring. My point is that if you strip back some of even the classics you can find faults in technique, tactics etc.
I realize you didn't call them boring, hence my inclusion of the exciting bit...
Just rating Bowe-Holyfied 1: 10/10 for me
Wilder-Fury III: 7/10....
Clear gulf in overall class/skill/excitement and fight!!!!
Wilder was in survival mode for large parts the fight....
I'd go back further to the Wladimir K loss. I remember watching the fight and thinking he had absolutely no answers to what he was up against which surprised me a bit.
I think it probably got into his head.
Haye lost any big fight he was in......I'll include the Bellew fights as kind of big.....
Yes, beat Ruiz (possibly weakest HW champion in history) and Valueev, but other than this he failed to really impress.
I find it crazy to think the first Haye/Bellew fight is 4 and a half years ago!
Tucker is down as 6'3 every where ? he was 221lbs when he fought Mike
AJ is 6'6 and for instance when he fought Wlad was 250lbs even really slimmed down for Usyk was 240lbs
There's a big difference plus he is far better than Tucker
I wouldn't judge Fury defence to much on Saturday ,
Even forget about he 18 months years out of the ring & had a troubled camp forget about all that,
The game plan was kind of to get hit , Sounds mad but if you think about it if you stay at range & try to be slick & move you don't tire Wilder out , you give him time to set & you give him the range he needs ,he will eventually nail you, Fury's team decided to bit down on the gum shield ,hold you hands up high & expect to get hit but in doing so closed the distance lean on him rough him up and tire him out,
Most of Wilder's best Ko's are ones they other guy doesn't see coming,
I really don't think its wise to try & beat Wilder in an eye pleasing fight, If AJ or Usyk fought Wilder from the outside chances are both would eventually go to sleep ,
His gas tank was only bad because he was constantly under pressure, First fight his gas was fine, Ortiz 1 his gas was fine even when hurt,
Fury's pressure destroyed him but to do so Fury was going to take some shots,
He was 6' 5 according to boxrec
Tucker is not 6’3..
he was easily 6 feet 5
and it’s not at all clear AJ is far better than Tucker, not that it matters a damn for AJ vs. Tyson
did you watch Tucker vs Tyson? Mike won clearly on points against a big and strong and awkward and durable Tucker, who came to spoil and survive. AJ not near as durable. AJ gets KTFO early.
amyway, let it go. No matter what is discussed with Tyson, you will try pick it apart. You’re debating lbs here and there, and then questioning inches here and there. You don’t rate him. That’s fine.
I just happen to think he decimates AJ every time.
and I bet the vast majority boxing fans would agree.
it’s plain as the nose on your face why Tyson decimates AJ every time, and why he is a horrible match for him
and easily looks it. Pretty much same height as Bowe/Lewis and AJ
Just seen that it has 6'5 ft , i didn't think he was 6'5 but that the aul memory for ye
Yes iv seen it ,Tucker was tough man no debate there,
He was very durable. I could be wrong, but Mike was first to beat him, and he wasn’t beaten until Lewis beat him 5-6 years later.
Tucker was past his best by then.
As to his 221 lbs weight in 1987. It was ripped solid. Look at his frame.
vs. Lewis he was 230+, and in shape as well.
Only 4 men took Tyson the distance up to the end 1989. Two of them were when Mike was only 19, and Mike won both fights well. Tillis and Green were easily 8 years older than the 19 year old Tyson, and if you watch both fights, no way in hell can AJ replicate what they did to go the distance. Tyson was on them all night, and fighting like a maniac. AJ would have been easily taken out
Smith in 1987 was a tough and durable and wily fighter, who only came to survive. And Mike won via shutout. Tucker the same, albeit a closer fight.
As you yourself say regularly, AJ is not a born fighter. He doesn't have that Fury type innate attitude and ability, and this is extremely damaging for him if he faced Tyson.
I just don't rate Mike & most (not all) of his opponents where pants ,I always think Mike is a WHAT IF fighter, Got beat by Douglas and then got himself locked up after that he was nothing special ,
I agree Mike likely knocks AJ out but it wouldn't surprise me if AJ beat him
James Smith was 6'4" and 233. Razor Ruddock was 228 then 238 at 6'3" in their two fights. Tubbs was 6'3" and 238.
The HWs in the 1980s and 1990s were pretty much same size as today...of course, today there are a few bigger...well, really only Fury...
Bowe and Lewis and a few others were 230+ fighters standing 6 feet 5 inches....
Many others around the 1980s and 1990s were same as the likes Parker and Whyte etc.....6 feet 2 and 3 and 4 and 220 + lbs....
It's actual talent and skills when you get 210 + lbs that is as important....of course, a great big one beats a great/good little one...
But from what I see, only Fury stands out as being real big and proven good....
Wilder is not real big. He is tall, but 220-230 lbs....he has a few inches on loads around. Big deal.
I don't want to hear about the likes of overweight fat boxers like Ruiz being bigger. They are not 'bigger' simply because they are fat. They are only 'heavier' because they are fat. And these type men existed in the 1980s and 1990s too
AJ for all his size at 245 lbs and 6 feet 5/6, just does not have the real intangibles to be considered anything great over the last 40 years....
This throwaway comment you hear about the sport being more modern now, and modern athletes are better....it is such a misnomer in relation to today vs 1980s and 1990s boxers. It really is...
Give me something more than modern athletes are more advanced......wtf does this even mean in relation to the 1990s vs. todays' boxers? What, they have access to smartphones, social media? What? Diet? What diet? Training techniques......what ones, exactly?
Take three prestigious weight divisions from the 1990s vs today
HW: Bowe/Lewis/Holyfield/Foreman vs Fury/Usyk/Wilder/AJ.....I am very sure the 1990s were better
Supermiddle: James Toney and Roy Jones vs Canelo and Plant....sorry, it's 1990s all day long here...
Welterweight: Shane Mosley/Tito Trinidad/Veron Forrest and Oscar vs Spence/Thurman/Crawford/Garcia....again, I have to think the 1990s
Anyone who suggests that a prime Mike Tyson would lose to any of the present guys must be puffing the magic dragon.
Would depend if he was juiced up or not I suppose.
He would have demolished them fairly quickly.
Fury might cause him trouble, but that's about it.
So, what? Prime Tyson mid to late 80s was juiced up, and this is why he was champion and winning and defending the belts 9 times? As opposed to say Fury, who was actually convicted of doping. and found to have a banned substance in his system
Yes, but take him off the juice (that he was so clearly on 🤢), and how does he do?
A pre-jail Tyson creams them all, apart from Fury who might give him some trouble.
