Wilder v. Fury II
The Gypsy King with one of the most dominating title victories in a generation. I am a huge boxing fan and have followed Wilder through his career and was personally pulling for him; even if deep down I thought the last fight should have gone to Fury.
Fury absolutely obliterated Wilder tonight, and has the opportunity now to fight Joshua for their to finally be one true champion. If the politics subsides and we get the fight we deserve for the IBF, WBA, WBO, WBC, & Ring/Lineal belt, who do you got?
My bet is on Fury. But it will be a much better fight than this one as Joshua technically is superior to Wilder even though he doesn’t have the knockout power; but against Fury you need to match his technical prowess. However without an American in the fight I doubt it receives the hype and promotion this fight did.
February 23rd, 2020 at 1:29 AM ^
If you're from Detroit/Michigan I hope you noticed all the Kronk Gym Detroit hats in the ring. Motor City proud baby.
February 23rd, 2020 at 6:40 AM ^
Not knowing much boxing, why were there a bunch of Kronk Gym hats? I had to look up where the boxers are from, and I see Alabama and England.
February 23rd, 2020 at 7:08 AM ^
It's all because of Pipino Cuevas, from Santo Tomás de los Plátanos
February 23rd, 2020 at 7:28 AM ^
Fury’s new trainer is Javon Steward, the nephew of Emanuel Steward, the man who built Kronk. Javon reps Kronk now.
February 24th, 2020 at 3:17 PM ^
Kronk is probably one of the top 5 most legendary boxing gyms in the world thanks to the efforts of its owner and head trainer, Emmanuel "Manny" Steward.
This is a partial list of the fighters Manny trained:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Steward#Fighters_trained
My boxing knowledge isn't the greatest, but I count at least 12 Boxing Hall of Fame greats/all-time legends on that list.
Hopefully his nephew is able to carry on this great legacy.
February 23rd, 2020 at 1:30 AM ^
All weight gain is good. That's what I've been trying to tell my wife.
February 23rd, 2020 at 4:27 AM ^
Thanks Muttley, I needed that...
February 23rd, 2020 at 7:07 AM ^
Muttley likes his women big.
February 23rd, 2020 at 1:52 PM ^
Ha! :)
February 23rd, 2020 at 1:34 AM ^
Anyone who follows boxing knows that this fight would favor Fury unless Wilder KO’d him.
I personally love both fighters and their back stories are respectively incredible. It was tough to see one of them lose.
Wilder’s corner did the right thing no matter how much he hates that they threw the towel. Wilder was KO’d standing once his ear was busted.
February 23rd, 2020 at 1:34 AM ^
Fury was the underdog when the fight started.
February 23rd, 2020 at 1:36 AM ^
The line doesn’t mean shit when most people haven’t seen Fury actually outbox Klitschko. Wilder was pegged as a one trick pony for a reason. That was on display tonight. Fury is a very good technical fighter, but everyone bet on Wilder landing that one right again. Not this time, Fury was ready and not coming off depression and a coke binge.
February 23rd, 2020 at 1:52 AM ^
There were literally boxing experts claiming that Fury could only win by KO. They were saying Wilder would win if it got to the score cards. I’m sure others had different opinions. But that was a common one.
February 23rd, 2020 at 8:37 PM ^
Fury was incredible to me because he was so light on his feet at 270 lbs and his hands were fast at that weight. It's hard to imagine anyone who could beat that type of fighter.
February 23rd, 2020 at 1:40 AM ^
Same thing happened to Joshua first bout vs Ruiz. Getting hot in the chin or forehead is where you get knocked down/out, but that shot behind the ear is just as damaging. Messes up you equilibrium. Wilder was on drunk legs halfway through Round 3. Wilder has always had poor footwork and head movement. Once you lose your balance you don’t have the ability square up and get that one knockout shot. He was a dead man walking.
We need a Joshua-Fury bout not a Wilder-Fury III or Ruiz-Joshua III. Most likely there is a 3rd bout of both and then in late 2022 we get Fury-Joshua
February 23rd, 2020 at 2:17 AM ^
I saw him spitting up bloody water in his corner after round one. Fury hit him hard enough in the first round that he was bleeding from his mouth. After the second round I noticed his ear was gushing blood. Surprised the announcers didn't catch it until after the third. He wasn't going to quit until he was out cold. No need to see that when the fight was already decided. Post-match I heard Bradley talking about how disappointed he was in Wilder's corner, that all Wilder needed was one punch. How was he supposed to put enough power into one punch to knock out Fury without any balance? Don't you need good balance to throw a strong punch?
If Wilder can become less of a one-trick pony and learn from this then Wilder-Fury III would be much more competitive. Maybe this is his wake-up call.
February 24th, 2020 at 9:44 AM ^
Yea, after Wilder got his eardrum, likely ruptured, you could tell something was wrong because he looked unstable the rest of the way. He was sort of, just swaying on drunk legs and could never get anything going. Wilder's corner wasn't doing a good job managing his injuries and they just kept telling him to more or less to throw his right more without really giving him any more help. They certainly made the right call throwing in the towel as the match was all but over with Widler unable to throw his big right.
February 23rd, 2020 at 9:01 AM ^
TheCube is impressive to me. How one can be this unknowingly ignorant about such a wide breadth of subjects is incredible. Well done, TheCube.
February 23rd, 2020 at 10:17 AM ^
Uh what? Name one thing I wrote that was wrong with regards to this fight.
February 23rd, 2020 at 11:25 AM ^
TheCube has gotta point! You can't just insult people without bringing up what caused the diatribe!
February 23rd, 2020 at 1:57 PM ^
Anyone who follows boxing
Pay-per-view has really narrowed boxing's audience.
When I was growing up, only the monster matchups (e.g. Ali-Frazier) were pay-per-view.
I remember watching many of Ali's, Leon Spinks', and Larry Holmes' title fights on network TV. The casual boxing fan didn't have to go out of his way (and $$) to follow it.
February 23rd, 2020 at 8:39 PM ^
I can remember watching the Four Kings on ABC in the mid to late '80s.
This PPV stuff is bullshit.
February 23rd, 2020 at 1:41 AM ^
The flabby guy had better wind than the more in shape looking guy.
February 23rd, 2020 at 4:40 AM ^
Fury is a remarkable...dear I say, athlete? I have to! He doesn't have the body beautiful but he has very good arm speed for his size, excellent legs and balance. He has skills and stamina. When I heard he gained weight for this match, I really thought he'd mentally thrown in the towel because it wasn't good weight - well, at I didn't think so but Muttley saw through the veil of flab - but it didn't affect his abilities. He is a very special fighter, props to him.
February 23rd, 2020 at 6:55 AM ^
Well, they do call it the sweet science. Can't just go in there and run around and throw haymakers. I just saw highlights. Not terribly surprised he's not ripped, but he's almost get stick legs for such a big guy. I guess you don't need to do a lot of squats in the ring but still.
February 23rd, 2020 at 2:24 AM ^
The last fight should have gone to Fury? Fury clearly won like 9/12 rounds. They just wanted more $$$ with this rematch so boxing's shady judging made an appearance to make that happen. Glad Fury got the TKO this time around. Fury is 2-0 vs Wilder.
February 23rd, 2020 at 2:35 AM ^
He won’t fight Joshua for a while. DAZN throws a wrench into everything. There will be a trilogy between him and Wilder.
February 23rd, 2020 at 3:14 AM ^
Joshua can’t duck anymore. He has to fight Wilder or Fury now.
February 23rd, 2020 at 2:53 AM ^
ThrowTheDamnTowel.gif
February 23rd, 2020 at 4:05 AM ^
I've never seen anything like Fury before. He's got my attention. He's obviously a bit over the top, but he seems like he knows it and has fun with it. In the ring, he's just perplexing. Gigantic, quick on his feet, technical, and doesn't seem to get tired. He makes it worth watching. I haven't been this interested in heavyweights since the Holyfield and Lewis days.
February 23rd, 2020 at 4:48 AM ^
That should be the new weight class, Gigantic.
February 23rd, 2020 at 1:59 PM ^
Charles Barkley?
February 23rd, 2020 at 8:41 PM ^
Fury was around 270 and Wilder was around 230, and Fury looked to be lighter on his feet with better handspeed. Just an amazing performance from Fury.
In some of the lower weight divisions, a 40 pound difference would be lethal.
February 23rd, 2020 at 9:06 AM ^
I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to boxing, but isn't there some stipulation that the loser of this match can ask for a rematch or something? If that's the case there's at least one more of these before Fury gets to fight Joshua.
February 23rd, 2020 at 11:29 AM ^
After a beating that was worse than the first one he got? I think Wilder will be looking elsewhere for a payday. Heck, he'll probably be calling out Joshua. Or Ruiz. Someone not so big!
February 23rd, 2020 at 9:23 AM ^
Watching this I’m reminded why UFC is far more entertaining than boxing
February 23rd, 2020 at 9:40 AM ^
How upsetting that upset was!