Have Dead Mike from CB4 walk you out to the ring
Only to get battered around the ring by a pure, blood sucking neanderthal, during "Black" history month brehs.
All jokes aside...much like Joshua Ruiz I, it was a behind the ear equilibrium shot that ended it...he was on borrowed time from that point on. He had NOTHING left. I wouldn't have been mad if they stopped the fight immediately after the 5th or 6th, which is what i said as i watched it live.
I wouldn't be so quick to count Wilder out in a 3rd fight...unless you count on Fury landing another shot behind the ear in that same fashion that causes a damn brain bleed.
Wilder was boxing well up until that point, was pumping the jab nice, landing some good right hands, but he's always going be at a style mismatch against Fury, whether Fury comes forward or boxes laterally, which is what i've been saying for years before they ever stepped into the ring. He's the absolute last fight you take of the top Heavys, along with Ortiz, because he was getting dominated in that fight too. These dudes were bred to box since they were kindergarten age, Wilder just jumped into boxing at age 21 because he was a big tall dude that sucked ass at football and basketball, so he used boxing as a last resort. The fact that he made it as far as he did competing against guys that were born and raised in the sport shows how much innate, raw and largely unharnessed talent he's working, and how much of that old school DOG he has in him.
America doesn't breed Heavyweight sized athletes for boxing anymore like in decades past, which why you will never again see a guy with Wilder's innate, raw talent base, showcasing elite fundamentals and boxing skills that almost exclusively come with learning the sport in your formative years...shyt, in reality, Wilder is a D or E level athlete in other sport, which is why he's in boxing in the 1st place, could you imagine if the A and B level Heavyweight sized athletes were still being trained from the youth up?
Still proud of my guy for getting as far as he did in the sport while being at a comparative disadvantage to practically all his Heavyweight peers when it comes to upbringing.
Been riding with him since '08 Olympics, and since back when most people were absolutely positive that he would never make it past prospect level and that Seth Mitchell would have a more successful career.
He has that DOG in him and grit to climb his way back to the top and defy all odds again.
He'll be back
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