I had a feeling going into the fight that they were going to try to get Wilder out of there. It just made so much sense.
Even though I felt Tyson won the first time, I think he understood that just outboxing Wilder for 12 rounds while avoiding knockout/knockdowns is extremely difficult to do. Hell he got knockdown twice with that strategy already. We gotta try something else.
Even though Tyson isn’t considered a power puncher, it didn’t matter. If a high level boxer goes into a fight committed to getting a guy out of there, they can do it.
I was skeptical until I heard Sugar Hill talk, as soon as I heard him talk I believed it because he seemed like a straight shooter that wasn't about no bullshyt. He also explained it, Tyson also explained it, from then I believed, knowing the weight confirmed it 100 percent to me, but soon as I heard Sugar Hill I believed in what he said.
Yeah, he won the first fight quite clearly but didn't get the decision so he wanted to take it out of the refs hands. It made sense, was it a risk, sure, but so was the other way. That's actually the best way to beat Wilder though, pressure him, that's the best strategy to beat him.
Yeah you make a good point there, Tyson isn't a power puncher, this performance and result doesn't change that, he doesn't have really have that Wilder power, or AJ but he's a very good boxer and as I've always said he can punch a bit, he punches hard enough where it can hurt and cause an effect, when he's weighing 19.7 stone or whatever he was that is gonna cause an effect with multiple shots.
The old adage is the boxer beats the puncher, it doesn't always work like that but in the build up by many it seemed to be completely ignored, I made Tyson a slight favourite in the fight, it was pretty much to me if Wilder could catch him enough I knew he could hurt him but Fury also could outbox him which he did, just it was an aggressive approach this time. This is the perfect fight that demonstrates casuals just don't understand boxing, and a lot of the dikkriding that goes on, Steve Kim was 1 of the few people talking sense, even though he ultimately picked Wilder, he picked up on a lot of real shyt in terms of the group think mentality and hype. Wilder was a hype job, I don't even mean that disrespectfully, but he was is a hype job, you have to judge him when he faces top level competition not guys he will destroy, this was his first truly elite fighter he's ever faced and got destroyed in a 1 sided domination and humiliation. A lot of fighters would have remained undefeated if they'd fought most of the opponents he had. People wondered why he wasn't a bigger star, because he has a lot of positive attributes, 1 of the key reasons is cause he avoided competition, his career path could have been much better and it would have prepared him better for a night like that, but he looked lost and clueless in there, no plan B at all.
Ruiz beats Wilder.
