Rewatched the first fight again earlier, had Fury winning by 3 points. Was a couple of close rounds but even then Fury would win by a point if you gave them to Wilder which would be extremely generous. Have watched the fight countless times now as you can sometimes think differently and pick up new things but Fury won that fight. As far as I’m concerned and most of the boxing public Wilder’s lost already. Fury dominated the fight, the 2 knockdowns made it a lot closer otherwise it would have been very wide. He outboxed Wilder, good defence overall, better technical boxing, made Wilder miss and caught him with a few shots too, showed a lot of heart too. He outmanned Wilder in the fight, he overpowered him mentally and got in his head. Wilder lost control and went for the wild swings and tired himself out. To Wilder’s credit he is tough, has huge power and he’s persistent, he knows with his power a fight isn’t over until you hear the final bell, as much as people diss his technique he has enough of it to be able to land in most fights and when he does he can cause damage. Wilder was very lucky not to have been handed the official L he deserved here, he lost. Rematch is interesting cause it’s cat and mouse, if Fury is on point he can outbox him again, the questions are can he avoid the big shots and can he also give Wilder more to think about coming back. If Fury has improved his power that would help him. Needs to give Wilder something to think about so he be doesn’t just walk him down. He buzzed Wilder a little in the first fight at times but not enough, especially in the earlier rounds, if he has more on his counter punches it would give Wilder something to think about. Should be fascinating, if Wilder wins should be a rematch as 1-1, if Fury wins he would have beaten him twice so he would go down as superior. I heard there’s a 2 way rematch either way though. Looking forward to this 1 though. Both top fighters for different reasons.
