Was rooting for Wilder but scored that fight 114-112 Fury (2nd and 4th rounds + the 2 KD rounds) but not mad at the draw (as a final result) as they were a couple of debatable rounds in here. I think scores ranging from 115-111 Fury to 113-113 are all within the realm of possibility. Hell, even a 114-112 Wilder could be considered if you really value Wilder's "aggression" as he was the one moving forward most of the time but this needs really good argumentation. That 115-111 Wilder though is
The holes in Wilder's game were glaring last night. They were obvious before but against a elite boxer, this was really embarrassing to see smh. I'm disappointed because I thought he actually got better the past few years and fights and that his jab had improved a lot but last night he was terrible and spamming the same combo all night long. Still don't understand why he looped most of his rights because he usually shoots them very straight. His corner is useless, I don't even think they advised him properly in this fight.
Fury on the other hand impressed me. I think my HW rankings are currently (off resumes) AJ #1, Fury #2 and Wilder #3 (King Kong #4). The Fury that "drew" today is one with a huge layoff and a couple of garbage tune up fights. I'm convinced that if keeps his focus next year, he will easily secure the throne. Salute to Gypsy King because that last round was legendary : dude ate a monstruous 2-3 combo, was out on the canvas for a good 5 seconds, got up nonchalently, took a couple of follow up shots, starts clowning Wilder then wobbled Deontay on a counter and had him clinching and on the back foot all in the span of one minute
This shyt was mad
However, I don't think that from what we saw in this fight, we can conclude anything regarding a potential AJ-Wilder fight. AJ fights nothing like Fury and it's obvious that Fury was the worst stylistic matchup for Wilder (and that showed). Wilder struggled (but won) in fights against boxers with movement. AJ boxes well and his fundamentals are very good but dude is nowhere near as mobile as Fury and I would still favour Wilder in a fight though less after his bout against Fury
I wish the top 4 would fight each other next year, that would be great. AJ-Wilder and Fury/Ortiz or AJ-Ortiz and Wilder/Fury rematch in Manchester. Winners and losers fight each other