Fury vs Wilder is not a 50/50 fight. Here's why.

[fighter1234]

- Fury dominated the first fight barring the two knockdowns.

- Rematches usually favor the pure boxer rather than the puncher since he can more easily make adjustments.

- Fury was coming off 3 years doing coke and having to lose over 100lbs and he still got up from the knockdowns. It is going to be way harder to knock him down this time.

- Fury is actually 3 years younger than Wilder. A lot of people don't realise Wilder is 34 years old. Age starts to play a factor when a fighter gets to his mid 30's.

- If Fury can't beat Wilder who can? Does Wilder really look like a fighter to stay undefeated?


Fury is over the odds IMO. I'd say he has about a 75% chance of winning this fight with a 25% chance of getting knocked out. The odds being even are ridiculous IMO. Thoughts?

[deathofaclown]

Whilst i agree with a lot of that..

Rematches usually do favour the boxer over the puncher, the puncher is not usually Deontay Wilder level of puncher, who is?


Fury wins in my opinion. If Wilder couldn’t punch, it’d basically be a mismatch when you think about it. But that IF in terms of Wilder’s punch doesn’t work in this situation because of how much power he has. It’s the best equaliser in boxing.

[Michael1437]

I would agree except the fact that with Heavyweights, especially with Wilder, one punch can end it.

[leeroy84]

Yeh but now the ref and judges have been named, I'd say it's much more favourable for Deontay.

The Gypsy King is getting robbed again... How ironic.

[Toffee]

But...

Fury's fought nobodies for the last year. Wilder thought threats. That says to me that Wilder's prep has been of a higher intensity. I think we'll see a much better Wilder this time. Fury will be better, but not by as much.

And Wilder got to Fury twice in the last 4 rounds. Was he finding adjustments? Was he figuring Fury out?

I was confident on a Fury win last time. But this time I think Wilder gets to him earlier.

[Mushroom]

I think Wilder will win by KO if he can make some adjustments. Fury always bends and moves his head to the right when wilder throws his right hand. That was his defence for that punch all night.

If Wilder now knows this he can start positioning fury and aim for where fury
moves to

[jreckoning]

I think Wilder will win by KO if he can make some adjustments. Fury always bends and moves his head to the right when wilder throws his right hand. That was his defence for that punch all night.

If Wilder now knows this he can start positioning fury and aim for where fury
moves to

I like Wilder too by KO as I think he will fight much smarter this time and look to set up his shots more.

Nothing would surprise me though.

[boliodogs]

The betting places have the odds even. It is a 50/50 fight. Fury benefited last time from a slow counting ref that gave him a bunch of walk this way tests that gave Fury extra recovery time. A puncher can win a rematch just as easily as a boxer can. Fury says he is going for a 2nd round KO which favors Wilder. Fury says he is coming in at 270 which is way to heavy and that also favors Wilder. So far more posters in this poll are picking Wilder and Wilder is my pick to win by KO of course.

[MaksBox]

I think this will be Kovalev vs Ward 1, Canelo vs GGG 1,

Fury is the better boxer and will win with the fans, BUT he is not going to be allowed to win, unless he goes for the KO, and I think he knows it... and THAT is why Wilder will catch him once and Kenny will call it off.

[fighter1234]

The betting places have the odds even. It is a 50/50 fight. Fury benefited last time from a slow counting ref that gave him a bunch of walk this way tests that gave Fury extra recovery time. A puncher can win a rematch just as easily as a boxer can. Fury says he is going for a 2nd round KO which favors Wilder. Fury says he is coming in at 270 which is way to heavy and that also favors Wilder. So far more posters in this poll are picking Wilder and Wilder is my pick to win by KO of course.

I know the bookies have it even hence me saying Fury is over the odds. It wasn't a slow count, it's common for refs to ask fighters to show they're able to fight. This is isn't like the old days when they would immediately start fighting after getting up lol.