Bama Fans: Any love for Deontay Wilder?

Im a wilder fan but ill be shocked if he wins this fight

Yeah, I really like him! I think he can win this fight too. He needs to keep building up his stamina though.

Kenneth Hollis

He is going to knock the fat gypsy the frick out.

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Im a wilder fan but ill be shocked if he wins this fight

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same

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Im a wilder fan but ill be shocked if he wins this fight

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Can't say I'm much of a Wilder fan, but I too think Fury is going to show him something he's not seen before, besides a guy that is a bit bigger than himself.

Wilder has a lot of holes in his fight game. Backing straight up, often with his chin in the air, lousy footwork and those really amateurish windmill punch sprees he's famous for. I laugh every time he goes into amateur hour punch mode and swings from the fences and actually coming off his feet doing it.

Anybody that knows anything about boxing knows power starts at the balls of the feet, firmly planted in the ring, not levitating inches above it.

Wilder's biggest asset is his raw power, and that's not going to be enough one of these days.

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Heavyweight division is as thin as it's ever been. Wilder has fought nothing but bums so it's tough to gauge how good he really is. This fight won't do it as Fury is just king of the bums. The only decent test he could potentially face is Joshua.

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Yep, not much in the way of a lot of talented heavyweights out there right now for sure.

Like my above post, I'm not enamored with Fury either as a fighter. He's definitely a strange bird and his own worst enemy at times, but he does possess some pretty good fundamentals, more so than Wilder. His ban from boxing, drug and alcohol issues, serious weight gain prior to restarting training, etc. have all worked in his sabotaging his career.

If he comes into the fight in shape, I give him a very good chance of beating Wilder and will go as far as to say, possibly KO the Bama native. I think Fury will have Wilder definitely stepping in some post holes during the fight.

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The only decent test he could potentially face is Joshua.

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which he would not win

AJ also had elite power and is a way better boxer

AJ's weakness is his chin tho, but he's stayed tough the last few fights. He took some hard shots the other weekend.

Wilder gonna knock that pikey motherfricker out. Can't wait.

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Im a wilder fan but ill be shocked if he wins this fight

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I don't know why you'd be shocked. It would be hard to imagine Fury is the same guy from 3 years ago after mountains of cocaine and gaining and dropping ~200 lbs. It's funny that Fury's antics outside the ring on social media and media appearances have made people forget what an incredibly boring fighter he is IN the ring.

Fury's strength before was that he was awkward and hard to hit and moved amazingly well for his size, but he's never been much of a puncher. If he can make this a boring fight and keep Wilder at bay, he might be able to win but there's a much better chance that Wilder knocks him out within 6 rounds.

Funny thing is I don't know what this fight will tell us about either guy no matter who wins. If Wilder wins--what version of Fury is he fighting? We have no way of knowing what beating a possibly vastly diminished Fury will tell us about him. If Fury wins, what do we really know about Wilder? Wilder's technique is horrible and he's gotten away with it because he's been beating up on shite competition. He has great power but looks like a basketball player in a celebrity boxing exhibition. He hasn't improved at all technically over his career but gets away with all these boxing sins by relying on concussive punching power. ~50?-year old Ortiz had Wilder almost done but his conditioning gave out. Respect to Wilder for coming back from the beating he was taking but it's really hard to evaluate what that win means.

At least it'll be an interesting contrast in styles and gets us closer to AJ vs the winner. AJ has all the tools to be a Hall of Famer but has shown vulnerability, which makes him a fascinating champion.