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Paddingtonwolf said:
From what I saw, I think Fury would dominate AJ. That's a volte-face on my previous opinion. Fury may just be the best. And you can't leave Wilder out of the conversation. It would be great to find out but of course the sanctioning bodies are already dropping mandatory challengers into the equation to fuck up a unification bout.
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Fury 'says' He's got a contract with Wilders signature on, and the only thing that could complicate that was a Ruiz win ,and they'll square off in February. Joshua's got to keep busy and keep winning until at least that's settled, with an Undisputed, Lineal World Title up for grabs if he can in a years time. The Ruiz Trilogy would seem like a soft option to achieve that, but I really hope it doesn't happen and like you say, the WBC are in a current pickle with their No1 Contender situation. Dillian Whytes been No1 contender for almost 2 years. he's now been exonerated after a false positive drugs test and he is owed a title shot. Fighters have been paid to step aside before, but Saturday showed he's not the kind of guy to step aside for anyone. It might be we're looking at early 2021 for the fight everyone wants to see. Wilder -fury 2 is a step forward but unfortunately it's still a far from clear road to a single Champion.
 
WBO have Usyk as mandatory challenger as well, which really muddies the waters.
 
Fair play to AJ, I said before the fight that I thought he needed to impose his size and power on Ruiz and I didn't think he could outbox him and he proved me totally wrong. That is the best boxing perfomance AJ has ever produced, some causal fans may find it boring but I don't find it boring at all, boxing is not all about showreel KO's it's about hitting and not getting hit and he played this to perfection.

Heard some fans and fools like Wilder trying to claim AJ ran which is nonsense really, he boxed on the back foot and kept him on the end of the jab. Ruiz face certaintly didn't look like AJ ran.

The mandatory fights coming are a blessing as Fury and Wilder are fighting and if Fury wins Wilder will have a rematch clause. Any unification isn't realisitically going to happen until end of 2020/start of 2021 at the earliest anyway.
 
Fair play to AJ, I said before the fight that I thought he needed to impose his size and power on Ruiz and I didn't think he could outbox him and he proved me totally wrong. That is the best boxing perfomance AJ has ever produced, some causal fans may find it boring but I don't find it boring at all, boxing is not all about showreel KO's it's about hitting and not getting hit and he played this to perfection.

Heard some fans and fools like Wilder trying to claim AJ ran which is nonsense really, he boxed on the back foot and kept him on the end of the jab. Ruiz face certaintly didn't look like AJ ran.

The mandatory fights coming are a blessing as Fury and Wilder are fighting and if Fury wins Wilder will have a rematch clause. Any unification isn't realisitically going to happen until end of 2020/start of 2021 at the earliest anyway.
 
For all the bollocks spouted about both Wilder, who many claim fought no one on his way up, and Fury being well over hyped and past it, tonights fight is a real match up of two styles. I would be amazed to see it go the distance. If it does , Fury wins. He is such a good boxing technician. However he has got to steer clear of that right hand. He may even box south paw tonight! Fury needs to be on his mettle for 36 minutes. Wilder needs one opportunity. Tight call. Heart says Fury, head says Wilder
 
Fury. We saw peak Wilder last time but not peak Fury and he still couldn't beat him. Wilder's only weapon is his punching power and Fury took his best. Intriguing thing will be if Fury goes for a KO or not. The change in trainer suggests he might.
 
I think Wilder wins on a tko when Fury's eye opens up again.
 
I reckon we will see South Paw Fury today. If he can do it well and protect his eye then he wins on points.

It slightly worries me all the talk from Fury about knocking Wilder out, his weight backs this up too - he’s not a puncher.
 
How is Fury 3 Stone heavier than Wilder? The guy is seriously out of shape for a professional boxer.
 
I’m going Wilder KO. I don’t think Fury avoids the big right hand for the whole fight. I want Fury to win, but I don’t think he will.
 
The Bear said:
How is Fury 3 Stone heavier than Wilder? The guy is seriously out of shape for a professional boxer.
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Because Wilder is a very light heavyweight for his height, even at a career heaviest? He weighed in 6 pounds lighter than Joshua, yet hes 2 inches taller, does that mean Joshua was out of shape?

Andy Ruiz at 283, 10 pounds heavier and 7 inches smaller than Fury was a seriously out of shape boxer.

The'yve both come in heavier than expected, neither is out of shape
 
Fury is all over Wilder. Two knockdowns in first five rounds!
 
Brilliant from Fury.

Didn't think he could do that.
 
Piece of cake! Wilder's not been bullied before. Has no boxing ability to fall back on. He landed some big shots in R1 but Fury just took them.
 
An absolute masterclass. What a performance!
 
Going back to bed for a few more hours. What a performance, though.

I don't think AJ could live with a Fury performance like that, either.
 
Absolute clinic. Wilder wasn’t even throwing for the last few rounds, Human punching bag. Obviously you’d prefer it be won by KO but it wasn’t really a contest and was either a matter of time or worst case Fury was on for a massive points win. He won every round, 2 knockdowns and the docked point irrelevant.
 
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