Chongo94
Active Member
There were a lot of things that surprised me last week about people's opinions of this fight.
Like how many people picked Wilder in the ESPN poll.
And after the weigh-in, a lot of people were saying well Fury's too heavy, he doesn't look in shape...the added weight will hurt him … saw a number of comparisons to Andy Ruiz before the Anthony Joshua rematch.
I watched the weigh-in and thought the opposite....that Fury looked good, looked strong and that the added weight could help him, just as he'd been saying.
Teddy Atlas is wrong about a lot of things, so I ignore a lot of what he says - including the twitter post below - but I post it here because I saw a number of people who had similar opinions after the weigh-in...
And on fight night I see people commenting that Fury looks too loose and relaxed in his dressing room...
It's amazing how many people were completely wrong about this fight.
Reminds me of the first Holyfield-Tyson fight when Ron Borges was the only media member who took Holyfield in the press poll.
Listening to British radio (for my soccer interests) and nearly every single one of them knew with certainty that Fury would win. They were somewhat concerned by the all American judges, however.
But listen to the Brits for the fight knowledge these days. They’re running the game lately.