Tyson v Wilder - Round 3 - The Closer

Tyson Fury versus Deontay  Wilder - The Closer - End Of!

After two incredible fights which saw Fury lose on points to Wilder in the first clash, before demolishing him in Vegas under a barrage of excuses by Wilder. Either that his costume he wore into the ring was too heavy or that Fury cheated with rabbit punches and finally that his ring side team shouldn't have thrown the towel in, despite probably saving his life, this was going to be the closer, and what a fight it would be. 

Some commentators were even calling it the GOAT!

If you want to copy the links for all 3 fights then here they are:

• Fight 1 - Fury loses on points to Wilder
• Fight 2 - Fury demolishes a tired and poor boxing Wilder in Vegas.
• Fight 3 - Fury finishes the job.

With Fury's potential next fight against Anthony Joshua getting tossed up into the air just a week before due to his loss, the fight in Vegas to end the Fury v Wilder trilogy may not lead to a unification fight but it would still be a great fight to watch between two great UK boxers.

Whether AJ has the skill to train and then beat Usyk before Tyson retires I don't know but you can watch the fight between AJ and Usyk here, and comment on whether you think AJ will have a rematch or go for a fight with Fury instead.

Despite AJ losing to Usyk we have at least one UK heavyweight champion, as once again Tyson Fury managed to beat Deotany Wilder in the ring at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Both men went to the ground in what some commentators were calling the best heavyweight fight of the century. In a truly unbelievable third round, Fury dropped Wilder before being dropped two times himself.

And the Bronze Bomber would be knocked to the ground four times before eventually succumbing to defeat in the 11th round before being taken to hospital.

Wilder had certainly improved his skills since being demolished in the 2nd fight, but he still was relying on his strong bomb which worked a couple of times but Fury was the much better boxer taking Wilder to the floor as well with more skill and conventional boxing, and there could no claims of cheating by the Wilder fans after this fight. No heavy walk on suit to be blamed and no towel thrown in by his corner, he was laid out in round 11 and the fight was stopped by the referee. 

Fury v Wilder - Full Fight Replay - From BT Sports

You can watch the amazing 3rd heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Deotany Wilder in Los Vegas right here curtsey of BT Sports.

The Aftermath

Immediately Wilder left the ring and was taken to hospital which was a shame, as it would have been nice to see these two warriors congratulate each other after what has been a brilliant trilogy of fights over the last couple of years. I am sure if the positions were reversed Fury would have gone over to congratulate Wilder, as that is the sort of man he is. 

He even praised Wilder in the interview and his wished him all the best, something I doubt Wilder would have done in the same position. 

So it was a shame not to see these two fighters who had 3 dramatic fights, and nearly going 12 rounds in their last put any differences aside and just hug like we have seen fighters do so many times before. Forgetting all the promotional trash talk and just congratulate each other for being warriors in the ring.

Whatever you think of Wilder not shaking hands after 3 great fights, Fury did pay homage to his worthy opponent and a transformed boxer from the 2nd fight.

Tyson Fury roared: 

"Like the great John Wayne said I am made from pig, iron and steel baby!

"I was down a couple of times and hurt and Wilder is a tough man too after he got up a few times too.

"It was a great fight tonight, worthy of any trilogy in the sport, I always said I am the first best and he is second.

"But I went over to show love and respect and he didn’t want it to so I will pray for him"

The Questions....

The question is, whether or not Anthony Johnson after just losing all his belts to Oleksandr Usyk by unanimous decision just a week before the Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder fight will have regained them in time for an all UK re-unification title fight or whether Fury will have to fight Usyk instead.

Who would like to see Fury fight next? 

Should he wait until AJ has a rematch and possibly reclaims his belts or just fight Usyk instead?

Or should he just fight AJ in what would be a great UK heavyweight fight in our country for once?

Finally like some of the commentators, did you think this was the GOAT, or the best heavyweight fight of the 21st century?

Let me know in the comments.

Tyson v Wilder - Round 2

Tyson Fury versus Deontay  Wilder - The Sequel

Last weekend was the much anticipated rematch between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas.

The last time they met it ended in a draw. This outcome was much disputed as many people thought Fury had out-boxed Wilder despite being knocked to the canvas twice, once in the last round.

However there was no draw this time and the result was a phenomenal win by Tyson Fury who managed to knock a wild swinging Deontay to the floor numerous times before his corner through in the towel in the 7th round. This decision to save their fighter has been talked about a lot, and many fans consider it an outrage, so seemingly does Wilder, who astonishingly thought he was alright to continue.

In my eyes, if he had continued he would have ended up in the hospital or even worse, like Nigel Benn's fight with Gerald McLellan, he could have been seriously injured, maybe even permanently.

From round 3 on, it seemed Wilder was a spent man, swinging wildly with his punches and hopelessly trying to land his right hand bomb on a constantly bobbing and weaving Tyson Fury.

Fury said before the fight he was going to bully Wilder and press on him from the go. Many people, including experts didn't believe that he could but it seemed that the experience from the first fight and the changes Fury had made to negate Wilder's Knockout Right punch seemed to work. Fury had actually changed trainers from his first fight to one specialising in a US fighting style called Kronk. This is where they train with the heat up full and box to bully their opponent and it looked like those tactics worked as Fury went straight at Wilder from the start.

In the clinches he was constantly hitting Wilder, and pressing his body onto him, a heavier mass than Wilder faced before, and a tactic many Wilder fans have claimed was illegal tactics. However this is a boxing match and if you don't play the game you don't win. Boxer's know the score, they are in the ring to win and things happen, they either fight to win, taking every opportunity that comes their way or they lose.

I haven't seen a heavyweight fight where the two boxers don't clinch and punch each other in the body whilst doing so. It's a tool the boxers use and you either do it back or take the punishment until the referee pulls you apart.

Fury was deducted a point at one stage for an illegal hit, but even so he probably still won that round 9 to 8. Wilder seemed to be all over the place, slipping and falling either from Tyson's relentless punches or accidentally. Whether his ear drum were hurt from a punch or not, that may have affected his balance, Wilder just seemed to lack the basic boxing skills to handle Fury.

There was no jab, no good footwork, and Wilder just kept doing what he has done for so long. Attempting to knock out a much better boxer with one strong punch. It didn't work, and in the end his corner had enough and threw the towel in to stop the fight.

There's been a lot of controversy before and after the fight, and you can see some of the arguments below the videos. The walk on by Wilder in a (too heavy), knights suit, behind a rapper singing about black power etc has been seen by many as a way to make the fight racial but the Las Vegas crowd didn't want to play that game. Wilder was met with boos from the crowd during his entrance, whilst a relaxed Fury was carried into the ring on a thrown, as the arena played one of his favourite songs.

Wilder had made comments before the fight about Tyson's struggles with depression and drugs but Fury dismissed them all with his performance and after fight comments about them. He even sang a song in the ring to the crowd and looked very happy to have won the fight.

Watch the official highlights of the fight from BT Sport below.

The Fury v Wilder 2 - BT Sport Fight Highlights

Tyson's camp now want to fight Antony Joshua and unify all the heavyweight belts. Frank Warren wants the fight to go ahead in the Autumn in Saudi Arabia. Personally I think that is a kick in the teeth to British Boxing fans.

If this fight between two Heavyweight English Champions, goes ahead, then it should be fought in the UK either at Wembley or the O2 arena.

Why should British fans miss out on the chance to attend a local BIG heavyweight fight that would possibly be the biggest since the fights of Ali n Foreman?

Aside from the fact Saudi Arabia is a nut job country, that cuts heads off people and jails and publicly whips victims of rape, the fight to unify the belts is a good idea. There are far too many belts out there in my opinion and they should unify them all, then scrap all but one, leaving just one heavyweight champion out there for all contenders to face.

No contract disputes and people avoiding certain belt holders to go after one particular belt and not fight another fighter as we saw with AJ's attempts to find an opponent recently. WBO, WBC, IBF, IBO, etc, etc...what would the heavyweight division look like with just one belt and everyone having to fight for a place to contend for it?

It may just be a dream, however and if Fury can skip the 3rd fight with Wilder that hes contractually obliged to fight, to face AJ for his 3 belts, then it would just be as if one belt existed, for a time anyway. Whether Deontay Wilder will take a payout to miss the 3rd fight and then possibly fight AJ or Fury, for the whole lot I don't know, but it's what Fury's camp want to happen.

There is also talk of Fury retiring after winning the fight with AJ and then one defence of his unified champion status. Whether Wilder would be the person he faced if he won against AJ I don't know and it seems like a contractual nightmare could be debated and argued for some time before Fury's next opponent is settled upon.

You can watch the full fight here.

Full Fight Fury v Wilder 2

I have been on Facebook a lot in the boxing groups since the fight and it does seem to be a lot of pissed off Wilder fans making excuses for their idols loss. That is despite Wilder's own excuse that the costume he wore on the walk out into the arena was too heavy and he was drained before the fight.

This is despite comments he made on Joe Rogan's podcast that he trained with a much heavier weight around him before a big fight, therefore I don't know how he can say the weight of a small child during the walk on prevented him from fighting. He must be a very unfit fighter if that is the case!

It seems that the list of excuses include:

• Tyson cheating by clinching and pushing his heavy body onto the smaller framed Wilder 
• Tyson cheating by rabbit punching Wilder in the clinches 
• Tyson cheating by flicking Wilder with his glove
• Tyson cheating by tampering with his glove, all due to the CCTV being switched off in his changing room before the fight at one time. 
• Tyson cheating by hitting Wilder behind the head. 
• Wilder being okay, and it was his corner that lost the fight for him but he was standing so could continue.....all the way to the hospital in my opinion! 
• Wilder taking an illegal shot to the back of his head on his ear which ruptured his ear drum causing the lack of balance and numerous falls we saw from him.
• Wilder having a bad training camp. 
• Wilder just being Wilder basically and a lot of people's hero it seems and he can do no wrong. 
• Some racist comments against White/English boxers. 
• Plus a load more too stupid to mention.

What do you think, should Wilder take the contract for a third fight with Fury now, or take the wait clause that Fury wants so he can fight Anthony Joshua first.

Also let me know any comments about the walk on's, the pre-fight chat, the actual fight and any excuses you haven't heard for Wilder's poor performance.

Also if you are English, do you want the fight to be held in Saudi Arabia or should it be held at home so we can all attend?

Anthony Joshua Loses His Belts To Andy Ruiz

Shock outcome at Madison Garden as Anthony Joshua loses to stand in fighter Andy Ruiz

It was meant to be an easy fight for AJ, a fight to show the Americans including Detonay Wilder and Tyson Fury what he could do in the ring. That was until the 3rd round knock out.

It was a round that Joshua had Ruiz on the canvas himself but then afterwards he was rocked by a punch that put himself on the floor.

He took a count and then carried on before another knock down and AJ's chin and legs were wobbling from that point on.

How many fights is that now that I have stayed up all night to watch only to be disapointed by no true KO. The other week Amir Khan let himself down by giving up after a low blow and now we have Anthony Joshua losing his 4 belts to someone who probably never expected to ever have one of them round his waist in his life time.

I want to see UK fighters show some true grit, I want to see Nigel Benn back in the ring, I want to see Lennox Lewis fighting Tyson, I want to see Joe Calzaghe go over to Vegas and stay undefeated not get floored and lose in his last events like Ricky Hatton. Come on UK we can do better!

Watch the full fight highlights of Anthony Joshua being beaten by Andy Ruiz here.

• Let me know what you thought of the fight in the comments section, was Joshua having a bad day or was he taking things lightly as he didn't expect to lose at all?

DeGale versus Chris Eubank Jnr

DeGale versus Chris Eubank Jnr

Will we finally get to see an explosive knockout finish to one of the first top UK fights of 2019 between James DeGale and Chris Eubank Jnr? 

The end of last year was pretty disappointing as we didn't get any KO finishes to our top fights.

I was hoping to see a KO finish between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder but it didn't happen and if it had it looked like it would have been the Gypsy King getting knocked out in the US.

Again there was no explosive finish between Frampton and Warrington in their recent clash, again it was decided on points.

So this time I am hoping Chris Eubank Jnr can finally supply us with a KO finish to this fight and we don't have to wait 12 rounds for another points decision.

You can watch the full press conference below and then some chat from the fighters and a workout from DeGale.

 

Here is a recent interview with Eubank Jnr taken after the main conference where he discusses fighting DeGale and his reply to comments that the loser should have to retire and not carry on boxing if they lose.

He also discusses the recent loss by Groves and also comments on the recent Tyson Fury draw in America.

He clearly thinks he can beat DeGale and reckons he will take him out in "Spectacular Fashion".

Watch the full interview here.



So Eubank Jnr thinks he will destroy DeGale but James DeGale's trainer Jim McDonnell thinks Chris Eubank is a "pretty basic fighter" and that DeGale has the upper edge in this upcoming fight.


Here is a taste of what Chris Eubank will face in the ring.

Watch a recent heavy bag workout from James DeGale now.



Let me know what you think and who will win in the comments section!