WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and unbeaten former champion Tyson Fury comment on their February 22 PPV rematch in Las Vegas that was officially announced today.
Deontay Wilder: “I’m happy and I’m excited that the rematch is finally happening. I want to give the fans what they want to see. I’ve been doing it with my last three outings – Fury, Breazeale and Ortiz. They’ve been spectacular events – from my ring walks where I gather all the energy of the people, to my uniforms that I wear to help spread that energy. Then I give them what they all come for – the knockouts, and my knockouts have been amazing. I proved myself the first time and I’m ready to do it again. It was a very controversial fight. I promise my fans that there won’t be any controversy with this one. I’m going to finish it.”
Tyson Fury: “There’s no more ducking and diving. The date has been set, and the ‘Bomb Squad’ is about to be securely detonated and the real champion crowned as the world watches on for the most anticipated fight in years. This is unfinished business for me, but come February 22, this dosser will finally get what’s coming to him, and I can’t wait!”
Both have learned how to sell fights, but the real question is: who will make the adjustments needed to win the fight?
Yep, well said on your point. We can all agree Fury has no power to knock Wilder out, but he can out box him. However, Wilder has the power to equalize his deficits in this rematch. Pretty sad Fury as a “big man” lacks the mechanics and natural ability to have that massive power bigger men harness and embrace. If Fury had that kind of power, he would rule the division for years being a slick boxer and knockout artist.
I agree. Fury completely controlled and dominated Wilder at will until the knock down. Interestingly, Fury still won the rest of the round.
I really liked the first fight – both gave it their all and both showed their own brilliance: Fury by out-boxing Wilder seemingly effortlessly and Wilder knocking Fury down in the later rounds.
From my perspective, Fury was a bit out of shape in the first fight. If he can show up in better shape, it will be an even better fight this time.
I don’t think that Fury has no power – he does – but just not as much as Wilder. That said, I think that a flush punch by Fury can take Wilder out.
Wilder did all he could and he looked bad against Fury, except for that 1 punch.
I think what we can all agree on is that it will be another interesting fight to watch!
Stonefree very true Wilder will be in the fight from round 1 til 12 but truth be told Fury should win this fight handily maybe even stop Wilder late as he did in the Chisora rematch with volume as any 17 plus stone man hits hard enough to put you on the seat of your trunks just ask AJ for confirmation on that point. The big problem for Wilder here is Furys height reach and unorthodox style which he will use to maximum capacity to get what really confirms what most of us already know that he has already beaten Wilder just this time more emphatically
Wilder knocked Fury down twice and really knocked him out the second time. You talk about shape? Wilder case in the ring that night weighing 209lbs! He was obviously in some kind of distress or sick. Fury never hurt him and wilder land almost as much and he landed the more telling blows. Fury fought two bums before and two bums after wilder. Fury won’t fight any other top heavyweights only Wilder because he knows he is the better boxer. He would get start he’s by Ortiz, Brazele, Whyte and probably AJ imho. He is a charlatan who has superior height reach and weight in every match and will rely on wilder’s lack of boxing skills to outpoint him. He is afraid of wilder! Wilder kept same coaches but fury brought in Freddy roach and others to strategize to death how to beat a “big dosser” give me a break
Name 5 excellent boxers in the heavyweight division that had great power?
Jim Jeffries, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko.
you forgot George Foreman,Joe Frazier,the great Ali,Ken Norton etc !!!
Call me goofy, but Tyson had explosive power in the 1980’s. Once he went past his prime, things settled. However, make no mistake, he had some nasty counters. Watch “Tyson Greatest Hits” for all you millennials that missed that era.
Proof that God is fair
I like wilder, but please you have to jab and box more in your fights
wow its on , well I though fury would ko wilder first time around ,now wilder showed me he was better than I though, only trouble is now for fury is he has to change his game plan because to me wilder has fury number , so fury has got to go for the ko and YES fury can punch ,
I don’t know man but I truly believe Tyson Fury will beat Deontay Wilder fair and square this time out. I mean the majority knows he was robbed the last time out. Not talking bad about Deontay cause the man is clearly the hardest puncher in decades, but he can’t afford to lose rounds like he did in his last fight.
I think there’s a general consensus that Wilder is not a great boxer (to say the least) but one has to admit that he is an elite athlete. He took a lot of punishment from Fury for many rounds, but he still managed to knock Fury down twice, and the second time pretty hard even.
Wilder had a few rounds that were decent, but Fury took most rounds easily.
There are many unknown factors though for all of us: how did Fury’s cut really heal? How is his mental condition? Will he show up in shape? How will the change of trainer influence his game plan and performance?
We don’t have the answers….until the weigh-in and the fight. If and when the fight happens, it will be an interesting fight.
Aside of that, I think that Wilder “deserves” a loss, simply because his boxing skills are the worst of any heavyweight champ ever.
For the same reason, I felt that it would be better for boxing if AJ would win the rematch with Ruiz: who wants an undisciplined glutton as a HW champ of the world?
I think if Fury can demolish tom schwarz’ face the way he did.. He can surely hurt chinny wilder… Many boxers have had him hurt without question(Molina, Duhaupas, Ortiz, etc..)if Fury lands good clean shots and wobbles Wilder I think he will stop him because of his ring generalship. Wilder has no real boxing talent and relies heavily on a KO for the most part with better opposition. Wilder may land early and stop Fury cold.. Or if Fury lands a few clean, well timed shots he could end Wilder for sure. Hes not as weak as people push him to be and Wilder’s chin is nowhere near granite.
Chinny Wilder?? He took about a dozen or more hard shots from Ortiz and didn’t go down. And yes he’s been stunned in a number of fights, but that’s true of virtually any fighter who fights as many times as Wilder has. Anyone who has followed boxing with any regularity would understand that. Especially for a fighter who fights aggressively.
@DaveF, how hard does Ortiz hit? How old is he? Eric molina had wilder in SERIOUS trouble.. The same punches landed several(twice as many)times on Filip H’rgovic’s chin and did nothing.
Ortiz is 40 you lying conspiracy theorists always spread bullcrap
That was in the amateurs. I’ll bet fury got his butt kicked in the amateurs or sparring too
@noracists allowed, buzz off, crybaby… Men are talking here.
Dave,
F, little Romanov smacked the shit outta wilder with headgear on. Knocked him pillar to post.
He’s been hurt yes but not completely out. The man has recuperates quickly. That’s what makes him dangerous.
I think most people have a different definition of chinny. That’s normally for people who get dropped easy. The fact hes hurt when his does not define it that way. Most of the guys he faces out weigh him and still have not dropped him If your definition of chinny is a fighter who gets hurt if hit hard and clean, but remains standing then all boxers are chinny.
So wilder is “chinny “ but has never been down as a pro in over 40 fights? Tyson is not but has been down as a pro to a former light heavy and to wilder twice?
Not to get of topic but if Wilder vs Fury can get made then Crawford vs Spence can get made also as you can see but I like Wilder TKO this time around
Respect to these promotional groups and managers for coming to ‘terms’ in bringing this mega match to fruition.
I think Wilder will be heavier this time around (212 last time was very surprising and I think it cost him a little power). I’m thinking he’ll come in around 220 to 225. This time around Fury won’t get up. I’m thinking he’ll be finished with him by Round 7.
No matter the result, i do think this will be a better fight than the first one and the first one was compelling in it’s own right. Regardless of who wins, the true Champion comes out of this fight.
I will say wilder is most dangerous BECAUSE he is the most unorthodox fighter. He throws shots from odd angles and can wreck people.
Maybe I’m not seeing it correctly but Wilder doesn’t throw from angles, he throws in a very linear fashion. Throwing wild and wide isn’t an angle; his set up is straight on, which is why he had such a hard time with Fury, he couldn’t set and throw.
So did Michael Spinks in and Mike Tyson destroyed him in 1 round
Our American cousins have got it wrong again as usual. Tyson Fury does not call Wilder a dosser ( which means someone looking for somewhere to sleep ) but in fact a TOSSER and we all know what that means !!! Don’t we ???
Keep changing my mind on this one. Fury is by far the better boxer and if you could guarantee he stays focused for the full 36 minutes you’d have to fancy him.
However , he can get over confident in the ring and one thing Wilder has proven in the last year or so is that he is unfazed about being outboxed.
I’m not sure if there is a rematch already scheduled. If not then I am (for the first time) thinking that the winner will be offered 50/50 to fight AJ and accept
Wilder opens that cut and works the body of fury. Otto Walllin showed wilder the blue print, easy fight this time around. No head hunting for 6 rounds then bam!!!! Right hand goodnight.
Fury doesn’t fight he is an idiot gets on his bike and plays patty cakes. If he were to win a belt it would be a dead division, boring to say the least. At 6′”9 and 240 he slap fights like a girl. He didn’t win that fight no damage to wilder but fury face was beat up. He’s pathetic Deontay is gonna knock the honky out that hillbilly gypsy. On top of that raising his hands like he was winning the fight? Only show boat if your ahead or have the fight in the bag. He deserves to get KOd cold all the shit he talks and don’t back it up. Wilder by KO for the good of the sport. He might be the last white hope.
Excited!!! Two fighters with heart. May the best man win! Wilder by KO in rd 9.
Windmill Wilder better bring more than just that right hand. An out of shape, 2 year inactive Fury boxed circles around him. This time should be no different if Winder doesn’t learn to be more offensive and cut the ring.
Why do you guys keep telling that lie about fury being out of shape and inactive for two years? He fought like hell to get in great shape and had two tune up fights
Fury was confident in the first outing and carried that into the fight. He truly believed Wilder could not hurt him. Now Fury will be going into this fight knowing how lucky he was getting past a pretty much unknown fighter. He will also be more worried about Wilders power. Thats a lot to carry into a match like this especially since he is mentally susceptible. We all agree the first fight was close with arguments that can be made for either side. Now these two have shared the ring for 12 rounds and know each other better. Wilder knows Fury cant handle a body attach. Fury is good at moving hes head, but thats mostly because a man as tall as him that leans back so far is almost always out of reach for a clean head shot. If Wilder goes for the body he will open the head shots. If Fury does what hes good at he will lean all his weight on Wilder and tire him out thus making Furys punches look like they are doing damage. If Fury fights a perfect fight its his to win, but nobody can ignore Wilders chances for a knock out. I hope this fight lives up to the expectations, but there is room for a fast ending. If Wilder lands early he could also open that cut back up. I dont care what anyone says that was a huge cut and its now a danger spot.
Peebles and noracistallowed add nothing to the conversation. They’re merely a bunch of limp wristed, butt hurt, agenda driven miscreants hoping to cause chaos.
Fury looked so bad against Wallin. World class boxing skills and heart of Gypsy king genes flow in his blood may or may not be enough.
Wilder is hard to like even for us for Americans. He is not urban hip-hop or articulate. Weirded out by his brother Marssellos always talking so much sh* then getting KO’d by C level cruisers. Marssellos looks like a beast and Doentay has these long spindly chicken legs I have never seen on a HW.
Wilder is not my cup of tea, very coarse and backward fighter but excellent stamina and extreme power make him at least a close underdog or slight favorite to Fury.
Winner *must* fight Whyte or AJ
Really hope Pullev pulls his groin or something and does not get the title shot
Hrgovic will be the one to dispose of wilder. Hrgović has an iron chin and already battered wilder from pillar to post in sparring.
Hrgovic has potential but has slow feet and does not seem to care much about getting hit on the chin. Is he the Croatian Gerry Cooney? Certainly should have more pro fight by now. Rumors of Wilder getting sparked in sparring and videos of him being KO’d in the amateurs seem to mean nothing. Wilder has never been down as a pro.
Fury will be in better shape for the second fight then he was in the first. It’s still a 50/50 fight for me. The Gypsy King literally has to fight a perfect fight because Wilder seems to be getting better at landing his fight-ending shots. This fight should be a real nail-biter.
That’s it Fury, knock out the big dosser. This time dont let it go 12 rounds otherwise, it will be another bad decision.
So, the guy who goes “radio silent” during the negotiations and high tails away from the table, faces two unknowns (has a life and death struggle with one of them) is calling the guy who wanted the immediate rematch giving him 50/50 is calling the other guy a coward? The other guy is the one “ducking and diving” while he faced his mandatory and another highly ranked fighter none of the other heavyweights wanted to faced even when mandated? Right. This time try not to get your ass planted on the ground like the last time. You probably won’t be so lucky this time around if that happens again.