“Things are going amazing. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my life. To come from where I come from, it’s amazing to be here. When you get a happy Deontay Wilder in training camp, you can definitely expect great things from me. That’s’ what I’m going to give you.
“We haven’t seen his power displayed like he’s been talking about. It hasn’t been continuous, like mine. I think he has pillows as fists. That’s what I felt in our last fight.
“With the strategies that he’s talking about, I don’t really know how to take it. I don’t know if he’s trying to throw me off my game by saying he’s going to knock me out. But it’s exciting to hear and I’m looking forward to February 22.
“Everything on his body is a target, not just his cut. Everything that is permissible for me to hit, I’m going to hit it.
“When you fight someone like me, it’s a mistake to tinker around with your training camp. I’m unpredictable in that ring. When you have too many opinions and too many people who think they have the remedy, it usually backfires.
“I think this win will be more special than the others. Because of the history that we have, with that controversial draw. I consider Tyson a brother of this era, especially in the heavyweight division. The other fighters don’t want to let themselves loose and have fun. We’re both able to enjoy what we do day after day. Because when the bell rings, anything can happen.
“Fighting a guy like Fury, you have to be careful. Time goes by so fast in the ring. You’re trying to do everything that you prepared for. With what he brings to the table with his boxing skills, you have to have some awareness of the clock. But with my power, it’s his job to really watch the clock and try to avoid me for 36 minutes.
“We both have to come in like we did the first fight, with our hearts on our sleeves and the warrior mentality that we always bring. When you get to this point, the scenery itself makes for a great fight. We all know when I come to fight, I don’t play around. We can play around here today, but we’re going to have that killer mentality in the ring.”
One thing we can agree on is Fury may not punch very hard as a heavyweight, but he can surely box the daylights out of most current heavyweights.
I hope there’s random drug testing for such a big fight especially since one of the participants has already been dirty and raised from a coma like a zombie.
First fight findings, Fury is certainly the better boxer by several levels. Wilder can put Fury on his a$$. A third fight after a 3 year lay off Fury could get up from 2 chin shot drops from Wilder. In February, If Fury wins 8 rounds and gets dropped twice again and survives, we will get another draw with a third fight in December. Why don’t they show round by round scoring? Are they afraid that fighters that are comfortably ahead will coast and not engage? I never understood why it takes so long for 3 adults(Judges) to add the scores from 12 rounds, they get 1 minute between rounds, a total of 11 minutes between the first and eleventh round to perform simple 3rd grade addition.
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. It’s none of our damn business what the official score cards are until after the fight
Boxing sense, Tyson wins the rematch and sets up a 3rd fight. if Deontay beats Fury in the rematch, Deontay will go 50-0 quite easily.
Either way, you addressed both guys if they win. Who do you pick throwing the “what ifs” out?
The mouth is not human ..
LOL, it is quite overwhelming when one first sees the photo. Takes a while to adjust to one’s own reaction.
I’m going to laugh if Fury manages to hurt Wilder. For having “pillows” as fists especially but it’s very possible that we see that after all Wilder has been wobbled a number of times in his career and I honestly feel it’s only a matter of time before he’s brutally knocked out the way he usually knocks out his opponents.
The punch you don’t see is the one that will get you..
Watch out Deontay…Pillows can put you to sleep!
Yeah, keep talking, because the pillows can turn into to pillars and put you on your backside.
Only if he puts rocks in those pillows.
While I agree Fury isn’t a big puncher I think it’s also dangerous for Wilder to focus on that aspect and ignore the fact he was being comprehensively out-boxed in the first fight. He’s certainly a talent and I think he’s the biggest puncher at heavyweight but lately he seems to have fallen in love with his power and tends to lose several rounds against guys with good footwork and boxing ability while he waits to land one big right hand. This strategy normally works for him but could backfire against Fury as he’s a lot younger, quicker and fresher than Ortiz who enjoyed a lot of success against Wilder. We shall see on the 22nd.