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[steelcityjames]

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What the hell was Wilder's corner doing (or not doing)?! Your fighter is putting his life on the line out there. You gotta help him. Not treating head wounds is completely unacceptable!

[zello144]

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I really thought Wilder was gonna win this fight. Fury proved me wrong and I have more respect for him now. It was pretty much over after round 2 the rest of the fight was Wilder trying to survive.

[JayBee74]

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I crashed hard at 7PM and woke up finding out the result at about 1:30 AM my time. I didn't purchase the fight but caught a full YouTube replay minutes ago.

Fury's jab looked more "sledgehammery" than usual and Deontay felt it.

Wilder was beaten thoroughly from rounds 3-7 but was rubber-legged for the rest of the bout from the 3rd round knockdown punch to the ear.

Fury has one of the most admirable qualities in a fighter-he can take a punch... probably better than anybody.

There seemed to be some controversy about Breland stopping the fight while the other guy didn't want to.

[The Chef]

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First fight I've purchased in years and enjoyed it immensely. Wilder didn't look bad in the first round but the moment his equilibrium was thrown off, I assume he ruptured his ear drum which caused it, the fight was basically over. He was wobbly on his feet and clearly wasn't capable of fighting with any efficiency. Throwing in the towel was smart, I know they were probably hoping he'd catch him with that right hand and put Fury down but between the equilibrium issue and his fatigue by that point there was no way he'd have enough behind the punch to knock him out anyways so it was only going to continue with Wilder getting his face caved in or eventually knocked out.

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[bigeastbumrush]

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I think Wilder thought that because Fury touched the mat in the first fight that it would mess with Fury mentally.

What I think happened was that Fury getting up twice in the first fight messed with Wilder mentally realizing that he can’t hurt Fury.

This looked like Wilder from 2 years ago. Wide open stance. No movement. Just hoping for that one hitter quitter. He looked amateurish.

Fury walked through Wilder’s power. He smothered him constantly. He looked like a giant standing next to him. Great strategy to add so much weight. Wilder at 230+ looked like a twig next to Fury.

Wilder should take the rematch (I don’t want to see it) for his last big payday. But I have no doubt Fury will beat his brains in. Just a matchup nightmare. Plus Fury’s been in his head.

2 things- Wilder needs to fire every one of his cornermen besides Breeland.

And Kenny Bayless is so freaking corrupt. What was the Fury deduction for? Bayless was trying to protect Wilder even before the TKO.

[bigeastbumrush]

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[Cod]

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The biggest question right now...will Wilder enact the rematch clause within the next 30 days? I wouldn't to be honest. Wilder needs to get some fights in beforehand.

[Anthraticus]

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My friend mentioned to me that he thought Wilder got caught with a punch to the back of the head that screwed up his equilibrium and he was never the same after that.


I do remember seeing him getting caught there and wondering why the ref, the announcers...didn't say anything about it either. Guess cause it was during a flurry/chaotic moment, so it's a lot easier to miss, as opposed to a single isolated shot.

[Cod]

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My friend mentioned to me that he thought Wilder got caught with a punch to the back of the head that screwed up his equilibrium and he was never the same after that.

I do remember seeing him getting caught there and wondering why the ref, the announcers...didn't say anything about it either. Guess cause it was during a flurry/chaotic moment, so it's a lot easier to miss, as opposed to a single isolated shot.

It was inadvertent and happened as Fury was throwing a punch and Wilder was ducking/dodging. There was nothing for the ref or anyone to do. You can't deduct points, stop the fight, etc. on an inadvertent punch that Wilder (or his corner) didn't mention to the ringside doctors.

I'm worried the Wilder camp and fans are going to use this as an excuse for that sorry performance last night. Even in round 1, Wilder was flat footed and looked absolutely terrified.

[Anthraticus]

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It was inadvertent and happened as Fury was throwing a punch and Wilder was ducking/dodging. There was nothing for the ref or anyone to do. You can't deduct points, stop the fight, etc. on an inadvertent punch that Wilder (or his corner) didn't mention to the ringside doctors.

I'm worried the Wilder camp and fans are going to use this as an excuse for that sorry performance last night. Even in round 1, Wilder was flat footed and looked absolutely terrified.

If you get hit in the nuts inadvertently, you get 5 min to recover if you want. Same should go for this. I do agree that him & his corner being pretty clueless and not bringing it to the refs attention wasn't exactly helping their case though...lol.


And for the record, I wasn't really rooting for anybody and haven't heard much talk at all about the rabbit punch either.

[Cod]

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If you get hit in the nuts inadvertently, you get 5 min to recover if you want. Same should go for this. I do agree that him & his corner being pretty clueless and not bringing it to the refs attention wasn't exactly helping their case though...lol.

And for the record, I wasn't really rooting for anybody and haven't heard much talk at all about the rabbit punch either.

Agree about the 5-mins, which is why I mentioned the it was more the corner's fault. Also, I wasn't trying to say you were a Wilder-fanboy, just making a general reference since a few of the news outlets have been talking about it (ESPN, etc.).

BTW, check out the judges' scorecard, fresh with blood splatter:

[Cod]

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Seeing a few things on Twitter and BoxingScene that the doctor's backstage at the MGM Grand said Wilder did not have a ruptured ear drum and it was just a gash inside his ear. Not being a medical person, does a cut inside the ear cause balance issues? I know a ruptured ear drum can, but unsure about deep cuts inside the ear.

[bigeastbumrush]

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Seeing a few things on Twitter and BoxingScene that the doctor's backstage at the MGM Grand said Wilder did not have a ruptured ear drum and it was just a gash inside his ear. Not being a medical person, does a cut inside the ear cause balance issues? I know a ruptured ear drum can, but unsure about deep cuts inside the ear.

If the blood is getting into his ear then I’m sure that would affect his equilibrium. He was leaking quite a bit.

FWIW..I heard Wilder’s corner yelling at the ref about the rabbit punch after the round was over. Seems like the only thing they said all match long.

[tdawg3782]

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Seeing a few things on Twitter and BoxingScene that the doctor's backstage at the MGM Grand said Wilder did not have a ruptured ear drum and it was just a gash inside his ear. Not being a medical person, does a cut inside the ear cause balance issues? I know a ruptured ear drum can, but unsure about deep cuts inside the ear.

If it was pooling in the ear canal and clogging it (like when swimming) then it can most definitely cause balance issues. But honestly him getting hammered in the face over and over is what was causing the balance issues IMO. Also I never noticed this before but Wilder's legs are crazy skinny for a guy that big. These guys got to stop skipping leg day man [emoji23][emoji23]

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[Cod]

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