Wilder vs. Fury - WBC/Lineal Heavyweight Championship (Fight Analysis)
By Ralph Rimpell
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 02 Dec 2018
Today, December 1, 2018, ?the moment of truth? will at last arrive for WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder when he defends his title against undefeated Lineal Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Wilder is 40-0, 39KOs. The only two people of note on his boxing record are Bermane Stiverne who he defeated for the title and later defended against; and former Cuban amateur standout Luis Ortiz who came close to beating Wilder last March. It will be ?the moment of truth? the second time for Fury as he has already proved himself when he dethroned future hall of famer Wladimir Klitschko back in 2015 to become the Lineal Heavyweight Champion along with the WBA, IBF, and WBO champ in an upset victory. Although he vacated the WBA/IBF/WBO titles due to personal problems, he returned in 2018 and has thus far been successful with his comeback. In reality, Tyson Fury is still the Lineal heavyweight Heavy weight champion of the World because he beat Waldimir Klitschko in the ring who was the Lineal Heavyweight champion of the world. This is also one other factor that makes this match so interesting. So when these two giants meet in the ring, what do both have to do to secure victory?
Wilder is a big and tall heavyweight with tremendous punching power in both hands. The ?proof is in the pudding?, as the expression goes. Look at his professional record. He has stopped all of his opponents by KO except for 1 opponent (Bermane Stiverne is 0-2,1KO loss against Wilder). Wilder throws ?punches in bunches? from all different angles and increases the volume when has his opponent hurt. Fury like Wilder is a big man, but he his physically bigger and taller. Wilder may be able to hurt Fury for a KO or he may not be able to hurt Fury. That remains to be seen when the two finally meet in the ring. If the fight goes the distance, in order to earn decision victory Wilder will have had to establish a good jab, throw combinations, good defense, and use the ring effectively for all 12 rounds. If not, Fury will capitalize on any openings presented by Wilder.
What does Fury have to do to beat Wilder? Fury needs to have a good chin (the ability to take or absorb punches and not be knocked out). Wilder will no doubt try to end the fight early with wild punches. Fury has to be the counterpuncher, use good defense, and make Wilder pay for any mistakes he may make in trying to go for the knockout. Fury has to take Wilder into deep waters (later rounds), which is when and where Wilder?s conditioning will be tested. He will likely be exhausted if he has spent a lot of energy trying to knock Fury out early. Fury has to then try to sink the Wilder ship while in deep waters. If he doesn?t do that, Fury puts himself in danger of being knocked out in the same fashion Luis Ortiz was knocked out because Wilder will be dangerous from the beginning of the fight all the way to the end of the fight.
This writer sees an exciting fight between these two undefeated Heavyweights. It?s definitely worth the PPV fee of $74.99 with a fantastic undercard. This writer picks Tyson Fury in 9th round KO of Wilder.
Boxing Notes?Have fight fans taken a look at the light heavyweight division? The balance of power is shifting towards Russian fighters. WBA ?Dimitry Bivol, IBF ? Artur Beterbiev, WBC (interim) ? Oleksandr Gvozdyk. Tonight Gvozdyk tries to elevate himself to full status as champion by fighting long time WBC champion Adonis Stevenson in Canada. WBO champion Eleider Alvarez shocked the boxing world by defeating Sergey Kovalev last August. Alvarez and Kovalev will rematch in 2019. This division is really heating up like in the late 1970s &1980s when guys like Spinks and Dwight Qwai fought? Good to see former 168lbs and 175lbs world champ Badou Jack back in action after a draw in his last fight with Adonis Stevenson. Jack will fights light heavyweight contender Marcus Browne in a ?cross roads? fight.
Contact Writer: RLuvsboxing@aol.com
***Ralph Rimpell is a writer based out of New York and is a Boxing Correspondent for Philboxing.com. Ralph holds an undergraduate degree from City University of New York. He has been a Boxing Writer for over ten years having written for several top boxing websites on the World Wide Web. Before becoming a writer, Ralph's passion was for professional wrestling until he realized professional wrestling was entertainment and not a real sport. It was at that time the 1984 US Olympic team made up of future stars such as Evander Holyfield, Meldrick Taylor, Pernell Whitaker, etc. entered the professional ranks and signed with promotional outfit Main Events.It was also at that time a young exciting Heavyweight originally hailing from Brooklyn named Mike Tyson also turned professional and became the face of boxing. Young boxing fan Ralph just couldn't get enough of boxing as a large part of it was being broadcast on "free TV". As time went on, Ralph felt boxing writers were not being forthcoming with their boxing coverage, opinion pieces, interviews, etc. So Ralph decided to write an article and submitted it to a Boxing website thinking it would be deleted and ignored by the Editor. To Ralph's surprise his article was posted on their website and the readers embraced it. The rest is history.
"I thank God for the Internet because it has created opportunities for writers like myself who likely would not have been given an opportunity to write for print publications. I hope someday soon to expand my role in Boxing on different levels." -- Ralph Rimpell
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