WBN analyzed the way of thinking of Deontay Wilder before America’s first defeat at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
A quick look at the notes before the Fury vs. fight. Wilder II indicated the way of thinking of the former master.
Wilder went to seven painful rounds in MGM Grand in 2020. Before the fight, he was asked if he knew what came from Tyson Fury on the night of fighting.
The unaware of the juggernaut heading in his way, Wilder believed that his rival could not support his words despite the numerous warnings of the man himself.
For the second time, placing his heavyweight title against Fury, Wilder did not compensate for the time that passed between their two duels. Fury was among his return from oblivion in December 2018, when they fought with a draw.
Deontay Wilder Mindset
“The Gypsy King” was a completely different animal fifteen months later after two consecutive heated -up wins. When Fury entered the ring to the “crazy” “crazy” Patsy Cline after a disappointing combat card, he was on a mission.
Wilder was stunned with the first left hook that landed. The heavyweight master, finally found his dance partner with remuneration, he was in deep trouble.
The only problem was that he didn’t know it at the time.
When asked before the fight if he was worried about Fury’s knockout intentions, Wilder was as unslantly as unaware.
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He said: “I really don’t know what their plans are, what he will do or what he won’t do.
“I don’t know what is true about what he is saying [second-round knockout] And what is not true. I know I am prepared for everything that it brings to the table. “
Wilder gave some insight into how his training camp passed, admitting that he could survive on the date of February 22.
“I am excessively prepared for everything. If you want to bring a fight, come on. Let’s do it. It will bring me benefits more than anything else and he comes to me.
“So I hope that they stick to this game plan and follow it. And that they don’t say only for noise. Do what you say. I can’t wait.”
Wilder continued: “If he does, he will make the fight much more intriguing. He will conquer the fight even more. So we’ll see what will happen.
“In my heart I really feel nervous. I really think he is very, very nervous from the first what happened.
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Brain shock
“When you hit a person and give him a brain shock, you never forget it. You never forget who did it to you and how they did it.
“When you crawl with him for the second time to survive this moment again, it must be stress. You certainly can’t sleep at night.
“If anyone should change something, you would think that it would be me. Because he says, he beat me with a wide margin. But this is not the case. He knows the truth and I can’t wait.
“So I hope he is a man of his words because I am a man of my word, and he should be for all of us on February 22.”
Ultimately, Wilder looked helpless when Fury bought him with off. The British pulled his green and golden strap when Wilder suffered a shock, then blamed elsewhere.
It was just the beginning of Deontay Wilder; His fall has already been discussed in several forums. His age is also a problem because he can come back in the future.
The loss of fury was an insight into what would come when Wilder lost three of the next four matches, one more in fought in the fight against Trilogy 2022. After the beating of Robert Helenius, Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang, they asked even more pain.
Wilder is now perceived as damaged goods, because his dream of having one face and name in the division went to the King of Division, Oleksandr Usyk.
Shakur Stevenson is regarded as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters on the planet, but one reigning world champion believes the Newark southpaw is ‘terrified’ of him.
Stevenson looked to be a level above Teofimo Lopez when they collided back in January, as Stevenson became the third-youngest four-division world champion in the rich history of the sport.
However, the unbeaten superstar is yet to fight since, despite informing O’Shaquie Foster that he could get his shot if able to defend his WBC super-featherweight world title against good friend, Raymond Ford, back in May.
Foster claimed a majority decision win to continue his second 130lb title reignbut talks for a clash between he and Stevenson then went quiet as the latter signed with Zuffa Boxing, whilst Foster eventually moved on to a three-belt unification with Emanuel Navarrete.
Speaking to Fight Hub TVFoster fumed at Stevenson for going back on his word and declared his belief that the 29-year-old is ‘terrified’ of him.
“I think that he is terrified of me and I think that he hopes that somebody else beats me so that he won’t have to ever fight me. He said it on Twitter, after Lamont [Roach] fought he was talking about ‘it is your time coming, I can’t wait to clown you on it.’ He is goofy.
“He is hoping that somebody else beats me, that is why he was hoping Ray Ford beat me, so that he can chat about it online instead of hopping in there himself with me.
“I am not a bully, but real guys know real guys. You sons, your mans, I beat ‘em up, why you ain’t trying to fight now?”
Navarrete-Foster takes place on Saturday, October 24, where ‘Ice Water’ could inch closer to becoming the first undisputed super-featherweight world champion since Hiroshi Kobayashi in 1969; a feat which Vasiliy Lomachenko is also trying to achieve.
Canelo Alvarez spends some time talking to Mike Coppinger on behalf of Ring Magazine about this state of his career, his October 31 title fight with Christian Mbilliwanting a rematch with Terence Crawfordand more. Read some excerpts from Canelo below with the full video in the link at the bottom.
“He’s a champion and he’s a very aggressive fighter. He go forward, throws a lot of punches and that make me excited because it’s good styles to make a good fight. Could be Fight of the Year.”
On why the fight was delayed from September
“Because I wasn’t ready. I have a little bit of problems with the family I need to fix and everything. And I like to have a pre-camp and then come to the training camp, so that’s why I postponed that fight because I learned from the past, you know…At this level [there’s a tiny margin for error] between win or lose.”
On what motivates him at this stage of his career
“I love boxing. Sometimes I try to say ‘why am I here if I accomplish everything?’ but I love boxing. That’s why I’m here, because I still love boxing and I enjoy it a lot.”
On a rematch with Crawford
“I hope so. If you realize that I always did good in my rematches. So, I always do good in the rematch so I hope that fight happens again…I just try to learn how much I can from the loss and from the other fights and get better, learn more and do better in the ring.
“[I’ve rewatched the Crawford fight] like five times, and it was very close. It’s not that much [that separates us]. But, yeah, it’s very [fine line between winning and losing] but I know what happened and I know my mistakes, and plus Crawford is a great fighter and you need to be 100%.”
Japan’s traditional year-end title bonanza appears to be underway, as U-Next announced a trio of championship bouts on November 29th at Tokyo’s venerable Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Leading the way is some variety of WBA bantamweight title rematch between “world” champion Riku Masuda (11-1, 9 KO) and former titlist Seiya Tsutsumi (13-0-3, 8 KO), who beat Masuda by unanimous decision when both were on the rise in 2023. The timeline here is, as best as I can tell:
And now, here we are. Tsutsumi, who by all rights should be owed a shot at Rodriguez, fights for a crappier version of the belt he never lost in the ring.
On the bright side, odds are we’re in for a treat. Two aggressive finishers with history between them should make for fireworks.
Three pounds south, multi-weight champion Kenshiro Teraji (26-2, 16 KO) makes his first super flyweight title defense against no. 10 contender Jassiel Ramon Amador Gamez (15-0-1, 13 KO). The 25-year-old Amador fights for the first time outside his native Mexico and for just the second time outside his home state of Baja California Sur; his strength of schedule is about what you’d expect, but unheralded Mexican knockout artists cause stirs on the regular and Teraji’s lost a step, so who knows.
Also at 115, WBA champ David Jimenez (18-1, 12 KO) faces former flyweight titlist Seigo Yuri Akui (23-3-1, 13 KO), whom you may remember from his Fight of the Year candidate against Teraji last year. There’s some f***ery at play here; the sanctioning body ordered Jimenez to rematch mandatory challenger John “Scrappy” Ramirez, only to turn around and grant Jimenez a “special permit” for this voluntary defenseclaiming it “has the authority to modify mandatory defense deadlines and grant special permits under justified circumstances.”
At no point in the press release does it say what those “justified circumstances” are. It claims that the winner must fight Ramirez within 120 days, but note their purported authority to “modify mandatory defense deadlines.”
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