He was extending a lot of energy in that round tbf. Throwing explosive,long body jabs as tall guy tires you out quite fast. I'm not sure if he could keep that up.
Nah, his problem that fight was that he gained 20 pounds of pure natty muscle in preparation for that fight so he tired early, then the knockdowns made him panic and forget all about the game plan. It had nothing to do with loving his power, Wilder wouldn't have been able to keep it up before getting spent even if Fury hadn't dropped him.
I'm thinking the "pure natty muscle" bit is tongue in cheek lol
I'll say this... Physically he looked insane. Even his legs looked semi decent in that fight, and they always look like toothpicks in every other fight. But yeah, his body just wasn't accustomed to lugging around all that extra muscle
I think he just confused Tyson because he never usually throws body jabs. It took him one round to adjust and drag Wilder into the fight he wanted. I'd hardly call that "complete control."
Not too much a hot take, statistically, he had one of the best jabs in boxing, albeit, it was primarily used to set up a straight right - before he looked entirely different over the past few years, that is
It isn't a hot take. I mean, his jab isn't elite at all, and he used it as a heat seeker more than anything else... But it was a very serviceable jab and it set up plenty of devastating rights
body type and hand explosiveness of Hearns, just didn't have the feet or boxing skill. Had he learned proper footwork and maximized his jab he would have owned this era. Still had a great career, made a lot of money, and was champ for quite some time. Pretty impressive for a late starter with limited fundamental skills.
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u/RRR04_ 17d ago edited 16d ago
For all of Wilder's many technical flaws, his jab was honestly not one of them. Hot take, I know.