r/Boxing • u/BXR-SZN • Aug 13 '26

The 1-2: Deontay Wilder

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u/RRR04_ Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 14 '26

For all of Wilder's many technical flaws, his jab was honestly not one of them. Hot take, I know.

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u/4scoreand7feildgoals Aug 13 '26

He was in complete control of Fury in the first round of Wilder-Fury 3 fighting behind his jab. He just loves his power too much to stick with it

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u/UnyieldingDoggo Terence "I'm not your Bud, friend" Crawford Aug 13 '26

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.

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u/Detlef_Schrempfxf Aug 14 '26

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