Quote from: JollyGood on February 25, 2020, 07:50:19 PM

I did not say Wilder does not deserve another shot at Fury via the contract clause, all I said was that he should not invoke the re-match and instead take a break then come back fresh. He might be better off fighting a few lesser known opponents to build up confidence then arrange a fight for the heavyweight title.

Maybe you are right, Wilder might believe he will not get destroyed - let us see what happens because he still has around 27 days to force the re-match or tell the Fury camp he will not take it.

If he doesn't invoke it then he'll likely never get the opportunity to fight Fury ever again. If he didn't have a rematch clause Fury would have no reason to fight him and would move on to bigger and better things. The onyl reason Fury will fight him is because he's contractually obligated to if Wilder requests it.

Apparently Fury can possibly pay Wilder off to avoid the fight: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/boxing/11043664/tyson-fury-pay-off-wilder-joshua/

I think that would be silly though. Losing money compared to making boatloads on the rematch then fighting AJ after when they're both available. I'm not sure Wilder would take it either. He's set to make 40% of the purse from a rematch and then of course there's the huge perk of potentially winning the belt back.

Quote from: Zicadis on February 25, 2020, 11:47:57 PM

Well if the costume really did weigh 20kg like he said then I can see that it really would have had an effect on his performance. That said though, it's his own fault and he should not be complaining about it.

I can't imagine that it would have had such an effect on his performance, considering Fury dominated him from the first second of round 1.

You seem to contradict yourself here. I don't really believe his excuse but if it did effect him then it would have effected him from the start since he was carrying all that weight in.

Quote from: TopTort777 on February 26, 2020, 08:40:42 AM

Just laughed out loud !

Deontay Wilder has blamed his loss to Tyson Fury on a heavy walk-in suit. This is the lamest excuse I've ever heard. If the suit was so heavy and this 5min walk make you tired - why would you even wear it ? And how could this 5 min walk with 18+ kg suit make a professional athlete tired ? He is a heavyweight, he didn't have to cut weight to fit in and lose strength.

18kg - what is it like? 1 dumbbell? I'm sure Wilder done some lunges with barbell or dumbbell, or walked with them during his camp.

5min walk with 18kg killed his legs. Tell this bs to Andy Ruiz and his 12 rounds vs AJ...

Well it would be 1 18kg dumbell. To be fair, that is pretty heavy, but the weight would have been spread out all over his torso so it would be easier to carry than say a mere dumbell or kettlebell, but it would give you some strain on your legs, but Wilder is a big guy and a professional athlete. He wasn't just wearing it for the 5 minute ringwalk either as he said he had it on for quite a while before the fight (could be bullshit though)