REED Can't See this Being Anything OTHER than an Explosive, Early Doors Bout...If it Even Goes 5 Rounds, REED Would Be Shocked... As Ugo Pointed Out, Stiverne Prefers Countering While Wilder has Done NATHAN But LEAD his Entire Career...No Reason to Think he Won't @ Least ATTEMPT to Do So from the Opening Bell... The ONLY Chance of this Being a Tentative Fight Early, is if Stiverne Hurts/Discourages Wilder Early...But Even Then, REED Could See Stiverne ENDING It Early, in that Instance... REED:hammert:
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Fuck G..FUCK...Top RANK....fuck all of 'em..I wish DON KING would have a final RUN at the BIG TIMES.....I don't give a shit how many of this mf he rob of their money..STUPID bastards.......
First shot from Stiverne and it could be done and dusted. Wilder doesn't look built to be a boxer. I expect him to do a chicken dance for sure!
I can't think of a tall, skinny guy losing that kind of weight this far into a career. Akinwande, Lewis, and Bowe all were 228ish guys and then steadily put on weight as their careers progressed. Bowe did lose a lot for the Golota rematch, but that was more of a guy looking to fix a problem. Wilder hasn't had any problems so far.
Interesting fight. They are not very far off in experience. Wilder got the nyquil, Stiverne got the hammer. Wilder better shoot straight. Stiverne will try to catch him coming in and try to make the fight stay on the inside. He is more of a counter puncher. My heart bleeds red, white and blue but anything could happen. I give slight edge to the champion.
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The Loooooooooonger this Fight Goes, the BETTER it'll Be for Stiverne... It's for the GREATER GOOD of the Sport, if Wilder Wins, but he's Gonna have to EARN it Tonight...Again, if Wilder FIGHTS as Good as he TALKS, he'll Rekindle GENUINE American Interest in the Heavyweight Division... Wilder Will Either Win ULTRA Impressively & FLAMEthefuckOUT Massively...There Won't Be any Middle Ground Here, in REED's Opinion...Breathtaking WIN or a Comically 1-Sided LOSS... REEDopcorn:
Bookies seem to be supporting this. Decision win for Stiverne is 12-1 over here. Bet 1 to win 12. Nobody seems to see Stiverne just outboxing this guy, or winning a few more rounds than he loses in an action fight. It COULD be that Wilder goes into a shell, but its unlikely.
Is the era of fat fucking loser heavyweights at an end? I can't really call this one, i can picture it going either way. Gun to my head, Wilder by KO in the first 4 rounds.
How many non-heavyweight fighters have either 1. Not been making weight 2. Forced some stupid catchweight, paid the guy off, etc 3. Made weight and weighed way more than their man on fight night. A lot of HW's have been in shape and I can't think of one who forced his man into a corner over the weight, and punished him for it via excessive bargaining power.
I am going to risk the days profits {now dooone to £25 after I spent £2.75 on Newcastle to get a draw...and they would have gotten it only for the referee} on Stiverne to win, one way or the other. Does anyone know who the referee is for this :dunno: