By Jim Calfa: Tyson Fury hopes Deontay Wilder will emerge as his WBC tenure when the smoke clears from title eliminator bouts.
Wilder will fight Robert Helenius in a WBC Semifinal Heavyweight Eliminator on October 15 on FOX Sports pay-per-view. If Wilder wins that fight, he will face Andy Ruiz Jr for the WBC final eliminator.
Although Ruiz Jr put on a strong performance last Sunday night, beating Luis Ortiz in the other WBC semi-final eliminator, Fury still believes Wilder (42-2-1, 41 KOs) will be the last man standing when it all comes down to it. be said and done. .
“Looks like I’ll be fighting Wilder for the fourth time,” Tyson Fury said on social media, reacting to the WBC title eliminator setup.
Wilder may be the guy who ends up as the WBC mandatory, but it remains to be seen if Fury will still hold the title when he’s done with Helenius and Ruiz Jr.
Wilder has two formidable opponents he must defeat in Helenius and Ruiz before he can punch his ticket to a fourth fight against Fury. The 6’7″ Wilder will need to fight much better against those two fighters than Fury if he hopes to win.
Fury could potentially face dangerous former unified champion Anthony Joshua next November or December, and it’s not certain he’ll win that fight.
Just because Joshua has struggled with Oleksandr Usyk’s slick boxing style doesn’t mean he will struggle against Fury, who is more of a stationary fighter from top to bottom.
It’s fair to say that Joshua will have a much easier time landing his power shots on Fury than on Usyk.
Fury’s fighting style has morphed over the two years, going from being a slick wrestler to the run-of-the-mill mewler you typically see in second-tier official wrestlers.
That style worked for Fury against Otto Wallin and Wilder, but it might not be effective against Joshua, who has the strength and inside game to make him pay if he tries to attack him.
Joshua’s uppercuts up close and the way he is able to land powerful right hands while holding him make him especially dangerous for a striker like Fury.
If Fury beats Joshua, he will likely face Usyk for the undisputed championship in February or March. That’s another tough fight for Fury.
