Full credit to Fury but I think AJ beats both Wilder(especially him) and Fury. The fights will happen too provided they both stay active and game for it.
I don't know how anyone came away from watching that fight with the idea that Wilder is some massive win or the fight itself is up there with the great fights of old. It's a good win/performance for Fury but lets be real although he's a dangerous opponent, Wilder was never going down as a great even in what most people deem a poor HW era. I've said it before and nothing I saw in that fight has changed my mind, Wilder is not a boxer at heart he's an athlete with serious power who took up boxing because he couldn't make it in football(American). He's probably gone further than most would expect someone like that would, so credit to him for that. His boxing record for the amount of fights he's had is enough to tell you he's not even worth mentioning in the same sentence as the greats, it's a padded record that's only recently started getting good which should have ended with him taking a loss ultimately.
I think AJ knocks him out provided he keeps away from his right hand(ring IQ, Wilder doesn't have it), just as Fury would have if he had the power to do so. The way I see it AJ has the best of both worlds power up there with Wilder as his KO percentage shows and boxing ability visibly ahead of Wilder while improving every fight.
With Fury it's far closer as he edges it on his boxing and handspeed but if AJ had Fury hurt he would finish him because he is much smarter and controlled at picking his punches in those situations, he's the best finisher in the HW division for me. I don't see Fury surviving if AJ has him hurt and I think he will get that chance as some of the shots he was hit with reminded me of the Cunningham fight, simply put he's been caught by much lesser boxers than AJ and Wilder showed those opportunities are still there.
I'm warming to Fury again after this performance and with his mental health campaign but that doesn't mean anyone has to subscribe to the trashtalk aimed at AJ, the lie about him turning down $80m to fight(nobody actually believes that after the details were released but nobody is calling Fury out for repeating it oddly, it's not making him look good), the Frank Bruno comparisons(do they even watch boxing or just read twitter about it?), the questions about his chin when there's nothing to suggest his is any worse than rest of the best right now. I suppose boxing has always been like this though, people pick favourites and knock others down to maintain their ideals often for arbitrary reasons rather than any insight. I just hope these fights happen soon, the real showdown will be AJ vs Fury.
