Because his plan was only one more fight after this for unification.

He lost.

any1 got a vod or highlights link? was out getting drinks I knew Fury would obviously win but people were hyping it on twitter

Seeing people say this was the best fight in a while solidifies ufc as the superior product

Gotta get the fighters paid tho lol

What’s gonna be wilder’s excuse this fight

That s*** is dead

Homie b**** made af, straight clown, I’m glad folks actually see it now

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Pre fight talk and post fight talk is always supposed to be like that.

Even Conor, as contemptuous as he’s been with his opponents, most of the time after the win he’ll thank his opponent for making the walk and putting their health on the line and show respect.

Fury was fully prepared to do that and Wilder still isn’t gonna be a sportsman.

Bumsquad to the end.

Still wild Fury put on that performance after getting COVID twice

Wilder did just as much if not more “leaning” then Fury.

Every time Fury started getting his s*** in Wilder would clutch and stick his head under Fury’s arm to bid time til the ref broke them up.

If anything really got destroyed tonight,it was definitely the bombsquad persona lol. Wilder knows the game,if he would’ve paid respect where it’s due,it would’ve made this historic fight even sweeter,instead,he showed his bitterness and pride in what’s possibly his last fight

Dude felt his ego die tonight like few people do.

He fought hard af to maintain it tho

Link to him saying that was his plan?

Wilder would’ve complained if that was the case though. Would’ve been better for his health but he would’ve claimed he was still in the fight

What a fight

Two amazing heavyweight bouts in a division which has taken a lot of stick in recent years

Wilder said pre-fight that this would close the book on their rivalry and Fury said in his post-fight conference that it was settled now.

There was barely any interest in this fight for ages, everyone wanted Fury and AJ.

If Wilder wants another title shot he’s gonna have to go back to the drawing board and earn it. At almost 36 years old and with Fury likely to fight Whyte, Usyk and maybe AJ in the next two years or so, I doubt Wilder will be in the position to do that

Joshua is a robot. Everything about him was artificially created by Eddie Hearn’s PR team. Fury has had his questionable moments but he’s really quite the regular bloke underneath it all

Not to mention the obvious elephant in the room — he has been outclassed by Fury [comprehensively] 3 bouts over.

Does he actually beat his contemporaries in AJ, Whyte et. al?

glad fury won, i missed the fight to go to a s***ty haunted house

so its fury vs whyte next........not bad

whats expected to be next for usyk?

Probably the AJ Pt.2 if he invokes the rematch clause.

Facts. It’s been one-sided albeit very entertaining.

Are you questioning whether Fury would beat those guys or whether Wilder could?

Fury on paper should beat them fairly easily but IMO he seems to fight worse when the occasion isn’t as big like when he got split open by Wallin. Although of course AJ and to a lesser extent Whyte would be big fights being his countrymen and his titles would be on the line.

Idk about Wilder but I’ve love to see him and AJ go at it. In an ideal world AJ steps aside do Fury and Usyk can have a unification bout and in the meantime he fights Wilder. They’re both at similar crossroads in their careers, makes sense to me.