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<\/a>By Vinny \u201cGlory Days\u201d Lucci<\/strong><\/p>\nOh yes, I\u2019m the great pretender, pretending that I\u2019m doing well. My need is such I pretend too much, I\u2019m lonely but no one can tell. Oh yes, I\u2019m the great pretender. Adrift in a world of my own, I play the game but to my real shame, you\u2019ve left me to dream all alone. (From the \u201cGreat Pretender.\u201d Lyrics by Buck Ram and made famous by The Platters)<\/p>\n
Been a hell of a long time since any one circus freak perpetrated such an extensive fraud at the public\u2019s expense and got away with it amid the boxing community. Unbeknownst by only the most gullible of wrestling fans that all the implied narcissistic braggadocios behavior was just a paint job to disguise that the talent meter was 10 past zero and the God given attribute of size only makes the spectacle more pathetic. Oh yes, he\u2019s the great pretender. Some love his act. I prefer to loathe the man. At least back in the 1930\u2019s Primo Carnera was innocent and the only one who wasn\u2019t in on the secret. While many boxers find the need of a moniker, sleeves of tattoos, ring entrance costumes and theme songs; it\u2019s all a promoters dream come true trying to sell a product to distinguish and separate one talent from another.<\/p>\n
When you have a \u201cman\u201d who has berated his opponents; the media, fans and the very sport itself it\u2019s like biting the hand that feeds you. When driven to distraction amid his admitted cocaine and alcohol abuse he has publicly admitted he shamed Wlad Klitschko out of his belts. That impressive collection of hardware included the WBA, WBO, and IBF championship leather straps. Later all would be vacated when it was learned that were about to be stripped, including Ring Magazine lineal version due to admitted mental issues, depression, and coming up dirty on PED\u2019S and cocaine tests. This mess should have been swept under the carpet and forgotten about long ago, not given a license to steal with PPV status.<\/p>\n
The Nonevent:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nOn Saturday December 1, Frank Warren will promote Deontay Wilder defending his WBC heavyweight title for the eighth time against Tyson Fury at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California. If so inclined, title match to be televised by new cable king Showtime Boxing, on their PPV outlet.<\/p>\n
The Stats:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nDeontay Wilder playfully boasts the nickname \u201cBomb Squad\u201d as his lethal power has felled all but one opponent while building his impressive record of 40-0, 39 KO\u2019s. He stands a towering 6\u20197\u201d with a basketball players legs while he is chiseled in granite from the waist up. The American boxer hails from Alabama and fights from the orthodox stance. Having turned pro ten years ago with four years of title experience he is in his prime going into this bout regardless of his serious lack of improvement in technical abilities. Where he has grown is in the experience of fighting on the world stage and the mountains of pressure that go along with the belt. The champion reeks with confidence but is as likeable a gent as you\u2019ll find in the sport.<\/p>\n
The challenger Tyson Fury who billed himself as the \u201cGypsy King\u201d is a former champion whose entire career will be forever known by an asterisk following his ludicrous fake out of Wlad Klitschko perpetrating his prefight carnival barking from press conferences to canvas literally embarrassing Dr. \u201cSteel Hammer\u201d into believing he was in the ring with a 25 year old George Foreman. His only attributes are God given height of 6\u20198\u201d with an imposing wingspan of 85.\u201d At 30, he is already three years past his prime with an unspectacular record of 27-0, 19 KO\u2019s based on opposition. Fury fights from orthodox stance but his lack of any calibration of talent leaves one to wonder what difference it could possibly make to Wilder. The adulation he receives from his hometown of Manchester England has fooled only the most gullible of American fans.<\/p>\n
Last Fight:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nLast March Wilder took on Luis\u201d King Kong\u201d Ortiz his mandatory contender at Barclay\u2019s Center, Brooklyn N.Y. stopping his best opponent to date by 10th round TKO in an exciting see-saw match of titans while silencing many of his critics.
\nIn August Fury took a ten round point\u2019s victory over one Francesco Pianeta at Windsor Park, Belfast Northern Ireland. Pianeta was 35-4-1, 21 KO\u2019s. Fury weighed an unsightly 258 pounds, which was 18 pounds lighter than his comeback bout in June against Sefer Seferi in a silly showboating waste of time that ended when Seferi quit on his stool at the end of round four. \u201cThe Gypsy King\u201d outweighed his opponent by a whopping 66 pounds, a slightly astonishing weight outdone only by the gym speculation that he had just dropped 112 pounds leading into that bout.<\/p>\n
Styles:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nThis is an advanced warning for \u201cCaveat Emptor\u201d or \u201cBuyer Beware,\u201d as this will be an ugly fight. Fury has no style at all and the best punch he ever landed was in his own face back in 2009 facing one Lee Swaby. The punch had geneses somewhere south of Fury\u2019s knee as he launched a right uppercut that skimmed Swaby\u2019s high held guard and caught Fury square on the nose. Besides a somewhat useful jab the rest of his arsenal is nothing more than smoke and mirrors hiding the fact that Fury hasn\u2019t a clue as to what the hell he\u2019s doing in the ring.<\/p>\n
The champion fights tall behind a telephone pole of a jab. He\u2019s at his best when he comes forward sticking it between the eyes of his opponents and following it up shooting a wicked straight right hand in a one\/two combo. From there once inside the pocket his balance is horrific when he is forced to shorten the wide distance in his stance. Wilder does not turn his punches over making his combinations amateurish at best where the arch on the delivery of his punches often leave him susceptible to hand breaks and bicep tears. He does not fight well moving backwards and his lateral movement is poor.<\/p>\n
What to look for fight night:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nIf fight fans are lucky Wilder goes in for the early kill and spares us the hideous freak show that was Fury Vs Klitschko. The longer this farce goes the more inept Wilder will look not vice versa. Every round \u201cThe Gypsy King\u201d stays upright is not only a moral victory but an excuse for another payday. First bell rings and Wilder will look to push the giant back on his heels and unload his sacred right hand straight up the middle. Fury will hug, grab and clinch all the while talking trash to his foe in hopes of playing mind games and wearing his opponent out mentally. It will not work as Wilder has proved time and again that whatever his skill set may lack, he has heart, stones and mentally as tough as anyone fighting on today\u2019s marquees. Deontay is a terrific finisher once he smells blood in the water and Fury will have nowhere to go but canvas town.<\/p>\n
The Vinny Factor:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nCasual fans might think this review is biased but it\u2019s my objective to report match up with as much clarity as possible given the circumstances. Hence, this is not Ali\/Frazier, think more Holmes\/ Butterbean.<\/p>\n
Fight Significance:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nD, with hopefully an \u201cA\u201d result. As a real matchup this fight poses no significance what so ever as Fury is no longer lineal champion as advertised. He was stripped of that honor making any claim to it null and void. With a Deontay Wilder win by knockout, Fury can pack up his gypsy circus and go back to Belfast and entertain the skeletons in his closet. Wilder can step up and demand his name be added to the April 13th headliner at Wembley Stadium Vs Anthony Joshua.<\/p>\n
Odds: \u2018Vegas has installed Wilder as the favorite at -185, with Fury at +160. Ringside Report likens the odds at 4\/1 favoring the champion.<\/p>\n
Prediction: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nWilder by knockout in seven rounds or less. He really should take care of business in three rounds or be subject to ridicule when calling out the British IBF, WBA and WBO champion.<\/p>\n
Stay tuned\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n