Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury II: 6 early questions to ponder

Many questions surround the rivalry of Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury. Here are six questions going into their Feb. 22 rematch.

Fury was able to get up from this knockdown in the 12th round of his first fight with Wilder. Could he survive the kind of Wilder punch that stopped his recent foes? AP Photo / Mark J. Terrill, File

Will Fury be able to get up again if Wilder nails him?

The most enduring memory of the first Wilder-Fury fight was Fury’s ability to get up from the knockdown in the 12th and final round. He went down hard, very hard. He seemed for a moment to be out. And then, as impossible as it seemed, he popped up, continued fighting and was able to reach the final bell. Maybe the right-left combination that put him down wasn’t as flush as, say, the Wilder shots the stopped Dominic Breazeale and Luis Ortiz. Or maybe Fury just has unusual recuperative powers. I’m dying to see what happens if Wilder can land one of those right hands for which he’s known.