Deontay Wilder plowed through the heavyweight division like few fighters before him, scoring knockouts in 39 of his first 40 fights with a right hand from hell.
Then he ran into Tyson Fury.
Wilder and the 6-foot-9 Englishman fought to a disputed draw in December 2018 but Fury, heavier and more aggressive in the rematch, battered his rival en route to a seventh-round knockout.
Many suggested that the inevitable happened, that Wilder’s crude skills were finally exposed by a much better fighter. Some went so far as to say that Wilder had been overrated all along.
In this episode of Jabs with Mannix and Mora, DAZN commentators Chris Mannix and Sergio Mora tackle the latter notion.
Here’s what they had to say.
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