Boxing: Deontay Wilder Projected To Beat Tyson Fury By Fight Experts

With less than 24 hours before round 13 of the fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury starts, experts have already settled in with their respective predictions on who among these two headliners will come away with the WBC Heavyweight belt.

Based on the latest update on the odds, some sportsbooks like Bet365 has Fury catching up with Wilder from being a slight underdog to putting the match at a complete toss-up with even prices on the main two-way market. The majority of the remaining betting firms, however, have kept the American champion as the slight favorite over the Gypsy King.

Kelsey McCarson has sought the minds of three other boxing experts who, along with him, weighed in with their respective bold forecasts of Saturday’s main event - and it appeared most of the pundits are siding with Wilder to win the rematch.

Jonathan Snowden is confident the Bronze Bomber will take advantage of Fury’s weaknesses, having witnessed it first hand during the first fight. “This time Wilder knows there will be moments Fury loses focus and knows that when he does, he has the skill and power to put him down. This time, there will be no miraculous recovery, no waking from the dead. Wilder will silence the doubters once and for all,” he said.

Lyle Fitzsimmons and Scott Harris are putting their bucks on Wilder as well. Fitzsimmons sees the 34-year-old starting slow just like how he looked the first time the fighters met. But he expects him to turn up the notch in the rounds that will matter the most. As how he would put it, “lightning will strike.”

“Because unlike any heavyweight title claimant of recent vintage, he's (Wilder) got the sort of lightning that allows him to rewrite history in real-time,” he added.

Harris, likewise, expects the same thing from Wilder as he does from Fury. ”I don't see much reason why this sequel would differ much from the original, with each fighter simply looking to get one break more than the other guy.”

But while he respects Fury’s identity as a blue-collar worker, he does not see the Irish/British fighter surviving Wilder’s devastating punch power this time. “No one can doubt Fury's toughness, but I don't think the fates will let anyone do that twice. Wilder wins, notches a highlight and hits a new level of fame,” he added.

Among the four, it was only McCarson who kept his faith on Fury, believing that the “Furious One” possesses the better boxing skills while having the advantage of youth mixed with the maturity he did not have during the first fight.

“The plain truth of the matter is that I'm predicting Fury will win the fight because he's the way better boxer. He was silly at times with his showboating and antics in the last fight, and it almost cost him. I don't think he'll try that stuff this time around,” he said.

“Moreover, Fury is three years younger than Wilder, will likely have improved greatly by bringing in his new training team and is simply the kind of big-fight performer who always answers the call during life's biggest moments.”