Tyson Fury and his KO on Deontay Wilder, a party as primitive as it is exciting | OPINION

“An obscene, reprehensible, archaic sport, boxing is the most exciting and literary of all,” wrote Osvaldo Soriano about the mysterious fascination that this savage ritual exerts on the public, journalists, and writers. Last night the ring was transformed again into an altar where a pair of mastodons reminded the world of the tribal character of the human species. With telluric violence, like two prehistoric beings out of caves Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder gave the world a party that was as primitive as it was exciting.

“In a few decades, boxing as we know it will cease to exist, we will evolve and warriors will learn to fight in more civilized ways,” Sergio “Maravilla” Martínez, a professional boxer and former middleweight champion, affirmed, convinced. While that happens, boxing, the noble art of pounding, has as its founding precept the mastery of a technique that allows the boxer who knows it to subdue the one who does not. Thus, almost a century before Ali beat Liston or Holmes beat Cooney, James L. Sullivan

“For Fury to win me, he must do the perfect fight for twelve long rounds, a couple of seconds are enough for me,” Deontay Wilder said very confident of the power of his hands two days before the fight. “The Bronze Bomber” as the Alabama giant is known, has one of the most forceful right-wingers in sports history. His problem lies in the one-dimensionality of his boxing. Against opponents of his size or smaller even being dominated, he solves with that blow, the crossed of his right hand, any entanglement.

The Englishman, named after “Iron Mike”, laid his body on top of him, wearing it out in each clinch. By the fourth round Wilder was fatigued and did not connect with the enormous power that he is used to. The strategy was as simple as taking a step to one side or the other to prevent Fury from charging, lashing out, and laying humanity down on his bones. His work team did not see him or prepare him to avoid it. They made the same mistakes of the past: the same failed strategy of February 2020. They never bet on a laborious win, working every round. It was thought that eventually a hand would bring him to safety.

Tyson’s legs were superior. His combat plan as well. However, what Fury didn’t know was how the Bomber’s heart beat. After the fourth, when “The King of the Gypsies” began to have him at his mercy and the end seemed imminent, Deontay rescued himself from the shadows with a self-respect that we did not know. Not only did he have Fury on the floor twice, but bloodless and shaking he came close to accomplishing an unforgettable feat. The excited audience was on their feet the entire fight.

The rival on the horizon will be the winner of the rematch between Usyk and Joshua and all the heavyweight titles will be at stake. The giant is ready. The days when you thought “cocaine and prostitutes were the best there was” are long gone. Tyson already understood that he is the King of the complete ones and what that means. “Glory is compared to nothing” he yells at anyone who wants to hear him.