Gerry Cooney Breaks Down the Current Heavyweight Scene

[thenonpareil]

“Here’s the deal: when I was a fighter, it wasn’t ‘Maybe I can get inside and work the body, I think I can do it.’ You have to do it. You can’t think of maybe, or ‘I’ll try.’ No, your job is to get inside and make the other guy uncomfortable; you can’t stay inside his comfort zone, you got to make him uncomfortable. They don’t do that today; we need that. Listen, if I’m fighting a Fury, I got to get to his body—twos and threes at a time, get back out, get back inside again, then his hands will come down and, when they do, you hit him on the chin with the hook or the right hand."

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[jamamb]

how did u get an interview with big ger?

[ironbeard]

Terrific interview.

[SenorPipino]

Cooney's correct.

That's what Wilder failed to do. Work the body. Big punchers get so enamored with trying to end a fight with just one shot that the neglect the basics.

I would expect Wilder to try and break Fury down when they meet again by softening him up with shots downstairs.

[ironbeard]

Wilder landed decent jabs to the midsection when he remembered to throw them.

One of the keys to TFKoB’s attack was his stiff shots to AJ”s chest. It kept him from being able to recoup, IMO.

Wilder needs to stiffen his up to serious hurt level.

[sturm vogel]

Sound advice. But the pros know this. They don't like to throw to the body because it exposes the chin. Wilder throws 5 body punches a fight (just an example).

[Onetimeonly]

“Here’s the deal: when I was a fighter, it wasn’t ‘Maybe I can get inside and work the body, I think I can do it.’ You have to do it. You can’t think of maybe, or ‘I’ll try.’ No, your job is to get inside and make the other guy uncomfortable; you can’t stay inside his comfort zone, you got to make him uncomfortable. They don’t do that today; we need that. Listen, if I’m fighting a Fury, I got to get to his body—twos and threes at a time, get back out, get back inside again, then his hands will come down and, when they do, you hit him on the chin with the hook or the right hand."

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Lol, awesome insight from a completely protected cash out. Wilder would knock him out in 1 and fury would toy with him.