Why did Wilder give Fury a title shot back in 2018 if he knew he was a cheater?

[MoreKane]

I'm sorry you don't get to call someone a "cheater" as an excuse when you full well have this prior info and you still give the guy a title shot in 2018 as an easy cherry pick, get your ass beat, and then cry that he did steroids in the past

Either you have a principled stance on it or not... if Wilder was really principled he would of never offered Fury a "drug cheat" at the time a title shot.... or just like he also fought Stiverne and Ortiz twice...both guys who popped.. actually isn't he a huge supporter of a known cheat in Ortiz.

In fact The only time it mattered was when Povetkin was railed roaded and they used any excuse they could to swerve him. Wilder's team saw Fury as the easiest way to bring legitimacy to his title reign. If he won that fight, he could claim lineal status and be in a far stronger negotiating position against Joshua for undisputed.

why would Wilder fight Fury a 3rd time if he thought Fury was cheating using illegal weapons in the 2nd fight, certainty that's assault and you wouldn't fight the same dude a 3rd time?

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Why did Wilder give him a title shot in the first place? If I recall it was actually Fury that initially contacted his team and offered to face him. I believe Shelly Finkel revealed this at the time. As for fighting a cheat, this is prizefighting. If the prize is big enough fighters will do it. It hasn't stopped anybody else from fighting the likes of Fury, Canelo, Povetkin, Ortiz, or others. Most fighters, if not all, would be willing to if the money is right.

 

[Nova44]

I don't think you've ever created a Fury-Wilder thread before...

 

[Athenry04]

No offence to anyone, but it's like I slipped into a time warp that has taken me back to late 2018, early 2019. What the fuck is going on here? Same old arguments re Fury and Wilder etc. Weird as fuck to be fair.

 

[MMALOPEZ]

Lol!!! Please delete …

 

[Poirierfan]

We tard did.

 

[Misery Signals]

Why do people always act like Fury was 400 pounds and hadn't fought in years for the first Wilder fight? He was in good shape and it was his third fight back. At that point he should be fighting top guys again.

As for the topic, probably because Wilder believed he cound beat him. He knocked Fury down in the 12th and thought he could do it again so he wanted the win.