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I think nerves/anxiety got to him. Fury rising from the dead in the first bout probably didn't help, but I think he knew what was coming and was sweating it. Pacing back and forth backstage like a weirdo 1 1/2 to 2 hours out from fight time? He was troubled by the thought of Fury/the fight/the moment.I don't know what his issue was. He did seem gassed as fuck by round 3.
Shocked he would exercise the rematch clause, to be honest. You basically drop three in a row to the same guy? That's a bad look.
Always a puncher's chance and he could catch Fury, but he'll have to do it backpedaling because it isn't like Fury won't attack him from the first second in the third fight. Why not make it an early night?
I'm going to say right now that Wilder "suffers an injury in camp" or something comes up that doesn't allow him to get in the ring with Fury for an immediate rematch.