Draw denies Fury world title
It's easy to get wrapped up in the controversy but let's give Fury his due on that performance after everything he's been through.
He was absolutely remarkable for a good 90% of the time there. Not quite like he'd never been away but very close to that man who schooled Klitschko.
In the end (bent judges aside) I think it was probably the slightest bit of rust that cost him the win, but many didn't give Fury much of a realistic chance, so for him to get so close was amazing.
Of course we all want to see the dream outcome, but I'm confident he can do it in a few months time when he's in better shape, further down the line in his recovery, studied the first fight and maybe in front of a home crowd.
How Wilder reacts to this will be interesting. I believe Wilder viewed Fury as a busted flush who'd be a nice name to get on his record, so the fact he couldn't take him out - despite landing his bombs, could shake him mentally.
Home town decisions have always been an issue, if Fury gets the rematch he'll more than likely win even more conclusively.
Its always been a major problem but finance is often at the bottom of it and rather than award it to Fury they possibly like the idea of a lucrative rematch better, tbf hats off to the boxing journalists (and bookmakers who all gave Fury a realistic chance), none of whom I read dismissed Fury's chances at all even if they tipped Wilder.
My paper's correspondent had Fury by four rounds, but said he was well up
Far too much boxing ability for the other two big heavyweights around and will be even more formidable further into his comeback
You could see if a scorer gave the close rounds all to Wilder and with the knockdowns how it could just be close, but for Rochin to score it four points to Wilder is way out, just blatantly corrupt.
The rematch is perhaps not so certain as people now generally expect, Wilder may well look at chasing a Joshua fight as far more preferable to risking a rematch with an even better prepared Tyson Fury who now perhaps looks the one to avoid if at all possible.