Prime Fury vs. Prime Vitaly

Tyson Fury's only dominate performance at elite level, was against Deontay Wilder II 'Fury is a good boxer, but his IQ is not miles ahead of Vitali Kiltschko' I think it would be highly competitive fight with Vitali Kiltschko winning via Unified decision. Note: I have probably already gave my verdict earlier on in this thread etc The win over Wlad was equally as dominant. Wlad was perplexed, and lost, just off of Furys feints and jabs alone. Levels.

Tyson Fury's only dominant performance at elite level, was against Deontay Wilder II 'Fury is a good boxer, but his IQ is not miles ahead of Vitali Kiltschko' I think it would be highly competitive fight with Vitali Kiltschko winning via Unified decision. Note: I have probably already gave my verdict earlier on in this thread etc

Fury decisions him easily. Vitali makes more of a fight of it than Wlad did, but Fury is levels above both of them. If Wlad made any more of a fight of it then he would have beaten Fury at 39. Dumb, nutt hugger post of course. No surprise there

Vitali for me. Watching Wlad v Fury, it seemed like Wlad trying to be too precise, as if he couldn't accept that Fury had his measure at long range. I got the feeling that Vitali would have made it a dogfight once he realised that he couldn't outbox Fury. That's the thing. Vitali could out box or out fight Fury and almost matches him in size. Nobody avoided Vitali's punches and managed to win rounds against him and neither would Fury.

You two should watch the Chris Byrd fight, even before the injury. It's not Vitali at his best but gives you a pretty good indicator of what happens when he has a good mover/defensive fighter in front of him. You can see my post above to know that I think it's very competitive either way, but fanciful thinking that Fury has no shot or is out of his depth in this. Vitali with certain styles is absolute murder...you stick a Lennox Lewis, or Joe Louis type in front of him and he is giving as good as hes getting, his achilles heel is movement and Fury would be all wrong for him Lol Vitali won every round before getting hurt. Byrd did next to nothing offensively because all he could manage was avoiding Vit's aggression. Don't even try to say that Fury's movements are anything like prime Byrd's. He has fast feet for a huge man but they aren't that fast.

who wins...you can only pick one Fury decisions him easily. Vitali makes more of a fight of it than Wlad did, but Fury is levels above both of them.

Vitali is rough for anyone in history, but my instinct is that Fury's height reach, and footwork would nullify him. Vitali was hard to reach, but Fury can reach him. He had an iron jaw, but Fury doesnt need to knock him out. Vitali's achilles heel is that he isnt fast when we are talking about elite heavies, he needs to reset and find his distance to be effective, in his career he made up for that with the fact that hes 6"7"good work rate and a great chin. He also had good, but not concussive power. Fury can box and move for the full 12 but is cute enough to make you miss when he stands still taking a rest, bit like Floyd. He also has a good engine...and whether people want to admit it or not, the 6"9" makes a massive difference, especially to a fighter like Vitali who wants to fight tall and uses his feet as his defence. My feeling is that it this is a competitive fight because of Vitali's sheer determination, toughness, and chin. But his success will be too intermittent because of Fury's advantage in size, speed, and natural ability. If I was going to design a fighter to beat Vitali, it would be someone who is taller, quicker, who has a good engine, and can box on the fly... Fury can do all those things and is pretty tough too...I see a frustrating night for Vitali, and Fury 9-3 type decision Nobody in history could nullify Vitali's will and offense. If Fury could not nullify Otto, he isn't stopping anything prime Vitali brings. You can forget that mess. Fury would do well not to get stopped but either way, he isn't out pointing Vitali either. If there was one heavyweight in history that was pretty much unbeatable by decision, it's Vitali. Don't forget, he only ever lost by fluke

On their absolute best nights Fury beats Vitali. However that's an ideal scenario and I think in reality Vitali could give him a lot of trouble most nights. You're dreaming. On Fury's best night he barely beat 39 year old Wladimir.

Peope say Wlad was the harder hitter of the two but Vitali was more willing to slug. However he couldn't even knock out Chisora. I'd lean towards Fury in a tough fight. Vitali was old and he was also injured. In fact, he sustained the same shoulder Injury that forced him to retire against Byrd almost a decade before. Yet, he still easily beat prime Chisora.

Pleasantly surprised by NSB here, a lot of you goofs actually remember/know how good Vitali was. He was one of the best HW's ever head to head, andextremely difficult task and for Tyson Fury the same story. Who wins? Close win for Vitali in my mind.

Fury. What did Vitali ever do? His resume is garbage. He dined out on giving an old out of shape Lewis a tough fight for a few rounds before getting his face caved in. Quit against Byrd saying “it hurts too much” about his shoulder. Lots of fighters have fought on with that injury. A man who quits from a shoulder injury when other fighters don’t hasn’t got the minerals to beat Fury. As Chisora said in an interview last week, unless you’re prepared to go to dark places in the ring, you won’t beat Fury, because he’s prepared to go there. Vitali never was. He never beat any top fighters. Fury would’ve been a class above. Lol! Fury has two title fight wins and got Fckd up by Otto, yet Vitali has a trash resume. You need to really reassess your brain capacity and pump your brakes. You can't really be this stupid

Won by an unlucky cut. Lewis ran from the rematch, and many think Vitali wouldve won if it wasnt for the cut. Vitali and Lewis are easily the most dangerous heavyweights. Agreed. Both were the H2H best heavies in history in my opinion. Lol @ these idiots saying that LL was not motivated

Vitali got his face broken by an old unmotivated Lewis who hardly bothered training. Fury gives his robotic azz a boxing lesson and jabs his face to little bits. And Fury got his broken by Otto :rofl::rofl::rofl: Should have kept that one to yourself. Fury barely beat 39 y/o Wlad so he would have no chance against prime Vitali who was a mutha fkn beast

Fury would get clobbered who wins...you can only pick one Vitali wins in an absolute bashing. Look what 39 year old Wlad did to prime Fury and imagine prime Vitali in there. Granite chin, way better stamina and work rate and killer instinct. Fury would get wrecked and it wouldn't have been close

Hes not comparable, but in a way that is favorable to Fury. Walking up to him and punching him "everywhere" is often wishful thinking from fighters and or fans of the aggressive fighter. Hes not going to just walk in and unload like he would with a stationary target, or a guy that cant box and move for 12 rounds. Especially a guy that out reaches him and out speeds him. He wont just walk through Furys shots either, Fury is a left handed orthodox fighter, his left hand is hard, and he has pop in his punches. There is a reason why others haven't been able to do it, Vitali would get hit on the way in, and it would disrupt his offense. I pointed the Byrd fight, because this is exactly what was happening...he would get hit, turned, and would have to reset. Fury has many ways to avoid punches, he doesnt pull straight back as you say, he slips punches, he smothers them and he can use his feet. He is shared 30 rounds with Wlad and Wilder...they've landed a handful of meaningful punches on him. To beat Fury, you need to be quick, technically very good, and aggressive...I think Vitali is short in two of those areas. So u are telling me that to beat fury you have to outbox him ?? That is the worst strategy ever. Fury wouldnt dent vitali , he would get walked down in a competitive fight. It would look nothing like the wlad or wilder fights vitali is a whole different animal . It's not about speed or being light on your feet it's about cutting the ring off and cornering the twitchy gypsy . Fury does not throw enuff punches nor does he punch hard enuff to beat vitali imo . But this is my opinion . And you are entitled to yours but if this was not a MM I would gladly bet you . Vitali would absolutely walk thru furys punches did u see what he walked thru with lennox ?? That uppercut would have stopped a horse man and absolutely fury pulls straight back ALOT it's one of his biggest faults .

Vitali was hands down winning that fight until he got hurt, and chris Byrd is not comparable to tyson fury movement wise . Chris is 6'2 210 lbs . While I see what u are seeing vitali would simply wall fury down and wear him down punching him everywhere on his arms body and head . Again I see where u are coming from but I have to respectfully disagree . Fury isnt at risk of a one punch ko with vit he would get outworked and broken down imo . Fury pulls straight back out of the pocket when he fights the way he would have to fight against vitali and that would be his u doing . Vitali is one of the few recent heavyweights I would pick to beat fury and I would bet big on him with confidence . Hes not comparable, but in a way that is favorable to Fury. Walking up to him and punching him "everywhere" is often wishful thinking from fighters and or fans of the aggressive fighter. Hes not going to just walk in and unload like he would with a stationary target, or a guy that cant box and move for 12 rounds. Especially a guy that out reaches him and out speeds him. He wont just walk through Furys shots either, Fury is a left handed orthodox fighter, his left hand is hard, and he has pop in his punches. There is a reason why others haven't been able to do it, Vitali would get hit on the way in, and it would disrupt his offense. I pointed the Byrd fight, because this is exactly what was happening...he would get hit, turned, and would have to reset. Fury has many ways to avoid punches, he doesnt pull straight back as you say, he slips punches, he smothers them and he can use his feet. He is shared 30 rounds with Wlad and Wilder...they've landed a handful of meaningful punches on him. To beat Fury, you need to be quick, technically very good, and aggressive...I think Vitali is short in two of those areas.

You two should watch the Chris Byrd fight, even before the injury. It's not Vitali at his best but gives you a pretty good indicator of what happens when he has a good mover/defensive fighter in front of him. You can see my post above to know that I think it's very competitive either way, but fanciful thinking that Fury has no shot or is out of his depth in this. Vitali with certain styles is absolute murder...you stick a Lennox Lewis, or Joe Louis type in front of him and he is giving as good as hes getting, his achilles heel is movement and Fury would be all wrong for him Vitali was hands down winning that fight until he got hurt, and chris Byrd is not comparable to tyson fury movement wise . Chris is 6'2 210 lbs . While I see what u are seeing vitali would simply wall fury down and wear him down punching him everywhere on his arms body and head . Again I see where u are coming from but I have to respectfully disagree . Fury isnt at risk of a one punch ko with vit he would get outworked and broken down imo . Fury pulls straight back out of the pocket when he fights the way he would have to fight against vitali and that would be his u doing . Vitali is one of the few recent heavyweights I would pick to beat fury and I would bet big on him with confidence .

Vitali for me. Watching Wlad v Fury, it seemed like Wlad trying to be too precise, as if he couldn't accept that Fury had his measure at long range. I got the feeling that Vitali would have made it a dogfight once he realised that he couldn't outbox Fury.

Vitali. Hands down and iam a fury fan vit is underrated and tough as nails and to straight forward. Chin too good . Worst matchup for fury close to his prime hands down Vitali would be too strong, plus he had decent boxing fundementals unlike Wilder. I doubt Fury would hear the bell for round 6, might last 8 rounds if he has eaten copious amounts of that special invisible Wild Boar You two should watch the Chris Byrd fight, even before the injury. It's not Vitali at his best but gives you a pretty good indicator of what happens when he has a good mover/defensive fighter in front of him. You can see my post above to know that I think it's very competitive either way, but fanciful thinking that Fury has no shot or is out of his depth in this. Vitali with certain styles is absolute murder...you stick a Lennox Lewis, or Joe Louis type in front of him and he is giving as good as hes getting, his achilles heel is movement and Fury would be all wrong for him

Vitali would be too strong, plus he had decent boxing fundementals unlike Wilder. I doubt Fury would hear the bell for round 6, might last 8 rounds if he has eaten copious amounts of that special invisible Wild Boar