Fury is a bum until he beats someone decent, he had one good victory over a washed up disinterested Klitschko but that was years ago.
I still laugh when I remember Fury getting dumped on his ass by Euro bum Neven Pajkic (who?) and old Cruiserweight Steve Cunningham.
a terrible match up for Lara at this stage of his career. even if he gets a ko no one will care and it certainly won't get him any closer to a meaningful fight.
Although as a Brit I felt for Joshua being out of his depth with a grossly over weight fighter , I also had a massive laugh at laurel and Hardy ....Edward and Barry sat at ring side .They had put on a shyte PPV where they tried to get away with a shyte line up of names fighting inept opponents, it back fired in a 'huge' way!
The level of Opposition was shyte ...Katie Taylor was clearly beaten but got the nod.,J.B. got the win against a old light faded opponent..did just ok. Josh Kelly was cut badly over both eyes and looked unfortunately after five and didn't deserve the draw (but we can pass on that after only ten fights) Smith fought a ex. sparring partner who had never once fought up at super middle weight. And Coyle was hammered by a ordinary fighter in his prime that was way past his prime.
Barry and Edward are bad for boxing .They have already cost you the fans too many great fights .In the nineties they had Eubank Sr. fighting people like Tony Thornton in defence of his 'world title' whilst the likes of Mike McCallum and the great James Toney never got a mention.
It took a grossly overweight fighter to derail this farce and at 1/100 on Joshua was finally seen for what he is .A decent hitter with limited boxing skills a big heart and a dicky chin.
The quicker these clowns are off the scene the better the boxing world will be.
Joshua doesn't have a big heart, he quit against Ruiz.
It's funny how some folks try to judge GGG's entire career and ability on his fight with Jacobs, that's bit like judging Marvin Hagler on his performance against Roberto Duran (Hagler struggled against the former lightweight before winning a very close decision), or judging Foyd Mayweather on his performance against Castillo (a fight which most thought he lost clearly).
Hearn doesn't want this fight until 2019, the reason is simple, he wants to maximize the profit he makes from Joshua.
A couple of stadium fights against bums like Povetkin and Whyte/Pulev will make him a ton of money without any real risk.
After those 2 bouts the fight with Wilder will have to be made, my hope is Wembley Stadium mid 2019 (with a crowd of 100,000 attending)
Fury is definitely the number 1 heavyweight now, he easily outboxed that clown Wilder and should have got the decision.
He also clearly beat an active Vladimir Klitschko while Joshua struggled and almost got stopped by an older inactive version of Vlad.
'In opening bout action, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, Deontay Wilder, after scoring two first round knockdowns, survived a major scare after having to rise from the canvas at the end of the second round after being floored hard by veteran Harold Sconiers. With only the second round bell saving Wilder from being knocked out, he then got his senses together in the third round and rebounded to knock Sconiers down twice more in the fourth round. The fourth knockdown was a hard overhand right to the forehead of Sconiers that put him down hard against the bottom rope prompting the referee to call an end to the fight at 1:09 of the fourth round. With the victory, Wilder improves to 13-0 (13KO’s) while the hard luck Sconiers falls to 17-21-2 (11KO).'
If a complete bum like Harold Sconiers can drop Wilder hard and have him in desperate trouble then a 270 pound Fury certainly can too.
Here's an example of what Fury can do if he plants his feet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hllzMpsF_ZU
https://i.imgur.com/BvJZFyw.gif
It helps concussing your opponent by hitting them behind the head.
Thanks for providing the evidence that Fury's KD punch was legal, as you can see it lands legally on the ear and slides off the back of Wilder's head.
As you know a punch has to land directly on the ear to cause an eardrum to burst, a punch behind the ear can not damage an eardrum , it's physically impossible.
Have you tried the sore leg excuse yet?
Regardless of the result this will definitely reignite interest in boxing in Australia, and that's a good thing for the sport in general.
This is considered a mega fight over here and that's something we don't get too often.
Horn will most likely not win but if he can make it an exciting fight and at least be semi competitive then I'll be more than happy.
a completely pointless rematch since he beat Chavez easily the first time.
The only fight that would still make a little bit of sense would be against Cotto.
The fact remains that Andrade has beaten nobody, winning boring decions against Maciej Sulecki and Walter Kautondokwa will not get you a Canelo fight.
The guy is talented but he hasn't even beaten a top contender let alone a champion.
British lads are talking like AJ is the second coming of Ali.
The reality is that he's a chinny bulky dude who's ready to get knocked out.
Parker will walk through Joshua's punches just like midget Takam did and inflict serious damage of his own, damage that the glass jawed Joshua will not be able to absorb.
Very good response by Mike.
Personally I think Tyson would have beaten Wilder easily.
That bob and weave style would have been a nightmare for the Bronze Bomber..
I'm a bit worried for Fury, that Snickers bar stopped him in his tracks.
Laugh all you want but these Snicker bars do appear to hold some kind of magical power, especially when it comes to heavyweight boxing..
This isn't the first time I've seen Tyson Fury come out with things I've actually said myself on these forums. I wonder if he visits Boxing Scene for inspiration?
Larry Holmes 1985 - "Marciano couldn't carry my jockstrap"
Different variations of that phrase have been used a million times since then.
Usyk is going to have trouble getting respect from the top heavyweights as he seems to have very little power.
A prime Witherspoon was destroyed by Chris Arreola and some pretender called Seth Mitchell yet Usyk was barely able to hurt an out of shape and worn out version Witherspoon.
Canelo will be ripping those body punches in from the opening bell, also Kovalev seems to have lost his power, power he would need to keep Canelo honest.
Alvarez by body shot KO in round 9.