Tyson Fury in the firmament of all time

[billeau2]

So we learned more about the Gypsy King yesterday. His chin took all the right hand bombs Wilder could muster and Fury had the grit to get up from two knockdowns and kept coming.

His arsenal under the Kronk training lineage now includes an active jab, a killer right hand of his own down the middle or looping in from the side, a body attack, and effective short punches on the inside. He has relatively smooth combinations and footwork for such a big man. And to top it all a mauling physicality in clinches.

The guy is clearly the best heavyweight of this era.

Is he climbing up the ladder in your all-time heavyweight rankings?

Always hard to say this early. If we looked at Mike Tyson when he was winning, many thought he was the best ever, and that it wasn't close... Fury has a couple of tasks ahead of him for the sake of legacy:

He has to start to clean out the division at some point... Take on the young lions... LIke Lewis did.
He has to hope for two things: the first is that Wilder proves to be good enough to beat some guys like Whyte, Joshua, etc. This makes Fury look better. The second is that Usyk proves to be exceptional, perhaps a fellow ATG?

Fury imo has the stuff...

[billeau2]

- -Don't matter if AJ's beat more standing champs having won their titles in the ring than Tubby Lar, currently stuck in 0-6, 0 KO.

Just the facts, ma'am.

Sigh... you are an idiot

[billeau2]

Agree with your take; but him landing on a good boxer isn't what makes him successful against most, its him negating them from landing on him. His size, reach, and movement make him very difficult to take down. As he showed in the the Wilder fights and vs Klitchsko, if you get close to him he will wrap you up, lean on you, and prevent anything from happening.

To beat Fury someone needs to be either bigger than him with enough movement and quickness to keep up (not likely), have that one punch power with the size to withstand his mauling (Wilder came close in the 4th rd, but didnt get it), or be a good inside fighter with enough size to handle his roughhousing.

Historically speaking, I wonder which guys best fit that last criteria? A mentally strong Bowe? A confident young George? Maybe a Dempsey, but that size difference is a bit much

Fury also negates his opponents with his timing. That is what made the Klitsko fight such a masterpiece... He stopped Klitsko from punching, Klitsko could not set his feet... It was all with feints, timing his movements and the occasional punch.

[QueensburyRules]

Sigh... you are an idiot

- -U dummyness given ample opportunity to correct the record, but no U come out with stock metronomic off the grid empty fluff.