When did Tyson Fury shift from feather fisted to power puncher

[deathofaclown]

If you believe sparring stories, Dave Allen who has sparred most top heavyweights says Fury is the hardest punching once he’s faced when he actually plants his feet and sits down on his shots, it’s just he doesn’t often do it in fights.

Well that’s his account, I suppose he would have no reason to make it up, but boxers are strange. I’ve seen one interview where Mosley says Floyd and Manny have similar power, but nobody would really say that’s correct and Mosley got dropped by Pac too and said he was dazed for multiple rounds. So you never know with boxers and what they say.

He has plenty of stoppage wins, maybe not a lot of one punch knockouts but he still got fighters out of there, nobody seems to try to walk through him, so he can obviously crack. Anyway, AJ is meant to be a big puncher but the vast majority of his stoppages were the ref jumping in, so it’s not like he’s flattening fighters consistently with single shots.

Theres only really Wilder that has been doing that pretty consistently

[-Kev-]

Tyson Fury was never feather-fisted. Lazy? Yes. Feather-fisted? Hell no.

In Fury’s first 25 fights, he scored 18 KO’s.

In his next 7 fights, he scored 5 stoppages.

That puts him at 32-0 with 23 KO’s and 1 Draw.

From the end of 2015 to 2019 he went through this lull in his career where he was super lazy, on drugs, and not caring about boxing. Points decisions/draws vs Pianeta, Wilder and Wallin clearly showed he wasn’t on.

But in his career as a whole, he has definitely shown to have power.

[-Kev-]

If you believe sparring stories, Dave Allen who has sparred most top heavyweights says Fury is the hardest punching once he’s faced when he actually plants his feet and sits down on his shots, it’s just he doesn’t often do it in fights.

Well that’s his account, I suppose he would have no reason to make it up, but boxers are strange. I’ve seen one interview where Mosley says Floyd and Manny have similar power, but nobody would really say that’s correct and Mosley got dropped by Pac too and said he was dazed for multiple rounds. So you never know with boxers and what they say.

He has plenty of stoppage wins, maybe not a lot of one punch knockouts but he still got fighters out of there, nobody seems to try to walk through him, so he can obviously crack. Anyway, AJ is meant to be a big puncher but the vast majority of his stoppages were the ref jumping in, so it’s not like he’s flattening fighters consistently with single shots.

Theres only really Wilder that has been doing that pretty consistently

Fury is just lazy as fck. He can be a KO artist if he wants to.

[billeau2]

was it Sugarhill....was he the one that made Fury a power puncher from how he was usually described as a feather fisted fighter

Look at his KO % and you will see it was never indicative of a "feather fisted" fighter. Fury, among other things, shares a very important attribute with fighters like Hollyfield: He is coachable. He is able to listen, take heat while learning a new approach and come out there and execute.

Sugar Hill got him in a routine where he was able to win a punch out with Wilder... When Holyfield was getting ready to fight Tyson, Don Turner taught Holly to move into Mike, and not back off... He taught Holly to push right against that triangle we have when we come foward and have no third leg behind, or, in front of us... Holly had to listen and he did.

When Braddock fought Max Bauer he was taught to develop and use is other hand because of an injury... he listened and became a two handed fighter... Some fighters are coachable... Fury is one of those fighters.

[BodyBagz]

It's ironic

Not a fan so I could wrong
When he was more aggressive early in his career, his buffoonery levels were high.
Now that he's honed his size advantages, he knows how to use it.

Plus, this is the shlttiest HW era in recorded history

[Haka]

Fury is just lazy as fck. He can be a KO artist if he wants to.

What are you on ? He has been training everyday to keep himself in check since recovering from his mental health issues.

[FinitoxDinamita]

Any elite boxer over 200lbs has enough power to hurt somebody. Plus Fury has been sitting down on his shots lately so it's no surprise that he is knocking dudes out.

[4truth]

Povetkin knocked Whyte out. Fury wore Whyte down and made him quit. Fury’s uppercut compared to Povetkin’s was feeble.

[Earl-Hickey]

What happened was in the 12th of Wilder 1 he smelt sweet pu55y and that inspired him to become a puncher.

[KingGilgamesh]

Tyson Fury reminds me of this kickboxing world champion who I spar with. He's a massive guy. About 6ft5 and 23 stone. But his punches are so incredibly fluid and loose. I get my bell rung when he's hitting me with 16oz so **** knows how long I would last against 12oz. I think we assumed power comes from size and strength when it's really about leverage and speed. His uppercut of Dillian was so beautiful. It was literally exactly how you're meant to do it, a slight dip in the rear leg to generate the force which drives through the fist. When it landed it pretty much went through Whyte. I can't tell exactly what it is but I think Kronk Fury is a mixture of imposing ones size and strength, tiring the opponent through weighing one down in the clinch and planting ones feet for ones shots. It works so well because, like the guy I mentioned, Furys body is perfectly built for fighting. His punching is so instinctive and thus ****ing powerful. Its funny because before his second Wilder fight I thought thr concept of Fury having power was ludicrous. Shows what the **** I know