At some point, size becomes too big of an issue. Tyson and Frazier were great but they are both short compared to most heavyweights today. Fury can move and is elusive, i doubt those guys can even touch Fury clean
Everybody he has fought has touched him.
Why do people act like this big galoot with back-t1ts is so untouchable?
Frazier wouldn't touch him but some 40yr old, fat C level version with about a dozen losses that has the mobility of a fridge and has no punch but a massively telegraphed overhand right in his entire arsenal can, ok.
Pays to be a British boxer. A guy like Chisora who isn't really even a fringe contender anymore in what he can do in the ring, still gets million dollar pay days and puts buts in the seats. The Brits seem to love their local fighters. Fury getting 25 mil for a sparring session.
Im not sold on Fury yet and its not his fault. The competition hasnt been there for him. He is supremely skilled, add to that his size he is a big task for anyone but id pick Lewis and Bowe during that small window he was hitting on all cylinders and also Vitali. The others are just too small I think but you can never discount the heart of Holyfield or Ali. Im not sure he would engage much with Foreman and Tyson would never get too him I dont think.
Superior size combined with equal skill levels and a great chin is the dominant factor here, although I do think Fury's ridiculous engine helps him with Lewis and Bowe, who probably push him hardest IMO. I still don't think we saw the very best of Vitali, he doesn't have a defining win, and he was absolute death to boxers, with just as good a sense of what he needed to be doing as Fury. Fury might still very well cut him up and dance to a UD, but Vitali has the best shot in my book because he's the biggest great fighter that you can match against Fury
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