I saw Fury interviewed 2 weeks after Wlad fight and he said he was still feeling sick from the shots Wlad landed in the final round. Fury made it out that he had let Wlad land those shots to "see what it was like" but really Wlad had started to throw caution to the wind and Fury knew that was what would happen in the rematch.
The fights that Fury hasn't fought *are* very important. Because if he was as a good a boxer as people think - he would have taken those fights no problem. Imagine a Joshua who hadn't fought Usyk or Ruiz. Ruiz was a replacement for Miller and AJ could easily have found a way (maybe fight an MMA guys instead?) to avoid a risky Usyk. We might still be thinking Joshua was some kind of unbeatable guy. Well Fury is that guy - blantantly avoided Usyk and almost everyone else in the top-10 for the last 7 years. Let's not forget Fury sparred with a young Joshua and said how great he was on a radio interview straight afterwards. That spar seems to have sewed doubts in his mind...
Fury got up but he almost got stopped in 3rd Wilder fight. The one all you guys said he would win easy. Everyone gets up until that time they can't (even AJ has got up so far in his career). He could have been stopped first Wilder fight by a different ref. See Groves/Froch 1 when the ref stopped Groves standing up even
You seem to be a bit blinded by Fury. His record is poor. He could be everything you say he is - but given the fights he has avoided. More likely he is a very good boxer (and yes probably the best in the HW division) who picks his fights. He made a mistake picking Wilder because before the fight he said "Windmiller Wilder will never be able to hit me on the chin. He's a terrible boxer". Well Fury got out down by a "terrible boxer" 4 times. Fury is beatable. That is just a fact. Ask David Price
The fights that Fury hasn't fought *are* very important. Because if he was as a good a boxer as people think - he would have taken those fights no problem. Imagine a Joshua who hadn't fought Usyk or Ruiz. Ruiz was a replacement for Miller and AJ could easily have found a way (maybe fight an MMA guys instead?) to avoid a risky Usyk. We might still be thinking Joshua was some kind of unbeatable guy. Well Fury is that guy - blantantly avoided Usyk and almost everyone else in the top-10 for the last 7 years. Let's not forget Fury sparred with a young Joshua and said how great he was on a radio interview straight afterwards. That spar seems to have sewed doubts in his mind...
Fury got up but he almost got stopped in 3rd Wilder fight. The one all you guys said he would win easy. Everyone gets up until that time they can't (even AJ has got up so far in his career). He could have been stopped first Wilder fight by a different ref. See Groves/Froch 1 when the ref stopped Groves standing up even
You seem to be a bit blinded by Fury. His record is poor. He could be everything you say he is - but given the fights he has avoided. More likely he is a very good boxer (and yes probably the best in the HW division) who picks his fights. He made a mistake picking Wilder because before the fight he said "Windmiller Wilder will never be able to hit me on the chin. He's a terrible boxer". Well Fury got out down by a "terrible boxer" 4 times. Fury is beatable. That is just a fact. Ask David Price
. And his competition is about on a par with the rest of the division. I agreed Fury is avoiding fights presently, again if you read the post and not just assumed my position... My point of contention is that Fury has shown skills, and you cannot say "his skills are worse because of fights he did not have." If you are saying others could beat him, then that is a blanket statement and can only be false/true based on "fighting others." Fury dominated Wilder, yes he was dropped and he got up. Almost does not really count unless there is a pattern. The pattern was, Fury can be knocked down, as he was with Wilder, Cunningham... But he gets back up as he did with Wilder and Cunningham. And what is Usyk going to do? knock Fury out?
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