Comments Thread For: Tyson Fury Shockingly Dropped in Third, Overcomes Tough Moments To Barely Edge Francis Ngannou

[Damn Wicked]

Fury has looked nowhere near the same since the third Wilder fight. That's the point.

Wilder put that man down four times across three fights. That changes you. Fury himself said he didn't feel right months after. And now he gets dropped by a non-power hand.

Wilder may have shattered the glass, ala Tarver/Jones 2.

Except Fury was dropped hard by a Cruiserweight way before he ever fought Wilder. Everyone seems to be forgetting Otto Wallin busting up and hurting Fury before the second and 3rd Wilder fight ever happened. It wasn't just a cut on Fury's eye that bothered him in the Wallin fight...Fury was having a very hard time against Wallin. Fury and Wilder fans are always trying to elevate both guys to make their guy look better, whether their guy is Fury or wilder....Both those guys haven't shown that they are undoubtedly the best, just like Joshua and almost any other heavyweight hasn't shown that. People just tend to side with their favourite fighter without having proof that they are the best.

I do agree with you that Fury is likely passed his prime and that all of those fights have taken something out of him, but that isn't an excuse because all the other guys that are pushing their mid to late 30's have been through wars too. Usyk has been fighting bigger guys for most of his career. Fury has been fighting smaller guys for most of his career. Fury is just less disciplined than Usyk. He lets himself get out of shape between fights. He is a very good fighter though, no doubt.

[A.B Counterhooks]

Francis did a good job on the gypsy certainly not bad for a debutant against a legit lineal hw champ, credit where its due. Fury looked ring rusted and not as sharp he either didn't took fight with enough seriousness or he's on a clear downhill from here onwards. Can see a Wilder vs Francis matchup on the horizon. Someone going to sleep on that one for sure.

[Ry92]

Ngannou won too much $ was on the undisputed as long as fury ain't get kod he was winning fu.. AJ vs wilder if AJ is scared let's make Ngannou vs Wilder in MMA gloves whoo the power bout to be displayed both have an argument of beating fury Wilder ko I the 1st fight was a ko by alot of folks then clearly Fury being Fury looked like fury & lost tonight.

[low blows]

Apart from that he is okay

Mike Tyson has been image washing for years but I do think when he is on meds that control his volatile mood swings this is him, but his team around probably didn't want him on meds because it would have turned him into Ferdinand the Bull.

[Cyborg Fangerloo]

Ngannou has game changing power and Fury felt it. He also was awkward and had wicked weird angles. It never allowed Fury to dominate. Props to him. Fury was frustrated but won 8 rounds (watch it in slow motion if you doubt as Francis landed very few clean shots).
Tim Bradley is a disgrace with his bias agenda.

[Damn Wicked]

There's not gonna be a Usyk fight in December, that's for sure. There will likely be talk of a rematch given the controversy of the result. Every other top level fighter will be desperate to get their hands on Ngannou too so they can fight the guy who beat the man. The biggest loser here is probably Usyk.

I think this has massive implications for everything everybody expected to happen. I reckon the rematch is more likely than the unification. Usyk would then be looking for a new opponent if he sticks around, potentially Wilder? Which complicates things for AJ. Lot's of speculation but it's not hard to see how significant the domino effect could be. Even if Fury did crack on with Usyk. Wilder/AJ etc would then be desperate to fight Ngannou to say they beat the guy that "beat" Fury.

I'm not sure that either Wilder or Joshua would choose to fight Ngannou. The top fighters are very risk-averse, and Ngannou can spoil any of them.

[BigZ44]

Oh no big grizzly got splattered! BigZ44

The Grizzly will have to lick his wounds and limp back to Canada, the time has come for the trilogy with Big Country

[Stuntman Mike]

Ngannou has game changing power and Fury felt it. He also was awkward and had wicked weird angles. It never allowed Fury to dominate. Props to him. Fury was frustrated but won 8 rounds (watch it in slow motion if you doubt as Francis landed very few clean shots).
Tim Bradley is a disgrace with his bias agenda.

Ngannou landed the cleaner shots and dropped Fury, furys two best punches were in the first minute of the first round and ngannou hurt Fury in several rounds and landed the cleaner punches throughout

Fury was in top form as he looked fast and sharp in the first minute however his main game of clinching and tiring out his opposition just didnt work on an extremely strong grappler like ngannou so there was no zapping of energy

Francis punched everytime Fury tried to open up and Fury felt every single one of Francis's blows and that's why he looked like a deer caught in the headlights from the 2nd round to the final


Fury lost at minimum 6 rounds and was knocked down in the process

If you didn't see that then you dksab

Don't try to save face for boxing it's just Fury isn't as good as some make him out to be

Let's not forget this is the guy that lost to John mcdermott and punched himself in the face

He ducked price back in the day and got lucky he never had to fight haye

Haye would have ended fury had he not being cut in sparring back then and francis just proved me right


Fury just isn't that good,he's been lucky with the Wilder hype

Wilder a guy who pummeled 40 tomato cans boosted furys hype through the roof and if you really think about it he just isn't that good either

[Vlad_]

Lol wtf happened here? Fury was dropped and won an SD?

[TheOneAboveAll]

Have to wonder of Fury's fragile ego took a massive hit against a fighter with no pro bouts - that can impact his next fight; the game is heavily mental. Food for thought.

Same thoughts. I do believe Fury has an extraordinarily fragile ego, evidenced by his non-stop bluster. Usyk by wide UD if they ever get in the ring with each other (which is in serious doubt).