Comments Thread For: Tyson Fury Just The Latest In A Long Line To Be In Denial About Defeat

[The plunger man]

Hagler - Leonard is a bad analogy because Hagler was in fact robbed

no he wasn’t he was outboxed….if you score round by round then leonard won….first 4 rounds quite easily , round 6,10,11 as well and 12 was razor thin which was probably a drawn round

[Tatabanya]

In over five decades of watching fights, I can't remember having seen a heavyweight who looks as ugly in a boxing attire as Fury.

Except perhaps Gabe Brown.

[Willow The Wisp]

Earlier, a commenter said Fury could have won with a punch-n-hug strategy plus leaning heavily on Usyk. Props to Fury for not doing that. I always hated it when Wladimir Klitschko pulled that dirty trick on his opponents. Boxing is about hitting and not getting hit, but I personally dislike the tactics where “not getting hit” means we get 36 minutes of two sweaty men hugging.

You know, beginning in late 93', they built an entirely new sport on that very concept.

[Left Hook Louie]

Fury should always try win last round but he said he thought he was winning? Fury s too experienced to make errors like that.

He was literally beaten senseless in Round 9 and it's possible or even likely that, while his body recovered enough to stop weeble-wobbling across the ring, the executive functioning portion of his brain wasn't firing on all cylinders. In other words, he got busted up bad in the head. Not a good time for anyone to rely on making the absolute best decisions, even for crafty old farts like Fury.

[Willow The Wisp]

Fury didn't really believe it - he did everything he could to run from Uysk and only agreed to the fight after Dubois made Usyk look beatable...

It's the same when Fury says AJ is a robot - he could just get in the ring with AJ and beat him up if he was such a robot but somehow that fight never happens.


Fury has a belief problem - has only defended his title 4 times his whole career. That's fear right there. He is great at talking and making other people believe tho...

Ya, ya, ya. Fury's a pain in the arse. I agree.

But let's be honest too. A guy who shuts out still reigning Wladimir Klitschko and goes in three times with the biggest puncher of the era is NOT going to be "afraid of" anyone else in the division.

Who? Joshua? Show me he can go 12 rounds with an in shape Ruiz.

Parker? That's his sparring partner for pete's sake.

Just saying for balance.

[wileyhemi]

Hagler - Leonard is a bad analogy because Hagler was in fact robbed

[chicken-]

I blame the corrupt ref who didn't allow Usyk to finish off a totally dismantled Tipsy King in the 9th round and the also corrupt WBC judge who booked him as the winner while even the blind could see that Usyk won the fight unanimously. All this corruption has given this clown a mouth to talk. Tipsy King is the epitome of a delusional clown.

The ref did the CORRECT THING. The ropes held him up, that is a knockdown. Just because other refs are incompetent and don't utilize this rule doesn't mean it was the wrong decision.

[Bro. Steve]

Earlier, a commenter said Fury could have won with a punch-n-hug strategy plus leaning heavily on Usyk. Props to Fury for not doing that. I always hated it when Wladimir Klitschko pulled that dirty trick on his opponents. Boxing is about hitting and not getting hit, but I personally dislike the tactics where “not getting hit” means we get 36 minutes of two sweaty men hugging.

[crimsonfalcon07]

Wasn't a close fight at all IMO. Don't know why people think that a pawing jab from Fury outweighs several power punches from his opponents, but that should have been an easy fight to score. 1-3 to Usyk, 4-6 to Fury, 7 was close but Usyk slightly edged it, and the remaining rounds to Usyk, including a 10-8 in the 9th, which could have had more KDs called or a TKO stoppage. I would love to hear from the judge that thought Fury won, because his cards didn't resemble the fight at all. Being as generous as possible to Fury and giving him the two rounds that were at all close still leaves Usyk with the win.

[Boxviewer]

Fury should learn how to win with class and lose with dignity. He just makes himself look like a clown with this denial of what we all saw . It was a close fight , but he lost , no if's ,and's or but's about it. It's an insult to our intelligence and disrespectful of Usyk.

He can't accept that his carefully built bubble is bursted. This self-proclaimed greatest ever was embarrassed by a total novice in his previous fight and then got completely dismantled in the 9th round by someone he call middleweight. It's doubtful he can recover from the latest embarrassment before the December rematch. For now let him keep on lying to himself and disgracing himself. I am enjoying it.