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

[Roberto Vasquez]

After spending so long believing that “middleweight” Oleksandr Usyk was no match for him, it’s not a surprise to hear Tyson Fury retain that viewpoint and claim he won a fight the rest of the world knows he lost.

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...

[wileyhemi]

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...

Plus he was KO'd in round 9 but spared by an incompetent or corrupt ref

[Roberto Vasquez]

Plus he was KO'd in round 9 but spared by an incompetent or corrupt ref

Yes really should have been stopped. He got a lucky long-count in first Wilder fight too and had that unfair win against McDermott *and* was not penalised for pushing Whyte to the canvas with both hands *or* for hitting and holding Cunningham to stop him. And was not stopped with that cut against Wallin.

You can give a guy a few decisions in his favor but Fury gets them *every fight*

[Tag, You're Hit]

This article is mostly right on, with the exception of Hagler vs Leonard for the two simple facts 1. Fans/writers/etc are about split 50/50 on who won and 2. Hagler didn't take any punishment.

[Boxviewer]

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.

[Nash out]

It was a very close fight. Nash had it 114-113 Fury, no problem with it being scored the other way. Fury had a 4 round spell of dominance. Rounds 4-7. Usyk 3 round spell of dominance with knockdown 8-10.

The rest of the rounds were very tight. This false story of Usyk winning wide and dominating the early rounds is out of touch with reality. I can understand Fury feeling hard done by.

He made two huge mistakes. Not attacking Usyk when he was clearly hurt in Round 6, and taking a shot flush that if he was fully concentrated he would have avoided. That punch lost him the fight. Nash out

[Boxviewer]

It was a close fight that could have went either way and it's always sad when fans attack one another over their opinions with close fights. We should all be thankful we got entertained by world class athletes and blessed we get another one to settle the score once and for all. Perhaps a trilogy of Fury wins. Relax everyone and enjoy the fights. People who think Fury won (me included) should be fine with the outcome because it truly was close and I can sure see how someone could have scored that fight for Usyk as well.

It wasn't close at all . It's 8-4 plus knock down Usyk. It would have been a KO if not for the corrupt ref. WBC and Warren apparently did everything to rob Usyk.

[TheOneAboveAll]

It was a very close fight. Nash had it 114-113 Fury, no problem with it being scored the other way. Fury had a 4 round spell of dominance. Rounds 4-7. Usyk 3 round spell of dominance with knockdown 8-10.

The rest of the rounds were very tight. This false story of Usyk winning wide and dominating the early rounds is out of touch with reality. I can understand Fury feeling hard done by.

He made two huge mistakes. Not attacking Usyk when he was clearly hurt in Round 6, and taking a shot flush that if he was fully concentrated he would have avoided. That punch lost him the fight. Nash out

Cobblers! This fight was not close. Fury won no more than 3 rounds (4-6). The only other round that could reasonably be given to Fury was the 7th, but Usyk outboxed and outlanded him in that round too. Usyk proved himself to be the better/smarter/fitter boxer, and he even proved to have the better chin and to be the bigger puncher of the two. Fury cannot beat this man.

[JeBron Lamez]

He's watched it back multiple times & knows he should have won, that's all.

[Boksingfan]

Being imbued with self-confidence may be one, crucial factor in boxing, more so than in non-combat sports, due to its inherent danger. That being said, Usyk is not exactly the same kind of boxer as Mike Tyson, not one to instill quite the same sort of fear in the heart of his opponents, and Fury is the bigger man by far. So, one should not exaggerate the importance of self-belief. Even to the extent that it is indeed crucial, it would play an especially important role in the days leading up to the rematch, and during the fight itself. But Fury is now at a stage when a healthy dose of intellectual honesty would be required, to dissect the initial fight and identify where it was lost, in order to take corrective action. Does he need to be in better shape ? Was his defense effective ? Was he aggressive enough ? Was he able to take advantage of those few uppercuts that actually rocked Usyk ? Pretending he was the better man on May 18th will not help him improve and make required adjustements in preparation for the rematch.