Comments Thread For: Tyson Fury-Nicolai Firtha Now in Play For Sept. 17

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British/Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (15-0, 10KOs) is likely going to face Nicolai Firtha (20-8-1, 8KOs) at the King’s Hall in Belfast on September 17, according to the Belfast Telegraph. Fury had initially been scheduled to face Martin Rogan, but they couldn't reach a financial agreement. Then he was going to face unbeaten Leif Larsen from Norway, and now Firtha is the reported frontrunner in a never ending circle of opponents falling out.


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[Evil Abed]

Big step back.

[The Hammer]

Big step back.

Short notice though, mate. Perez and Rogan turned down the fight.

Firtha is BoxRec #70 at heavyweight. He's gone the distance with Povetkin and has a TKO 2 win over Tony Grano.

(Deontay Wilder's last opponent was BoxRec #245 and the one before that was #279).

Firtha is a tough journeyman and okay as a "stay-active" opponent. He always comes to fight.

[Evil Abed]

Short notice though, mate. Perez and Rogan turned down the fight.

Firtha is BoxRec #70 at heavyweight. He's gone the distance with Povetkin and has a TKO 2 win over Tony Grano.

(Deontay Wilder's last opponent was BoxRec #245 and the one before that was #279).

Firtha is a tough journeyman and okay as a "stay-active" opponent. He always comes to fight.

Okay. That makes sense.

[Larry the boss]

Awww **** now Floyd-Ortiz won't sell anything

[Clegg]

Nothing wrong with having stay-busy fights, but it's a shame that some of the more interesting possible opponents either didn't get offered the fight or turned it down when it was offered.

[tyger]

Staying active and continuing to learn, the best thing for a fighter like Fury. He shouldn't go for a title til he has alot more experiance.

[joe strong]

ive been backing this guy for years.firtha is a great opponent at this point.he is a solid opponent who will give fury some issues.he's big & can take a good punch.he always comes forward & has some experience vs some name opponents.he's had good fights with grano, tye fields, neven pajkic,jason gavern & he went the distance with povetkin.firtha is better then rogan or any other of fury's opponent to this point.he's a solid journeyman & along with gavern has become the most popular opponent for the divisions prospects. id still rather see botha fight him but botha & firtha are on the same level now since botha is 42.i have several of firtha's fights & he is entertaining to watch.i saw him fight tye fields live & it was a great fight until fields knocked him out of the ring with a big left...