Official Tyson Fury vs Wladimir Klitschko Post Fight Discussion Thread

[Banderivets]

Fury a legit threat. Good fight, but you never know. Fury could pose problems, he's hungry. Wlad is slowing down and getting older.

At the end of the day its a legit fight with Fury having a good chance.

[LacedUp]

Agreed. Fury has fairly fast hands too. One of his biggest problems is his defense, and how will he handle Vlad's power? Fury should definitely try to make it an ugly fight, to keep Vlad from getting comfortable behind his jab and 1-2 combination. Fury should make it an inside fight, something Vlad could get pretty uncomfortable with, perhaps. Fury needs to rely as much on his own physical strength and size, and use it. Then we have something maybe ugly, but interesting. Can't get worse than Povetkin.

I think Fury's best shot is to move around the ring and use his 5" reach advantage. And that's what I think he'll do.

There's a reason he's been "boxing" these last couple of fights. they're not ******. It was all in preparation for Wlad.

Now Wlad is an extremely accomplished "boxer" himself, so that'll be interesting between two big guys who can both punch and box.

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I think Fury's best shot is to move around the ring and use his 5" reach advantage. And that's what I think he'll do.

There's a reason he's been "boxing" these last couple of fights. they're not ******. It was all in preparation for Wlad.

Now Wlad is an extremely accomplished "boxer" himself, so that'll be interesting between two big guys who can both punch and box.

Absolutely. Anyone who thinks that Fury will stand straight in front of him and wait to get knocked out like that eejit Pulev doesn't have a clue.

[VG_Addict]

I think Fury should spar Pulev.

He's like a poor man's Wlad.

[Ravens Fan]

It's pointless primarily because it wasn't a typical performance by Fury, at least not if recent fights are anything to go by. It was Fury's first major fight on US soil and he was trying to impress the American crowd. As such he got carried away with the bravado and other macho nonsense, fighting with his hands down, verbally taunting Steve, throwing wild haymakers from a mile out and leaving himself vulnerable to counter shots. That he won at all fighting that ******ly is testament to his innate talents as a fighter, but it shouldn't be looked at as a template for how Fury is going to fight Wlad.

The Johnson, Hammer and Chisora fights are what people should be looking at to see what a focused and tuned in Fury can achieve. And I think it's pretty obvious that Fury is going to be focused against Wlad, isn't it?

I understand that because it doesn't fit your agenda that you want to dismiss a fight when Fury struggled. The problem with that is the obvious fact that Cunningham was a washed up small cruiserweight. But yet he was and always will be a much better fighter then Hammer, Chisora and Kevin "I'm Only Here for the Paycheck" Johnson. And once again it was only 22 rounds ago. I'm also pretty positive that unlike you, that Wlad doesn't believe the Cunningham fight is pointless.

[LacedUp]

I understand that because it doesn't fit your agenda that you want to dismiss a fight when Fury struggled. The problem with that is the obvious fact that Cunningham was a washed up small cruiserweight. But yet he was and always will be a much better fighter then Hammer, Chisora and Kevin "I'm Only Here for the Paycheck" Johnson. And once again it was only 22 rounds ago. I'm also pretty positive that unlike you, that Wlad doesn't believe the Cunningham fight is pointless.

Why do you say Cunningham was washed up? When had he shown that?

[KnockoutNed]

Now Wlad is an extremely accomplished "boxer" himself, so that'll be interesting between two big guys who can both punch and box.

Wlad doesn't have the ability to box conventionally with a fighter of Fury's calibre. Wlad isn't like his brother.

The fight is going to down to strength. Wlad is going to try and man handle Fury across the ring early like he did to Pulev and try and catch with a bomb off the break.
If Fury can shrug Wlad off and get his shots off early then we're really going to see something.

Fury doesn't have have to try and take his head off, just has to keep touching him. Wlad burns up energy and panics when he gets touched. Several rounds of that and he'll fall to pieces.

[Ravens Fan]

Why do you say Cunningham was washed up? When had he shown that?

I admit that I was wrong washed up is to strong of a statement. I should have just stated that he is way past his prime.

[LacedUp]

I admit that I was wrong washed up is to strong of a statement. I should have just stated that he is way past his prime.

he was old . No question there. But he had a pretty solid performance against Adamek before, which many people felt he won, and also had some good wins afterwards.

not to excuse Fury's performance in that fight which could have been better, but Cunningham was also on form.

[Ravens Fan]

he was old . No question there. But he had a pretty solid performance against Adamek before, which many people felt he won, and also had some good wins afterwards.

not to excuse Fury's performance in that fight which could have been better, but Cunningham was also on form.

I thought he lost to Adamek. But in fairness to Steve I was always a huge Adamek fan and therefore I am completely biased. With that said it was close and boring and admittedly because of that I was a little tuned out but, I thought Steve won against Glazkov.

I am also not sure what that fight proved. Because Glazkov did earn his top ten rating but, obviously he caught Adamek at the right time. With that said I find Glazkov to be a strange one.

What I am trying to say is that what ever skills he may have are in my opinion overshadowed by the fact that he has no fighting spirit. Or something is definitely missing. Does that even make sense?

I also have to give you credit. Because unlike some other Fury fans you aren't trying to dismiss Fury's struggles in the Cunningham fight as pointless. I believe the fans that are are simply in denial.