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Its an interesting split here on the board. This happens a lot, these "eithor/or" situations. People seem to think either Vlad blows him away, or vice versa.
First off Fury cannot let this go to the judges. If he REALLY wants to win this he has to win big, but all Vlad has to do is use the same "shield of invincability" that Jone's had until Tarver got so mad he more or less said "fvk it!" and punched Jones as hard as he could in the face, ignoring Jone's feints, his speed, his ability to make one look like a fool.
Fury talks a good game but I intuite that he understands what was said above...he is acting like tarver before the Jones fight and his mentality is such that to Fury, boxing is a match of wills, who wants to punch the other guy in the face more. Fury has a good corner supporting him as well...his corner seems to instill in him the technical matters balancing out Fury's own simplistic view of the sport.
If Fury decides to do this...if he goes in and just goes at Vlad hammer and tongs I think he will do well. Again, he could be smacking Vlad around in a close fight and get tagged now and then and lose a decision so one realistic scenerio, is one where Vlad is obviously beat, but gets a decision. i will say this for Vlad, whom I otherwise think is overrated and easily beatable...he deserves at least some consideration vis a vis a gift decision, because unlike Lewis, for example, he has never had to rely on one. This is the most likely scenerio I see. I desperately want to join the Larry "Bronner will be the next best thing in boxing" bandwagon in laying this prediction out.
Beyond that, i don't see Vlad walking over Fury. Cunningham is a strong puncher, again look at history, the biggest punchers in the sport, including the heavyweight division, are not the biggest men. So the fact that he caught Fury is not a big deal to me.
Fury can exhaust Vlad and KO him but I don't see him risking enough to do this. Vlad can't counter punch really, but Fury will probably get tired as he is clutched coming in and will start to feel like he is getting shots in...which is probably why the first scenerio is most likely.
if I am Fury my BIGGEST consideration is to take the jab away from Vlad. either match it, use an ambush strategy of attacking, on't let Vlad set, or blitkreig Vlad when he throws it.
If I am Vlad, I want to get my jab going, tie up Fury on the inside and try to set up a big punch by backing off Fury, letting him come in to a spot and letting it rip. My win comes with the jab though, I have to be consistent and use it every time I can. Vlad could win the fight with his jab alone if he can establish it early, get set, and make Fury react to it.
Fury has more things he can do but they require risk...does he have the balls to risk getting Koed? We shall see.
First off Fury cannot let this go to the judges. If he REALLY wants to win this he has to win big, but all Vlad has to do is use the same "shield of invincability" that Jone's had until Tarver got so mad he more or less said "fvk it!" and punched Jones as hard as he could in the face, ignoring Jone's feints, his speed, his ability to make one look like a fool.
Fury talks a good game but I intuite that he understands what was said above...he is acting like tarver before the Jones fight and his mentality is such that to Fury, boxing is a match of wills, who wants to punch the other guy in the face more. Fury has a good corner supporting him as well...his corner seems to instill in him the technical matters balancing out Fury's own simplistic view of the sport.
If Fury decides to do this...if he goes in and just goes at Vlad hammer and tongs I think he will do well. Again, he could be smacking Vlad around in a close fight and get tagged now and then and lose a decision so one realistic scenerio, is one where Vlad is obviously beat, but gets a decision. i will say this for Vlad, whom I otherwise think is overrated and easily beatable...he deserves at least some consideration vis a vis a gift decision, because unlike Lewis, for example, he has never had to rely on one. This is the most likely scenerio I see. I desperately want to join the Larry "Bronner will be the next best thing in boxing" bandwagon in laying this prediction out.
Beyond that, i don't see Vlad walking over Fury. Cunningham is a strong puncher, again look at history, the biggest punchers in the sport, including the heavyweight division, are not the biggest men. So the fact that he caught Fury is not a big deal to me.
Fury can exhaust Vlad and KO him but I don't see him risking enough to do this. Vlad can't counter punch really, but Fury will probably get tired as he is clutched coming in and will start to feel like he is getting shots in...which is probably why the first scenerio is most likely.
if I am Fury my BIGGEST consideration is to take the jab away from Vlad. either match it, use an ambush strategy of attacking, on't let Vlad set, or blitkreig Vlad when he throws it.
If I am Vlad, I want to get my jab going, tie up Fury on the inside and try to set up a big punch by backing off Fury, letting him come in to a spot and letting it rip. My win comes with the jab though, I have to be consistent and use it every time I can. Vlad could win the fight with his jab alone if he can establish it early, get set, and make Fury react to it.
Fury has more things he can do but they require risk...does he have the balls to risk getting Koed? We shall see.
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