Respect to Tyson Fury

[Damn Wicked]

Vlad was and is a guy who has great power when he sets and has a great jab...he never could box and Fury has skills, can punch without setting, and while his jab is/was sloppy, he can throw it at angles. What a lot of people were not getting is that a lot of these guys are not "movers" in the ring. They all need to set. Fury is no Ali, but watching him work this week one could see he was practicing throwing the jab without setting. Fury's corner has experience and had a premonition that this was the strategy needed...they were right.

I think Fury, sloppy as he was, deserves credit for moving very well in semi circles off of Vlad's power hand..he would jib and jab just as Vlad was trying to set, in so doing he actually took Vlad's jab away...despite the fact that Vlad has a tremendous jab.

fury actually has some skills...he still needs refinement but he has a sense of how to move in a ring properly, something we have not seen in a heavy weight champ for a while.

That's how I see it.

.....and if he keeps moving like that he'll be big trouble for any heavyweight His size and reach combined with that movement is a nightmare for his opponents.

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It was never going to be a pretty fight but Fury went in there and outhustled great champion and basically beat him at his own game.

Fury looked brilliant, but not pleasing to the eye. But he executed a brilliant plan to win the fight and thats all you can do, even if its ugly.

he is very skilled at times. no average fighter could just take away Klitschko's game like that.

Someone is eating serious crow. You pretty much called Fury a fat bum yesterday.

[LacedUp]

Kind of ironic, the quote also describes Klitschko-Haye to a T. Crazy to think that the bumbling guy who uppercutted himself would one day win the unified championship with lateral movement, feints, and counterpunching. Truly incredible.



Fury took his confidence away and dominated him. Rematch would be the same result; at Wladimirs age, I don't think he's up for the task of climbing the mountain all over again. And I'm not blaming his loss on age, I just think he's done.

I think a rematch would be easier for Fury actually.

Does Wlad retire?

[HughJass]

I thought Fury's performance was ingenious. He left Vlad clueless as to what to do, simply. Fury's size and reach advantage played a big role too. He almost toyed with Vlad, it was kind of shocking to witness.

Well payed Weltz

[Weltschmerz]

The movement, to keep Wlad from throwing was brilliant. But, you simply can't say that Tyson's output was anything less than sloppy and sparse. Nothing even close to being crisp, powerful, or accurate, particularly on a guy who wasn't giving him any reason not to throw.
I understand being gracious but let's be honest here. Tyson is not the most talented boxer but he's done much better against guys who actually came to fight.

Fury landed more than Vlad from what I saw, and Vlad looked terrible to be honest. Slow and old. Vlad was gracious in defeat though, he once again proved what a classy guy he is.

I think Fury took Vlad by surprise in many ways, Vlad had no answers to Fury's approach which was sort of all over he place. And one thing - Vlad couldn't reach him with his jab, or Fury was quick to avoid with head and body movement. Fury's reach advantage played a big role, and the fact that Vlad couldn't bully him physically.

Fury met him at the right time -- Vlad isn't the force he used to be and it showed tonight. IMO Vlad should retire (but we will get a rematch most probably, Vlad has the contract clause).

[billeau2]

Read my last post.

duly noted!

There were some good heavy shots over the top but yeah his jabs looked horrendous! But I would gladly have someone who could move and work on their punching rather than trying to get the standard feet of stone that idiotic Elroy keeps pushing as the new ubermen in the division.

Thing is Fury KNOWS how to throw a decent jab...you watch him on the pads, its a good jab, not a great one, but decent. lol...

[-Hyperion-]

Remove clinching from Wlad's game and this is what we get.

a Hopkins fan taking the piss out of Clinchko.....lol...


So glad those two cheaters are now irrelevant.

[sako5]

Haha Jesus was with Tyson tonight! Well done champ

[deathofaclown]

Someone is eating serious crow. You pretty much called Fury a fat bum yesterday.

What?

I think you have the wrong person.

Considering i bet all my points on a Fury win as in my signature.

[Redd Foxx]

duly noted!

There were some good heavy shots over the top but yeah his jabs looked horrendous! But I would gladly have someone who could move and work on their punching rather than trying to get the standard feet of stone that idiotic Elroy keeps pushing as the new ubermen in the division.

Thing is Fury KNOWS how to throw a decent jab...you watch him on the pads, its a good jab, not a great one, but decent. lol...

Agreed. The thing I give Fury major respect for is his head. People get fooled by the crazy act. I've watched his last 11 fights as they aired (which wasn't easy in the States) and he's survived some real scares by keeping calm and focused. To be loose enough to work his feet and keep his torso and head moving was key here. When I saw Wlad neglect to make Fury feel his power in the first and saw Tyson start to dance at the end of the round, I called it as a big mistake on Wlad's part.