Comments Thread For: Fury vs. Pianeta, Frampton vs. Jackson - Picked Up By Showtime

[The plunger man]

How is Fury stillthe real heavyweight champ when he refused to defend his titles for years????? You don't stay champion forever by refusing to fight, becoming depressed and drug and alcohol dependent and gaining over 100 pounds. Years of not fighting has cost Fury the titles he won from Wlad including the mythical lineal title. AJ and Wilder are the real heavyweight champs now and Fury is just a contender until he beats one of them if he can. He made that name Gypsy king up himself. He isn't king of anything and no Gypsy calls him their king.

Under that criteria mate lennox lewis is still the linear champion lol
Linear is only relevent when you are an active pro and not active for 3 years, substance abuse , failed a ped test and gained 8 stone in weight will not keep you as lineal champion.
Because if it did what would it say about the kind of standards a champion whould be lol
Crazy m8

[Lopez_Boxing]

Yeah buddy. Sure seems like it

Makes you say AJ who? Haha

[sicko]

Smart by Showtime Fill that International Void that AJ Left with Fury and other UK Fighters

[Laligalaliga]

They are really gonna build up the Wilder vs Fury fight Champion vs Champion Two undefeated Champions
Screw the juiceman and hearns bs

Despite calling the champion stuff plus the undisputed brouhaha, you still couldn't do without mentioning the so called juiceman. That show how important and relevant he is to the HW.
He is simply and by long distance the face of HW boxing and always the A side of whose so ever is involved.
You don't attain such status by fighting bums.

[OldTerry]

This must mean that wilder v fury is a go.

Yes! ShowTime wanted to present Fury to the American audience. Carl Frampton fight though is the real cherry for us.

[OldTerry]

Why is Showtime broadcasting it live over Youtube & Facebook for free,
but not to customers who pay good money to subscribe to their app?
If you are paying a monthly fee to Showtime, you should not be forced
to watch their fights on a little phone, tablet, or PC web browser.

True but you can watch the fight at 10: pm EST on ShowTime Extreme which is available on TV for subscribers. JJust make sure you don't check the fight results before watching.

[OldTerry]

Fury's fight isn't really a fight. It's the 2nd disgusting cherry pick over a boxer boxrec ranks as the 119th best heavyweight in the world. That's a hell of a long way from the top 10. Fury declares himself the best boxer in history and then fights a 33 year old non puncher who has already been KOed 3 times and has no chance what so ever to win. It's just a gimme fight and waste of time.

True but why let Fury fight someone who might beat him and mess up the MAIN EVENT which is his fight with wilder? Same philosophy Eddie Hearn has about who he lets Joshua fight.

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

True but you can watch the fight at 10: pm EST on ShowTime Extreme which is available on TV for subscribers. JJust make sure you don't check the fight results before watching.

I'm still going to watch it on my phone or PC, of course,
but if they keep making me do this, I will just cancel my
subscription and go back to watching pirate streams.
I subscribed specifically to stop watching through a
web browser. Now they're forcing me to go back to that!

[jondacon]

Im not a huge Fury fan, but man does he have alot of doubters.

I think he gets in great shape by Nov/Dec and him and Wilder put on a show... they might even shoot for a rubber match or a trilogy... either way, im excited about it.

The build up will be spectacular.

[Boxing lives]

How is Fury stillthe real heavyweight champ when he refused to defend his titles for years????? You don't stay champion forever by refusing to fight, becoming depressed and drug and alcohol dependent and gaining over 100 pounds. Years of not fighting has cost Fury the titles he won from Wlad including the mythical lineal title. AJ and Wilder are the real heavyweight champs now and Fury is just a contender until he beats one of them if he can. He made that name Gypsy king up himself. He isn't king of anything and no Gypsy calls him their king.

Fury and Wilder are indeed the real champions. AJ is just a paper champion prospect who struggled mightily to topple old washed up wlad that had already been broken by king fury. AJ embarrassed England and made the country look terrible when he blatantly ducked and ran away from WBC champion Deontay Wilder. Fury was so embarrassed by his country mans behavior that he himself had to step up to the plate and take on the challenge Anthony Joshua fears so mightily. The Gypsy King is coming for Deontay. Can he win and once again be at the top of the heavyweight division? Clearly Wilder and Fury are head and shoulders the best at heavyweight. Luis Ortiz is a shade behind and then on a much lower rung you have the likes of Whyte Joshua and Parker.