Comments Thread For: Fury Threatens To Continue Career in U.S., Turns Away From UK

[Marchegiano]

If WWE had planned a UK event instead of a Saudi event his ass woulda been there I'm sure.

[Sosay]

My UK comrades can have him back. Hes clearly talking WWE or straight bums. Fight Wilder or Joshua/ruiz over here then cool. Otherwise go sell out a UK venue, we'll pass on the talking and then gimme fights!

[boxinggod101]

UK! Lets chant together! GO GYPSY-BUM, GO! GO GYPSY-BUM, GO!

My love has got no money, he's got his strong beliefs
My love has got no power, he's got his strong beliefs
My love has got no fame, he's got his strong beliefs
My love has got no money, he's got his strong beliefs

Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire

Shut up Elie. Fury would bash your goofy face

[Boksfan]

Murica is ****** enough to pay for gypsy Queen, good for them

[removed]

I don't blame him. The majority of UK boxing "fans" are Matchroom casuals who don't have a clue about the sport.

[Adamsc151]

If he's unloved by some here in the UK, it's due to his own behaviour - admittedly this is prior to his comeback, other than general mischievousness he's been good as gold since then.
Before he got his head in order he rubbed absolutely everyone up the wrong way. He constantly made sexist remarks and xenophobic/racist comments in the public forum; and openly preferred to be recognized as a gypsy/traveler rather than as British. He also came across arrogant and holier-than-thou, which didn't help endear people to him.
If you want to be loved, you have to give people a reason to love you - appreciation of professional skill is something else entirely.

[deathofaclown]

He really wasn't. I was around when folks called him a lucky fat p*key.

But since then he seems to have a decent euro following. Are they not British?

W1LL

kafkod

What's up with this dudes? Y'all gonna speak on it?

Basically he beat Wlad in a fairly uneventful fight, especially for the casual viewer. Around that time he was also outspoken on certain topics that got him maligned in the media, so he was pretty disliked and nobody would give him any credit for his boxing achievements.

People like a comeback story though. Seeing him lose all that weight and those problems and get back in the ring made people want him to do well.

Then he gets in with Wilder, and a lot of people here were starting to think AJ didn’t want Wilder, so they see Fury get in the ring with him when AJ didn’t. They saw him school Wilder, then get up from a huge knockdown when he seemed out. Then he gained a huge amount of fans from all of that. Public perception changed almost overnight, literally.

Then AJ gets knocked out by a little fat guy. We know Ruiz is good but imagine how that looks to the casual fan? - AJ become a bit of a joke at that moment and everyone realised Fury is the real deal. Fury gets up from Wilder’s shots, AJ spits out his gum shield and basically quit’s against a little fat guy, that’s how the public saw it.

Fury becomes a fan favourite after all that and people release he’s actually a top fighter, not just a loudmouth gypsy. AJ become a Meme.

The public are fickle but that’s how it is.

[deathofaclown]

If he's unloved by some here in the UK, it's due to his own behaviour - admittedly this is prior to his comeback, other than general mischievousness he's been good as gold since then.
Before he got his head in order he rubbed absolutely everyone up the wrong way. He constantly made sexist remarks and xenophobic/racist comments in the public forum; and openly preferred to be recognized as a gypsy/traveler rather than as British. He also came across arrogant and holier-than-thou, which didn't help endear people to him.
If you want to be loved, you have to give people a reason to love you - appreciation of professional skill is something else entirely.

Did he ever make a racist comment? I’ve never seen that, nor has anybody else.

He did make a remark about ***s. Well, i’m from a ***ish family and wasn’t offended. He only ever said that a lot of the media and banks are run by ***s, which is true anyway. No ***ish person i know or myself would be offended by someone stating that fact. But others like to be offended on behalf of us..

He has made comments which could be certainly seen as ****phobic and sexist though, no doubt.

Racism? Not at all. Don’t spread those lies.

[Toffee]

Brits know him for what he is. A pretty dull boxer and professional bs artist.

The Americans think they know him from watching one fight against Wilder. And they swallow his bs. And Bob's bs. They set the bar pretty low because they know they'll get plenty of takers.

It's pretty simple. Like the American casuals.

[Straightener]

If fury is gonna continue to fight daftys he's better off in wwe

His comeback has been nothing short of a joke apart from the wilder fight