So why some fans pretend Fury is the best hw ever?

[GhostofDempsey]

It's common for fans who are part of the current generation to praise fighters who are currently competing. That's really their only perspective if they aren't objective fans of the sport. It's easy to dismiss the careers of fighters you've never watched live on television if you aren't the least bit curious about boxers of prior eras. For decades we've had fans who think Mike Tyson was the greatest HW of all time, or that Ali was the greatest P4P fighter of all time. That's the general consensus from the casual fanbases.

Tyson Fury moves well for his size and isn't a purely one-dimensional fighter like many heavyweights. But at 6'9" and 260+ he is doing what he is supposed to do. Even still, he would have trouble against someone who can bring the fight to him and get on the inside. Wilder was exposed, and most boxing purists already knew he was a hype job from the start. Nonetheless a good win for Fury, not a great win for the ages, but a good win. Fury is entertaining, and he has the showmanship and just enough skill to carry him beyond being a novelty item like Valuev.

[hugh grant]

Op being a little harsh. of course ruiz or parker might be able to beat fury just like they might beat ali, you never know.

But People put fury as top heavyweight as he satisfy the eye test you don't need best resume.?
You don't need best resume to be best pfp fighter look at crawford. So it's the Same rating fury all time. Sure he's not got best resume but neither has crawfird, neither has lomo

[JakeTheBoxer]

Saying Fury is better than Ali, Foreman, Holmes, Vitali, Lennox...because he beat Wilder is a little...strange.

[Tatabanya]

Just think at how many non-great fighters get in the Hall Of Fame.

[KingOfGlory]

I firmly believe that today's heavyweights would obliterate the heavyweights of previous generations. That's just the way it goes. Fighters improve. The sport evolves. Only in boxing is there a collective denial about it due to nostalgia for the good old days.

[Guest]

I firmly believe that today's heavyweights would obliterate the heavyweights of previous generations. That's just the way it goes. Fighters improve. The sport evolves. Only in boxing is there a collective denial about it due to nostalgia for the good old days.

When I watch older fights, the skill level looks so much higher
Less people are fighting nowadays and the sport really hasn't evolved like other sports. A lot less gyms and people training in them.


Not nostalgia, skill.

[LA_2_Vegas]

When he was a prospect, I would just say that he is the best HW to come around for a long time. I have not seen half as much of some of the good posters here, all I got is my own frame of reference which were the 90s HW's that I grew up watching - by most accounts, that was a good era for HW's....and when i watched Fury, that is the kind of skill/rhythm that I saw. Nobody is unbeatable and hard to say who is the best ever, but he's a good addition to the HW's, much needed I think

Agree that beating Wilder probably not the greatest win due to Wilder's limitations, but sometimes it's how you get it done...given his comeback, the first fight, and getting Wilder out of there in the rematch, then it becomes a good win. Still not as good as Wlad but so far he's living up to some of the higher expectations his early supporters placed on him