I think its crap to give Fury crap for his next fight opposition

[deathofaclown]

Considering he was meant to fight Wilder and is now scheduling a fight for UK in fairly short notice, then I think anyone in the top 15 of the WBC would be fine. at the end of the day it’s just a fight to keep busy before making the Joshua fight which everyone wants.

Considering pretty much most decent HW’s are tied up with other fights, then anyone in the top 15 of the WBC is probably acceptable, given the circumstances

[deathofaclown]

Someone like Kabayel or Takam would be okay for someone coming off of a long layoff or a defeat , but for the lineal and ring magazine champ it doesn't really cut it. He should at least fight someone coming off a good win and is tall and in-shape enough for casual fans to take seriously.

Who do you suggest he fights then? when you consider a lot of decent heavyweight out of the picture because they are tied up with other fights.

Also keep in mind it needs to be someone from the top 15 of the WBC apparently. When you look at that list and see who is tied up with other fights, then there’s not a lot to choose from.

At the end of the day, if Wilder hadn’t been stringing out the trilogy and then ducked it, they would’ve had much more time to make a decent fight before other fighters signed to fight other fights.

[boliodogs]

Fury does whatever he wants to do now and he is very rich and getting much richer with every fight and every wrestling match.

[STREET CLEANER]

Yea that will be the narrative you guys use ,he ducked Wilder but meanwhile his team and not even him has made any statements but vague words of wishing and wanting the fight just a few weeks ago, not a peep of actual negotiations with Arum who basically said they went into hiding with no communication since Wilders loss .

Furys not digging for a replacement for Wilder ,at this point he’s looking for a stay busy fight for AJ so it’s not even relevant what Fury does concerning those clowns .

There are more than plenty that would face Fury. No use to wait for Wilder since they disappeared. He should move on and continue his momentum.

[JakeTheBoxer]

The guy I keep suggesting is Charles Martin. I know he's with Haymon so it's probably not the easiest thing to put together, but he was on the undercard of Fury-Wilder 2 and scored a nice-looking KO win over Gerald Washington. He's tall, comes into fights in decent shape and has the novelty value of being a southpaw. He's also a former world titlist (even if he was a joke champ) and he's a former Joshua opponent so you can compare performances ahead of a Fury-Joshua showdown.

If Haymon doesn't want to play ball, I guess Helenius would be the next best thing. He's never been all that good at the world level, but at least he's been there. He's coming off that big upset over Kownacki, he's tall and can punch, so if nothing else he at least looks the part.

If neither of those work out, then I guess you'd have to make do with Kabayel. He's unbeaten, but I watched some footage of him earlier and he's so slow and shambling that I think it'll become evident very quickly that it's a total mismatch. However, it is a good chance for Fury to look good, move around, tee off, maybe score the stoppage late.

No matter what though I think Takam is a bad idea. He's had multiple attempts at taking the scalp of a name opponent and has always been game, but has ended up second best every time, even against Chisora. I don't think he has a chance to win, but the real problem is that I can see that fight in my mind's eye and it's an ugly one. Takam is relatively small and compact for a heavyweight and if he bends down he's going to be hard to hit clean. For all of Fury's other talents, the sharpness and precision of his shots is actually somewhat average or even below average, and I can see him missing a lot, whereas Takam's not going to be in range to hit back either. The way I see it, there'll be a lot of missing, a lot of clinching, not very much landed clean either way. Fury will win every round but it'll be a slow and dull fight that'll go the distance and few will enjoy watching, casuals least of all.

It's not so much about who's going to pose real danger, because I realise that's not the point of this fight. Some of these guys pose more danger than others for sure but I don't think any of them ultimately have a significant chance to pull off an upset. It's about what fight's going to make Fury look good and hype people up for him to fight Joshua. For what it's worth Joshua also has to do his part and win convincingly against Pulev.

I agree my friend.

If Fury wants to get ready for Joshua he should fight somebody tall. helenius, Hrgovic, Martin, Ajagba are good ideas.

Kabayel and Takam are bad ideas.

[BodyBagz]

The bulk of Fury's resume looks like a bunch of stay busy mismatches.