![]() Klitschko found himself breaking to the mental warfare of Fury when they fought for the titles in 2015įury has already defeated the younger Klitschko (and even if Wladimir was at the end of his peak, Fury was also improving and not yet in his prime). And you cannot imagine the outlandish Fury being intimidated by any of Tyson’s menacing pre-fight theatrics. But Fury boasts remarkable powers of resilience, able to get up four times in three fights against Wilder – who, for all his faults, hits as hard as any heavyweight born. Tyson would have a puncher’s chance against any boxer. But he never defeated any heavyweight of Fury’s skills and quickly became disheartened and one-dimensional if an opponent didn’t collapse early on. But Fury is on the way to proving himself a greater boxer than ‘Iron Mike’. If all Fury has to do is prove he’s the best of the modern super-heavyweights, then his list of realistic competition is drastically reduced.įury’s namesake, Mike Tyson, spent his early career viciously knocking out far bigger men. But the ‘Ambling Alp’ was not a co-ordinated, slick, swift-footed, switch-hitting boxer like the 6ft 9in Fury – a boxer who also knows how to maximise his size and lean on shorter foes. There were giant heavyweights in the past, such as the 6ft 6in Primo Carnera. So is it really ridiculous to suggest that Fury would simply have been too big for any heavyweight from 40 or 50 years ago?Īli is widely thought to stand above all heavyweights in history, but there is a case to argue that Fury could beat ‘The Greatest’ In the lighter weights, that would be considered an almost impossible leap (imagine, say, lightweight Vasiliy Lomachenko fighting an elite super-middleweight). The likes of Ali and Joe Frazier – let alone heavyweights who came before them like Joe Louis or Rocky Marciano – were undersized compared to the likes of Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe and the Klitschko brothers, who were naturally 20lb to 30lb larger. But there was a widely acknowledged change in the division in the 1990s with the arrival of the so-called super-heavyweights. The chasm in boxing skill between Ali and Wilder is, of course, as wide as you can imagine between two heavyweights. Considering the fact that the 6ft 7in, 238lb Wilder looked undersized – “skinny” in Fury’s words – in his bouts with ‘The Gypsy King’, how small would Ali and the heavyweights of the 1960s and ‘70s have appeared? The fact is that Ali was 6ft 3in and weighed 206lb when he first won the world heavyweight title in 1964 only 6lb above the modern cruiserweight limit. ![]() But ‘greater’ isn’t the same as saying that Ali could beat Fury if they were, somehow, to meet in a mythical in-ring match-up. Muhammad Ali will undoubtedly – correctly – be hailed as a greater boxer than Fury. Fury fans can be rest assured that whatever weight he plans on entering the ring at, it’s all for good reason.Īll eyes are now turned towards the weigh-in on Friday night, where Fury will reveal the current shape he’s in.It is not so absurd a statement as it might sound. ![]() With a perfect unbeaten record, these days it’s hard to doubt the Brit. LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 01: Tyson Fury interacts with promoter Frank Warren during the Tyson Fury v Dillian Whyte press conference at Wembley Stadium on Main London, England. Looking fit, healthy and sharp a lot lighter than his previous bout with Wilder. Needless to say, Fury is in some serious shape. It’s evident that he looks much leaner than he first claimed, a lot less like the “man-mountain” he described during his media obligations.ĭoes this perhaps mean that he is resulting to a stick and move style, rather than trying to walk Whyte down and bulldoze through him? Recent training footage has emerged of the Gypsy King showing off his fast hands in some intense rounds of shadowboxing. Tyson Fury’s physique for Dillian Whyte fight Tyson Fury’s physique for Dillian Whyte fight In last year’s emphatic trilogy against Deontay Wilder, Fury weighed in at a career-high weight of 19-stone eight pounds and dominated proceedings by knocking the American out in the 11th round. The claim from the world champion suggests that he will look to be the aggressor against Whyte, sitting in the pocket and outboxing his opponent. When you see him, you’ll know exactly what he’s been doing this whole time.” “You won’t even have to see the number on the scale. We are 8 days out from Fury vs Whyte… How do we think Tyson is looking? from Boxingįury’s nutritionist George Lockhart claimed that boxing fans will be “shocked” when Fury steps on the scales during the weigh in.
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