Realistically? As Wilder successfully defended his WBC title 10 times in 4 years ~ In the modern era, the list is as follows: Wladimir Klitschko 25 Vitali Klitschko 15 Deontay Wilder 10 Anthony Joshua 9 Fury is 33 years of age, presently, so where do you see him landing on this list?
Wilder made 10 defences in 5 years. Also I think, Vitali made 13 successful defences if you are combining WBO + WBC But regarding Fury, I imagine even if he goes undefeated, I doubt he will go much beyond age 36/37, so probably about 6 or 7 total. It's really up to him though, and he is so unpredictable it's almost impossible to say Edit: Joshua has 7 & Wlad has 23
Wlad had 23 (not 25) over two reigns. Vitali had 12 (not 15) over three reigns. Joshua had 7 (not 9) over two reigns. Wilder had 10 in one reign. Will Fury make more defenses than Wilder? No. Will Wilder win another title and catch Vitali? Maybe.
Vitali had 12 over three reigns. He regained the WBC title when he defeated Sam Peter. Peter was the defending champ.
Cheers, I wrote 12 at first, then edited to 13. You are correct So how many defences do you think Fury will make?
Fury was brought to this earth by the fighting gods for the entire purpose of ending bum dossers who think they are something because they defended a plastic belt. Fury has angered the gods by having his first title defence last month. Nobody cares or remembers about title defences or number of titles. Fury will beat Usyk in either fantastic or skin of teeth fashion before sailing into the sunset
I do not think he will stay much longer in the sport to be honest. I can see him beating Whyte then calling it off. 2
Fury has zero intention of getting anywhere near the number of defences of Wilder, his love for the sport died years ago, he cannot be assed to be in training camp, wants the high profile fights only.
When you say the sunset do you mean the WWE? I hope he fights as long as he can within reason. As a fan of his, I would like to see him clear out the division. I don't know why you would promote this idea that it's all good for him to beat Usyk, not fight Joshua, and sail off into the sunset. He should also be fighting guys like Joyce (an olympic medalist who is 3 years older than him). I expect him to at a minimum fight Whyte, Usyk and Joshua But, my fan boy scenario for him would be to stick around, fight Joyce, Yoka, Hrgovic and finally take Jalolov in his final fight, retiring win or lose.
I don't think he will. I don't think he'll realistically have the timeline or inclination TBH. I think maybe another 4 possibly 5 fights at tops then he calls it a day.
No. Now that it looks like the Joshua fight is busted, every fight will come with a consideration of retirement. He likes the money and the fame, is indifferent to the fighting, and can no longer tolerate the training.
Probably not. I dont think Fury's the kind of guy who cares all that much about title defences. He might only have one or two more fights left in him before he loses interest in boxing altogether and goes off to be a pro-wrestler or something. He's a very unpredictable personality.
2-3 times max. He’ll retire, lose, or drop them after that. I only see him having like 4 or fewer fights before retiring.
I dont think its that he cant be bothered to train its just he easily gets out of shape and needs an exteemely on point camp to get in good nick. the 2nd Wilder boit was him in great form super focused and conditioned. John keeps saying he doesnt get up for anyone but the best Was a little dissapointing to see the lack tone on him compared to the 2nd Wilder bout. Fury can easily overtrain though, holding good muscle mass is hard for him.