His come out swinging plan on Usyk will last as long as it takes the Cat to land one on his glass whiskers, which equals not long.
He has faced, which what was what I said, Wlad, Parker, Povetkin, Ruiz, Pulev and Usyk over the last 4,5 half years. All ranked in The Ring top 10 at the time. Fury's only top 10 opponent during that time is Wilder, and Wilder's are Fury and Ortiz. And, yes, Wlad, Povetkin and Pulev were old, but no older than Ortiz and still better than Wallin (Fury's next best opponent during this time). I will like a fighter who takes on challenges and makes the interesting fights, win or lose. Joshua has done that, more than anyone at HW in recent times. And mentioning Takam, even though everyone knows he was an alternate to a mandatory, seems mostly like driving an agenda. The first Ruiz fight was the only one who wasn't meant to be mandatory or for a title in the last five years.
Off the charts cringe factor. Even when AJ is ''being real'' he comes across as being just as fake as when he's being fake.
The scary thing is he obviously planned and rehearsed that and thought it would make him sound really cool and intimidating
Imagine being a 32 y/o grown man still believing it's impressive and cool to boast about being or act like a ''roadman.'' If you haven't grown out of that by the time you hit adulthood you're a ****ing moron. That kind of thing is for the school playground and the fact he actually thinks Usyk who is not only utterly fearless but comes from one, if not the, poorest countries in Europe, a war-torn country, and who not only thrives on fighting his opponents in their backyards but does so religiously and just whooped his ass in his despite the fact he was giving away huge physical advantages, had been very inactive and was fighting on a deck which was heavily stacked against him is beyond comical. Usyk would've 100% laughed at that. The only time AJ pulled an Usyk and fought one of his opponents in their backyard he got bounced up and down off the canvas like a yoyo and stopped by a morbidly obese Mexican Oliver Hardy lookalike and AJ is trying to intimidate The Road Warrior Usyk with gangsta ****
I actually felt a bit sorry for him after the Usyk fight, now I hope Usyk makes him come to the Ukraine, has a Ukrainian ref and at least two home judges, and knocks his ass out for pulling that ****.
That knowing exactly what he has to do, knocking Usyk out ''Kronk style,'' quote was from just 48 hours before the fight if even that long. He contradicted himself more times than he didn't in that interview
He appeared too disciplined to me... When you are in a fight and you know you are losing or being embarrassed, the red mist should kick in and you just think **** it and go for it, its a fight ffs he should have just got on with it...
Fury fought Wilder 3 times in the last 3 years, plus Wallin who Whyte has just ducked Wilder fought Fury 3 times in the last 3 years, plus Ortiz who Hearn signed so that AJ wouldn't have to fight him AJ fought Ruiz 2 times, Pulev and Usyk in the last 3 years By any realistic measure, Fury and Wilder have faced by far the more dangerous opposition in the last 3 years (go back any further and Fury was on the comeback from his 2.5 year hiatus). AJ was a big, massive or absurd favourite over all of his career opponents (his closest matchup being Usyk: a 5/2 underdog). Fury has been the underdog 4 times in his career, Wilder has been the underdog on 1 occasion and close to even money 3 times. Yet AJ's still managed to lose badly twice, once to a big underdog and once to an absurd underdog. This isn't because AJ has been taking on great opponents (aside from Usyk, though Wlad and to a lesser extent Povetkin were dangerous) it's because he was always a vulnerable and overhyped champion.