Prime Tyson Fury v The Entire Lineal Heavyweight Championship - A Gauntlet Exercise

I have Ali, Foreman, Holmes, Lewis and W. Klitschko beating him. Others could possibly beat Fury but these five are the champs I would favor over Fury.

 

I don't see him getting past the "old Tommy Burns Ankle Bite ''!

 

This.

 

And of these 5 listed champions, I would give Lewis the best chances, and Foreman or W. Klitschko the least.
IMHO, of course.
And I have one question. Would Tyson Fury recover from such a punch by Hashim Rahman (with the same strength in the same place)?

 

If Fury can get up after being poleaxed by Deontay Wilder,it's a good chance that he'd recover from Rahman's shot.
I see Ali,Lewis,Foreman and Holmes having the best chance of beating Fury. Muhammad and Larry the best and Foreman the least.

 

I don't think he reaches the end. He'd be trying to go something like 40-0 against #1 ranked guys. Nobody in history did that. Someone is going to upset him.

Granted, the early guys aren't as good. But per the terms of the thread, he's fighting them under their own rules. So it evens out a bit.

 

Foreman stands no chance, he's too slow and clumsy. Fury would beat him with ease, outbox him all night long.
Ali and Holmes were great, but I don't see them beating Fury either, they lack the size.
From the ones you mentioned, Wlad and Lewis are the only ones who can beat him.
But correct me if I'm wrong, Wlad was never the lineal champ, since his brother held the WBC belt.

 

Wlad became the line champion after a fight with Ruslan Chagaev. So he became the "people's champion", as the regular lineal champion Lenox Lewis retired.
But correct me if I'm wrong.

 

1st off, up until LL, bar a few exceptions over the years - it IS a Different Division - Fury (and Co.) IS NOT a Heavyweight!!!

so you're question should be Fury vs, all the S-HW Giants from about the late 80s on and all 'the Exceptions' thrown in, i.e Willard, Cannera, Baer and so on...

I DO Not make him the favourite at all, he will lose approx 50%, at least, to all 10 of the S-HW Greats, because there surely can't be too many more than 10 - 20 of them.

'IF' you want to include all HWs in History, it has to be a H2H, P4P EQUAL Match Up, because the Normal Size SMALL HW's today would be L-HWs & Cruiserweights TODAY and H2H FURY loses to damn near ALL of Them.

Stop trying to make Fury out to be the Greatest Heavyweight in History, he IS NOT, he is Not even a HW, he is a S-HW Giant and MOST of them Are SUBPAR!!!

 

Ali is a clear favorite.

I’d narrowly favor Liston and Holmes.

Tyson and Foreman are 50-50 or at worse live underdogs.

 

I mean, with 40 or so fights, he might get a freak injury and lose one. Many top heavyweights have. Ali got his jaw broken. Liston got a shoulder injury. Patterson's back. Vitali. Holmes's arm (although that might have predated the fight.) Etc. Just from chance alone.

 

Liston shoulder injuries also predated his fight with Ali.

 

Fair enough. That said, I'd stand by my wider point that weird stuff happens in the ring. Especially over 40+ fights against elite fighters.