Lennox Lewis ducked Chris Byrd

I think he might have felt that Byrd could have made him look bad. Pretty much the same motive Fury gave for ducking Usyk - beating such a small HW wouldn't get him much credit while losing, or even not winning convincingly, would be really bad for his legacy.

Byrd was of course much less accomplished than Usyk and the stakes were much lower, but the principle behind might well have been the same. If Byrd had held three titles and a huge offer had been on the table, I don't think for a second that Lewis would have walked away like Fury did earlier this year, though.

 

I can’t believe that I’m even writing this, but for once I agree with you.

He definitely ducked Byrd.

He tried to rematch Tyson too, which would have been truly horrific.

 

Neither Moorer nor Byrd would have presented a commercial or sporting challenge Imo.

 

I think Moorer when he had the titles would of been a commercial challenge as it would of been a fight for the undisputed titles. But Moorer never even wanted the fight with Lewis. After he beat Holyfield he was asked if he wanted to unify against Lewis and Moorer simply said no and that he felt he didn't feel he needed to fight Lewis. So he cherry picked Foreman which I guess he saw as equally lucrative but also a far less risky fight and then we saw boxing history being made when that backfired horribly for Moorer.

 

Nah, don't be so humble. Being put on your arse by pillow fisted CWs with 29% and 43% KO percentage whom you also outweigh by some 40 lbs is no mean feat, yet the Lord of Lard managed to achieve it twice in the space of just 18 months. No other HW champion has even come close to something so embarrassing like this, ever. This, and the "having more kids than title fights" thing will surely be remembered for a long long time. Wear them like a badge of honour, mate.

 

Yeah, good he finally found his balls.

If everyone sucked off his nuts like you do and made excuses for his earlier duck he'd be happy to never face Usyk, though.

 

He ducked the **** out of him in Fenruary/March, you know that even though you just can't own up to it, Miniq.

And, yes, his ego was clearly rattled by not only commentator but also other fighters calling it the duck it was, as I had hoped it would be.. The hissy fit he had on Froch was one clear sign of that. He is fragile outside the ring.

 

Best to be like Lewis - neither.

And sure, he should catch some flak for not facing Byrd. Would have been an interesting fight. By that time he had taken the smaller cut for undisputed against Holy and had been ducked by both Bowe and Tyson.

Fury's antics - "retiring" two times, pricing himself out of a fight with Joshua pre Ruiz and ducking Usyk the first time - has delayed his chance at undisputed with a good number of years, but still good we seem to be there at last.

I would have preferred him to go the Lewis route, though. I e being prepared to face everyone until achieving pretty much what he set out to do, then ducking what was just another contender in the big scheme of thing before finishing with a win over one of the two dominant fighters of the coming era.

 

Lol, what an idiotic take to stay true to yourself. You are ready to literally defend everything and anything about Fury. Quite scary.

The point was, my dear cult member chum, that calling yourself the greatest fighter ever while you made more kids than title fights is so absurd is not even funny. Never was the bar so low for greatness where you can apparently be considered not only an ATG but the GOAT with six title fights, half of them fought against the same limited guy. If only Ali, Lewis, Frazier, Tyson, Louis, Holmes, Foreman, Holyfield etc knew they only needed six title fights and three defences. And look at those idiots doing 12, 15, 20, 25 title fights, risking their health and career that many time, going through elite opposition and training camps and all that sparring sessions and the resulting wear and tear all this takes.

Rest assured, Fury will be but a footnote in boxing history. He is not even the most famous or best paid fighter now, he and his laughable resume will be remembered maybe for comedic value, nothing else. First title defence against a 40-year-old, 12-losses Chisora, getting beat up by a boxing debutant It's very satisfying to watch Fury destroying even that little legacy he ever had, and when he sinks completely like the disgusting fat whale that he is, he will bring you, his sycophants with him too, so the boxing fan community will be finally purged.

 

You lie as usual.