Tyson Fury disgraced the sport of boxing, but Anthony Joshua redeemed it

He truly did here. Part 2 of this will be Usyk beating Fury. After that we can move on from this completely

 

Well i sure think Fury is a disgrace to our sport, however after AJs rant and postfight behaviour following his second loss to Usyk, perhaps AJ shouldn't try to lecture anyone about respect

 

That's a bold claim. AJ may have a few more top 10 opponents on his resume, but it was Fury who dethroned two long reigning champions and had a much better performance against Usyk.

Hopefully we get to see them fight soon.

 

I think you're stretching on some of these. Joshua was more impressive against Wallin but Fury won every round of his fight and Wallin was downright cowardly V Joshua.

Joshua went life and death with Klit. The Fury fight was less entertaining (by far) but he won it at a canter.

What decade did Fury fight Kevin Johnson in?

Basically Fury is now old and washed up and put in a career worst performance Vs Ngannou.

 

Wallin: Fury still dominated the fight despite the cut. Wallin also played dirty by trying to rub open the cut with his glove because he knew he couldn't win any other way.

Klitschko: Fury absolutely dominated and dethroned Klitschko for his title. AJ struggled to win via British stoppage. They're not remotely comparable.

Ngannou: He's a novice boxer. I'd expect even Wilder to KO him in 1. Fury preformed poorly and came in unprepared.

Kevin Johnson: really? That far back? Whyte is a more recent example, but I guess Fury has a much better win over him.

 

Re: the thread title, I think it was pretty silly to ever suggest the reputation of the entire sport of boxing was ever on the line and entirely dependent on how one MMA fighter performed against two boxers.

 

Do you really think the stoppage was bad?
Klitschko had been knocked down 3 times and twice just before the stoppage
I didn't think that was a bad stoppage

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I felt that it was a little premature. Then again I think referees should always give the fighter the benefit of the doubt in high profile fights.

Even if we agree the stoppage was the right thing to do, AJ struggled to get there been knocked down and buzzed himself.

 

It's AJ fans trying to justify a shameless money grab against a novice.

 

Except he didn't win, and Ngannou came off a loss. His record as of today is 0-2.

I don't overrate Fury just because I think he'd beat AJ, I just think style wise it's a fight that would give Fury an advantage. Fury is more skilled, has better ring IQ and can take a punch and recover quickly.

 

I didn't comment on the fight as a whole
It was a back and forth fight
Just didn't think it was a bad stoppage which is what I felt you were implying
Do you think the stoppage was premature considering Wladimir had been wobbled and knocked down twice in the round already

 

I've already addressed that. He didn't show signs of major damage, didn't take a knee or have his corner throw a towel.

A bad stoppage? Not necessarily, but premature.

 

You are saying it wasn't bad but was premature? Sounds a bit contradictory
He didn't take a knee? He had just been knocked down twice

He didn't show signs of major damage? Please define that.
He was wobbled, and knocked down twice and then starting to take unanswered punches.

What more exactly would you be wanting to see to make the finish not being premature or non controversial to you?
Did you feel that he may have suddenly come back and turned the fight around at that point?