Tyson Furys Career: In Depth Breakdown

Regardless of Age and everything Wlad was dealing without the ring, i give him 100% full props for that win. Huge victory.
Wilder i give him credit in the fact it was off the back of inactivity, Wilders actual level was fairly unknown at the time of taking the first bout, as many of us predicted we have come to learn, it was that of a one trick pony with knockout power but he was most certainly not what many was saying. Absolutely no shame in losing to Usyk whatsover but dont get it twisted, he didnt get in that ring because he wanted to, and if Turki was not in boxing he would still be unbeaten today talking about how he would beat Usyk. A very large amount of money is the reason he took them losses.

Wladimir Klitschko, Deontay Wilder 3 times, Oleksandr Usyk 2 times. If thats all you can show for a decade at the top of the sport. Thats not enough to say he didnt duck anyone.

 

Feel free to elaborate.

 

And ill stand by that assumption 100% that the only reason he got in the ring with Usyk was because the bag was far to great to turn down.
As i said, Wlad i give full props for, he still had alot left as we saw vs AJ, whether he had a off night or Fury simply bewildered him is irrelevant to the fact he turned up and done a number on him. A 39 year old champion unbeaten for a decade, if you want to become a world champion you have no choice but to take that fight, the risk and reward of that made a whole lot of sense to take. Biggest puncher of all time for what reason though, thats what im not sold on. I could swap Frank Bruno with Deontay Wilder and id be fairly confident that he would also be 40-0-0 with the same KO%. I didnt see Wilder KO anyone of note that had me saying damn, legit. Monster power. For me, he fought his first 40 fights pre Fury exactly how he fought his fights post Fury, only this time he was fighting genuine guys that we knew were at the top of the division and he come unstuck. Only thing Fury took from Wilder was this fantasy aura of a big scary knockout artisf he was being dubbed as that came with Deontay before Fury.

Now had Deontay slept Whyte during his peak run he was on during them years, when he was screaming for his shot at Deontay, maybe accepted a AJ bout or unified vs Parker or just slept somebody that wasnt 49 and had heart problems we could make a case. Unfortunately you want to speak facts and the facts are he knocked out nobody of note apart from Old King Kong.

 

You think he slowed in the first round for a "Breather"? Was it not Usyk on his ass making him work as the reason he got tired?
The first fight he boxed brilliantly till he started gassing, showed his elite level I.Q and ability. Ultimately it wasnt enough. The 2nd fight, that wasnt close. He got so mentally drained like everyone does against Usyk in that first fight he didnt want to go back to that place again.

I think he should return, KOing AJ is the real middle finger to everyone whos ever doubted him and the perfect send off for his career at this stage.

 

Theres been so many holes in his game on display against vastly inferior opposition which would make you believe there was most certainly more losses waiting for him should he have fought the different styles presented to him from other top end fighters of the past 10-15 years. The lack of complacency and consistency hes shown between lower level fights makes me for sure certain he would have slipped up at least once or twice. Dont get me wrong, i think hes got elite level ability, he showed that for me in Usyk 1, albeit he had every single possible physical advantage in his favour ten fold in that bout but still, i think theres definitely match ups that i could see him slipping up in.

To name a few banana skins, I think had it been him in the ring vs Dubois instead of AJ i think he could have potentially fell to the same fate, maybe not as quickly, i think Zombie Joyce pre Zhang could have had a similar effect Usyk did in the 1st and would gas him out. Zhang would most definitely have been a puzzle i would like to have seen him have to weather for the initial 5/6 rounds a few years back. Povetkin even a aged version, i would have liked to have seen him in the ring with, especially with him having a history with getting dropped by smaller statured fighters who certainly dont crack like Sasha.

And to the day i die i will always be convinced Pre Tiger Thompson David Price had the beating of that version of Tyson Fury in 2012. Wouldnt have been surprised with a 2013 Hayemaker Haye stiffening Fury either, even after how much better Fury has proven himself to be than we all thought he was back in 2013. However that one is through no fault of his own so i allow him that fight off his resume.

It really is such a shame hes denied us of such good match ups.