Fury cemented himself in boxing history for one moment and one moment only

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  1. Kiwi Casual

    Kiwi Casual Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They still fought very carefully. Watch them back, they respected his power.

    We can agree to disagree though.
     
  2. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He's AJ's biggest fanboy in here, except for maybe Slyk.
     
  3. hobby rider

    hobby rider Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No they didnt. Zhang had him backed up on the ropes in the second round, clocked him in the third and mullered him in the fifth. Beat him like a ginger step child.
     
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    hobby rider Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Its really really weird
     
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    fencik45 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hard to say it would flatline anyone else when Wilder was even more carefully matched than Fury. Both had masters of creative matchmaking shaping/saving their careers.
     
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    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That phrase "with a different ref" is something that has benefited Fury massively in his career:

    McDermott 1
    Cunningham
    Hammer
    Wilder 1
    Wallin
    Whyte
    Ngannou
    Usyk 1

    And we have some fans still crying about anti-Fury bias
     
  7. Kiwi Casual

    Kiwi Casual Boxing Addict Full Member

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    We could use Helenius as an example. Sparked in the first round by Wilder, took AJ 7.

    I think you'd have to be fairly biased against Wilder to deny he had brutal power.
     
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    fencik45 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Duhaupas was stopped in the final round by Wilder, for absolutely no reason. He was ko'd in one by Povetkin. See how that works?
     
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    If that’s why you think Fury is hated by “the system” i don’t know what to say.
     
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  10. hobby rider

    hobby rider Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wilder took 9 rounds to get rid of szpillka, chisora flattened him in two. Think that means that chisora has brutal power then.
     
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  11. MaccaveliMacc

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    It took Wilder 9 rounds to get rid of Molina. It took AJ 3 rounds. But... it took Arreola 1 round. Is Arreola the biggest puncher of the 3?
     
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    Povetkin KO'd him in 6.
     
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    bjl12 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nah, the gif of him licking Deontays blood was master class
     
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    He had a lot of moments in this trilogy.
     
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    A modern day Jack Johnson he is. Such blatant discrimination.