Who is best UK heavyweight right now?

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by CamR21, May 20, 2012.


  1. sir tom jones

    sir tom jones New Member Full Member

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    Haye
    Chisora
    Price
    Fury

    as of right now.
     
  2. icemax

    icemax Indian Red Full Member

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    Haye


    Fury, Price, Chisora

    McFatty
    Towers, Dallas,
     
  3. DaveyboyEssexUK

    DaveyboyEssexUK Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Price would have had Valuev out of there
     
  4. dftaylor

    dftaylor Writer, fanatic Full Member

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    That's because you're an idiot and like James DeGale.
     
  5. dftaylor

    dftaylor Writer, fanatic Full Member

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    Fury beat Chisora. No way he should be rated beneath him.
     
  6. Lilo

    Lilo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :lol:

    Which knob voted for Towers! :patsch
     
  7. knockout artist

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    David Price has knocked out Sam Sexton and John Mcdermott, and all of a sudden he's this unbeatable monster :rofl

    At least wait until they put him in with a live opponent. Haye has been in with Klitschko, Valuev and has won world titles at CW. Chisora has beat Helenius and fought 12 hard rounds against Vitali.

    It's like a striker scores 20 goals a season in league 1, and people assume he's better than a striker who scores only 10 goals in the Premier League.
     
  8. boranbkk

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  9. Grenade

    Grenade Explosive puncher Full Member

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    Luke Fury's notable victories are against McDermott (arguably lost one, definitely struggled with it) and Rogan. Dereck has stopped Sexton twice and finished off Danny Williams. He also 'beat' Helenius. Chisora is operating at European/World level, taking on Klitschko and Haye. Fury ducked David Price and is happy doing an Audley, collecting an easy paycheck from Channel 5 whilst struggling against the likes of Firtha and Pajkic.

    Yes, Fury beat Chisora but in my opinion that does not make him a better boxer. Same with Groves and DeGale. There are understandable circumstances. Some of the best boxers of all time have lost a fight due to lack of motivation or focus, only to come back in a rematch and set the record straight in emphatic fasion.

    When you consider that Dereck was all pumped up for fighting against Wladimir, then has it taken away from him and has to defend his British title against Luke, it must be a massive comedown. If you look at Chisora's physique for the fight- it was absolutely shocking. He did not take that fight seriously at all. The Chisora that turned up against Sexton on the Magnificent 7 card and stopped him in the 9th would knock Fury out. The Chisora that 'beat' Helenius, or the Chisora that valiantly lost to Vitali would beat Fury no problem.

    Fury was the better man on the night, but thats about as far as it goes.

    For me, its:

    Haye
    Chisora
    Price
    Fury

    I believe Haye is currently the best. He'll take Chisora out in 8 in my opinion. Perhaps foolishly, I still believe he is capable of beating Wladimir via stoppage if he gets his gameplan right and I have no doubt he'd beat Vitali on points.

    I'd put Chisora above Price for now as Price has not proved himself yet. Him and Fury are at a similar stage of their careers. Price will be the best in 2/3 years. Fury ducked Price so he goes to the bottom. Not seen Towers so I can't rank him.

    I want to see Fury take on Audley because I'm not sure that Fury will win that one, and if he did he'd make hard work of it. Ideally I'd like to see Audley beat Fury and then fight Price, who would stop him. It'd be good exposure for Price to beat someone of Audley's notoriety, allow him to build a fanbase before he gets to the Klitschkos. Fury might then take the Price fight to try and resurrect his career and then get knocked the **** out, and I'd love to see it.

    Fury has already turned down the opportunity to fight Audley and Price, while Haye, Chisora and Price will fight anyone. For them reasons I think it is absurd that anyone could rate Fury above those 3, even considering the Fury victory over Chsiora.
     
  10. Lilo

    Lilo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Luke Fury>>Paup Snith>>Brady Rioss
     
  11. Strike

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    Haye.

    Proven against better opposition than any of the others have faced, faster than any of the others, hard hitting (although Prices right hand is probably even bigger) and although he was an embarrassment in many ways against Wlad, he showed decent defence and was not easy to hit. Price looks great offensively but hasn't had anyone back him up really, and hasn't fought anyone above domestic level.

    Price is second though.

    Fury is third. Although Chisora is tough and so on, the fact that he faced Fury and lost means Fury should be rated above him.

    Chisora 4th.
     
  12. dutchie

    dutchie Active Member Full Member

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    Cant believe the vote for Haye,he embarrassed himself in his last fight against Klit and retired,i think he is well past it!!!!!!!
     
  13. Lilo

    Lilo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You know, should Fury and Price ever fight, how would Price take it if Fury fought southpaw.

    Cammerelle is excellent but was it the Italian's quality or southpaw stance that gave Price problems?

    Crazy how much better people seem to think Price is yet Fury has fought and beaten much better fighters than Price.
     
  14. Lilo

    Lilo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yawn.

    Andy Lee got KO'd against Bryan ****ing Vera.

    Haye did just as well against the better Klitschko than Chisora did against Vitali, just expectations were different.
     
  15. DanielJFiasco

    DanielJFiasco Active Member Full Member

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    A very valid point when you look at it objectively. A lot of people fell in love with the idea that Haye-Wlad was a 50-50 fight because of the spin on it. I actually expected Haye to get stopped by Wlad, and I'd have said before the fight that it was a 75/25 in WK's favour.

    With Chisora, as valiant as his effort was, he could fight that fight 10 times and never win one.

    On a side note, I've only seen Towers a couple of times, but what is the expectation of him? He seems to have sidestepped the domestic scene and is fighting mostly eastern Euro's. Surely he could now mix it with the lower level domestic guys. Maybe throw him in with Dallas as a barometer? He is the oldest of the 5 HW's polled here I think