I would feel comfortable about putting over Fury H2H every other legend against Fury is a 50-50 fight even Ali. The fight with Lennox would still be tough and competitive early but I feel he would break down Tyson in the later rounds
Fury never even beat a top prime fighter in his career. Even Wilder is a bit older now and not that good.
I agree. Lennox is overall better than Fury and I would easily pick him in a H2H, but would also favor Ali. Ali was so fast and accurate. I'm not one of those people that thinks Ali beats everyone, but I'd make him a slight favorite in a H2H against Fury. Probably throw Holmes in there as anther I'd make a slight favorite. I think Fury would struggle more with slick boxers than he would with power guys. Here's one that many would call me crazy, but I think a young Chris Byrd would give Fury lots of problems. I'm not sold on Fury being a huge power puncher just because he was able to hurt Wilder. I think Fury is a medium hard puncher, so I sort of rule out the idea that he could do an Ike or a Wlad on Byrd. Byrd was slippery and left handed, his foot speed was really good when he was a young heavyweight.
I'd put Vitali and Fury as 50/50. They are both big, both can be awkward. It would come down to who time the other better. I'd favor Fury over Spoon.
Fury would knock every one of them out, but Lennox would have the best chance. Size matters, and people who believe that Ali, for example, would have ANY chance against Tyson Fury (or Wilder) are delusional. Imagine the heavyweight champ 50 years from now. 7ft 8 inches. 22 stone. Would Fury have any chance? No. Stop with the nostalgic delusion.
So we pretending that Usyk didn't completely school sIze-o-rific Anthony Joshua a few weeks ago? Size is an advantage, but it's not the be all and end all factor. Fury himself was dropped by a former cruiser weight and said it was a tough fight.
Fury would beat the crap out of Ali. Ali had zero inside game and body shots. Fury would grab him to death and win in a very ugly fight. Anyway, I agree that Lewis would be the toughest opponent for Fury. I also would like to see Vitali and Holmes against him. Only these trio could beat Fury in the history.
It's not even just size is it? It's speed, endurance, strength, technique. The lot. Consider athletics world records - man versus gravity, physics. In every single sport, man improves.
Usyk is way more skilled than Ali. Its easy to look good against small and slow plodders. Much harder to do it against real SHW's Usyk>Ali
Agree. Ali is overrated. Doug Jones countered him with his jabs and arguably beat him. Henry Cooper almost knocked out him, the bell saved him. He also cheated against Cooper with loaded gloves. Banks dropped him with a mediocre punch. Frazier beat the crap out of him in the first bout. Norton beat him three times. Ali never fought a fast, extremely skilled , smart and southpaw guy like Usyk. Usyk would beat 64-67 Ali.
