Is Fury the biggest star in world boxing now?

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Is Fury the biggest star in boxing?

Poll closed May 15, 2022.
  1. Gypsy King is biggest

    31 vote(s)
    49.2%
  2. Canelo still hanging on

    30 vote(s)
    47.6%
  3. Other dude has my vote

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. I sit down to pee

    2 vote(s)
    3.2%
  1. BoxingAddick

    BoxingAddick Active Member Full Member

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    Its a bit sad that the argument for whos the biggest star is between two drug cheats though.
     
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  2. BoxingAddick

    BoxingAddick Active Member Full Member

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    AJ's never failed a drugs test juat saying.
     
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  3. Erik

    Erik Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Probably just behind Conor Benn.
     
  4. Murderers' Row

    Murderers' Row Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Should have been though.
     
  5. EJC83

    EJC83 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I wish I could like him, I really do, he's a fantastic boxer but he just let's himself down terribly.

    There was a big crowd that were there for him but it wasn't 94k, banks of empty seats.

    There isn't enough of a buzz around Fury for him to be considered boxings biggest star, the PR work with him has been tremendous but it's still not enough for me. He's a great boxer and for one reason or another a popular figure but he's an idiot.
     
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  6. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Quite possible

    But casual fans i do at this point feel are switching to Fury

    Its all guess work really
     
  7. Murderers' Row

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    He rubs shoulders with professional wrestlers, film stars, musicians and fellow athletes.

    Silvester Stallone wants him to star in one of his films, he has offers from the WWE.

    Tyson Fury is a star.
     
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  8. Safin

    Safin Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    You don't need to like him for who he is; just enjoy him as a superstar heavyweight boxer.

    Joe Calzaghe's a scumbag tosser but it doesn't seem to put you off him. There are many ways to be an idiot but it doesn't seem like it's the fact that he's an idiot that puts you off him, it's something more specific. For me Fury is a hypocrite to a sickening degree (and in several ways), and a fake persona. Usyk is the most likeable guy out of the lot.
     
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  9. Coybig

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    He does have all the TUE hanging over him though tbf. Remember he packed on about 5 stone of muscle when turning pro too
     
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  10. The Professor

    The Professor Socialist Ring Leader Staff Member

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    I don't think there is any question on this. HW boxing is the flagship division of the sport, and Fury is the Man. End of story.
     
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  11. BoxingAddick

    BoxingAddick Active Member Full Member

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    Never been proven he had a TUE and it wasnt 5 stone of muscle. Most of it is gossip.
     
  12. Coybig

    Coybig Member Full Member

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    I'm jesting with 5st. But he did put on a ridiculous amount of muscle, and he looks like a juicer. Musclebound to **** and rocking a beauty of HGH gut, he looks like he's swallowed a beach ball.
     
  13. Safin

    Safin Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Who gives a ****? Only a total noob would hold drugs against a pro athlete. All pro athletes are on the sos. Don't be a dick.
     
  14. EJC83

    EJC83 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't think what Calzaghe has done can top the consistent levels of idiocy that Tyson Fury has reached. I've mentioned on here before that I like the boxer and think he's brilliant but everything else, the PR stunts, the hypocrisy, it just really grates and I'm surprised how easily people buy it. Look who he's involved with too, an absolute scumbag who has gone into hiding.

    To be a superstar you have to be more than just the man in the ring, he can talk but it's lying that has elevated status "oh he's such a good guy", he's the kind of person that won't do a good deed unless a camera is there. I'm just sick of fake wholesomeness full stop and Tyson Fury is the World Champion of it right now.
     
  15. BoxingAddick

    BoxingAddick Active Member Full Member

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    Anthony Joshua isnt