Is Tyson Fury the Best British Heavyweight of All Time?

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Who is the best UK-born heavyweight of all time?

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  1. Tyson Fury

    20.1%
  2. Lennox Lewis

    77.0%
  3. David Haye

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. Henry Cooper

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  5. Anthony Joshua

    0.6%
  6. Bob Fitzsimmons

    0.6%
  7. Tommy Farr

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  8. Frank Bruno

    0.6%
  9. Joe Joyce

    1.1%
  10. Don Cockell

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. BrainyBoxer

    BrainyBoxer Active Member Full Member

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    Fury can be a little sloppy on the inside, that's where Lennox was really good and could rip upper cuts.
     
  2. TMLT87

    TMLT87 Active Member Full Member

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    Lennox has a much better resume than Fury and I would favour him head to head too.
     
  3. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He won more than 8 rounds I was there virtually ringside he won the first 10.
     
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  4. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    You can have a resume 100 x better than SRR's and Harry Greb's and sport a 1000-0-0 (1000 KOs) record but it means nothing if there is a man born from their mother who can beat you.

    All the other HW greats lost sans Marciano and the GOAT Tyson Fury would never lose to the fighters who beat them in a million years and he sure as hell ain't losing to a stumpy leprechaun with the reach of a baby kangaroo like Marciano

    This is why Fury is the GOAT :facepalm:
     
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  5. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I voted Fury as Lennox spent his formative years in Canada, fought for them for the olympics, and calls Jamaica his homeland. He went to the UK to make his money, as Fury went to America.
     
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  6. tokyo5exwale

    tokyo5exwale Underdogs are on top banned Full Member

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    Fury = number 1

    Lennox got KO'd by two bums and was getting his ass beat by vitali. (plus is he even british)

    Fury is super skilled, versatile, undefeated and always finds a way to win. His win over the great Wlad klitschko who dominated for over a decade is better than any Lennox win
     
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  7. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Pay close attention

    Tyson ''The Gypsy King'' Fury's powers of prophecy are second to none

    An 18 y/o Fury

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    ''2013 British champion'' - check. He achieved that in 2011
    ''2014 European champion'' - check. Won the Euro title that year.
    ''2016 Undisputed HW champion'' - became the three-belt unified champion in 2015 and would've won the WBC by 2016 had the gypsy haters not frame an innocent gypsy man who is as pure in heart and soul as a child for a crime he did not commit

    And Fury did belatedly add the final piece of the jigsaw when he annexed the WBC strap from a dosser

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    And back in 2013 also prophesied that he would knockout said dosser and that has now come to pass x 2

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    Listen to every word

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    And now this

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  8. Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Jennifer Love Hewitt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lewis is far ahead.
    Fury would need to become undisputed and dominate for a while to even be in this discussion.
     
  9. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mercer fight was razor close.

    Fury v mcdermott wasn't
     
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  10. Dannymita

    Dannymita Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Might have to change my pick of Lewis to big John McDermott...seen as he's the only man to beat the mercurial boxing wunderkind and heavyweight goat Tyson fury.... **** my life lol
     
  11. FastLeft

    FastLeft Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not really seeing the point comparing the McDermott fight. Fury was just 21 years. It was pro fight number 8. Fury less experienced. Lennox Lewis is getting stopped by Valery Abadzhan in the amateurs at same age. Lewis had lot more amateur international experience than Fury before turning professional, even more of gap in experience if you want compare Lewis v Mercer against McDermott fight. It is not serious comparison.
     
  12. Hanz Cholo

    Hanz Cholo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lennox has the better resume.
    But I never liked that vato … fury gets my vote.
     
  13. Heisenberg

    Heisenberg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hard to see past Lewis. If Fury hadn’t lost 3 years to addiction, it could be much closer on paper

    LEWIS
    41-2-1 (32 KO)
    15-2-1 in world championships
    World champions beaten 12
    Era defining wins - Tyson, Holyfield, Klitschko, Tua, Bruno, Mercer, Ruddock, Golota, Briggs, Morrison, Grant and Tucker

    FURY
    32-0-1 (23 KO)
    3-0-1 in world championships
    World champions beaten 3
    Era defining wins - Klitschko, Wilder, Whyte, and Chisora
     
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  14. rudeboy_rebellion

    rudeboy_rebellion New Member banned Full Member

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    surprised Bob Fitz doesnt have more votes

    its out of Fury or Fitz. Lewis is overrated
     
  15. Jaxsax

    Jaxsax New Member Full Member

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    With the same reasoning, Fury has been knocked down 4 times by a failed football/basketball player who started boxing at 21 years old :

    - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deontay_Wilder#Personal_life

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