Can any heavyweight from history realistically beat Tyson Fury?

Idk if no skill wilder could reach his chin Louis def would. Fury is a good fighter. Unfortunately he never proved himself against any good competition except Wlad. Wilder is nothing but today’s Cleveland Williams except his resume is even thinner than Williams.
If Fury beats Usyk and AJ then we talk.

 

McDermott should of got the nod vs him in their 1st fight, Chisora gave him a competitive fight in their 1st meeting. Cunningham, Pajkic, both floored Fury heavily. Wilder came close to stopping Fury on two occasions, and Wallin badly cut Fury and gave him a tough fight, so of course he can realistically be beaten.

 

Ali, Lewis, Louis, Bowe, Tyson, Holyfield, Holmes, Foreman, Liston, Wlad, Vitali, among others should all be a favorite over Fury. In spite of his size differential. I think even Ken Norton is likely to outbox Fury. Not to mention Usyk. Fury is certainly in no hurry to fight Usyk. And now, Fury appears to be hesitant to even fight a damaged version of Anthony Joshua. Hardly the behavior of an all time great.

 

Any boxer can be beaten, including Tyson Fury. If the question is: "Could any continually reconstituted Heavyweight beat Tyson Fury in a best of 7 series?" Then the answer is still yes. I can think of many who could, including Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield, Joe Louis, Lennox Lewis, and probably Wladimir Klitschko. In addition to those I just mentioned, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Vitali Klitschko, Mike Tyson, and a few others from history, would have a darn good chance of pulling that off. All IMHO, of course.

 

Lewis, Bowe, Vitali, Holmes - I also mentioned. Possibly Tyson, Ali and a young Wlad.
The rest no. Holyfield ain't got the size, Liston is skilled but he ain't got the size nor the speed.
Foreman very unlikely except for a lucky punch. He's too damn slow and not skilled enough.
Louis - hell no, not in a million years.
Norton ?!? You must be joking. If it wasn't for his matches with Ali, nobody would even remember him.

 

Wilder is almost as big as Fury, hits like a truck and very importantly, has great speed.
Louis struggled with a LHW like Conn, he will be totally outclassed by Fury. He probably won't even lay a glove on him.
Louis is a joke compared to modern boxers.

 

Fury has a great chance head to head against any heavyweight champ in history. But you have to remember what made them ATGs and that is they had ferocious mentalities and beat the best of the best of their eras. That makes them head to head monsters as well and yes I do give smaller heavyweights like Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali a chance at beating Fury as well. I think the smaller guys are much more skilled and would use tactics Fury hasn’t seen either. A mover like Ali would have Fury tired after 5 rounds. Tyson would get under Fury’s long arms and beat up the midsection unlike anyone he has faced either. So I give them all a chance against each other.

I currently favor Fury against Usyk, but I do think Usyk’s movement can cause Fury problems and Usyk may even win the fight.

 

What a moron!!!

 

Thanks for the laugh

 

And Fury struggled with a cruiserweight

 

I think Fury brings a lot of problems for most fighters with his size and unique boxing skills, so of course you need a very, very good performance to beat him.

That said, can we wait a few more years before we can call him unbeatable? It's not like he's destroying top contenders for 10 years straight, he never even faced Joshua or Usyk...

 

You seem to be extremely confident about the fight that will never happen and the fight you can't really predict accurately. I suggest to have a bit more humility in the future.

 

Fury is so weak compared to prime Foreman, who would honestly bet on Fury in an arm wrestling match or strongman type competition vs prime Foreman, and Ali had no trouble man handling Foreman in the rumble

the reality is Fury is just not that great

 

Not prime Fury