Usyk confirms Fury was his toughest fight

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  1. Vegan Beast

    Vegan Beast Grandpappy Ortiz Full Member

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    Damn that's a long post.

    And tbh I don't need others to advise me what a better version of Fury is.

    Fury's speed and agility have obviously diminished. It's self evident.

    He skills, chin and recovery remain, but his agility and ability to avoid punches are not what they used to be, and that was a massive part of prime fury's game.
     
  2. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A limited Wilder knocked him down 4 times a non top 10 Heavyweight in Wallin cut him badly and hit him often. So where is the fantasy version of Fury that had the amazing ability to avoid punches like Pernell Whitaker ?

    Fury has been decked 8 times in his career and has struggled in numerous fights, the version of Fury who fought Usyk was the best version of Fury we've seen since Fury stopped Whyte and that's a fact.
     
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  3. lordlosh

    lordlosh Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Sorry but i don't see any difference in this Fury compare to the ones in Wilder 1, Wilder 2(he was actually faster now), and Whyte fight for example. And Fury fans was saying this Fury was H2H the Goat.

    His ability to avoid punches, though, h? Which are this ones? The ones that get him floored 4 time against a complete bum like Wilder, or when Cunningham was outboxing him with ease, until Fury start holding after the KD and then illegal KO Cunningham? This ones? Or the ones where Neven Pajkić floored him? Or maybe when McDermoth beat him, but was robbed on the cards? Or maybe when Nicolai Firtha hurt Fury ? Or Joey Abell didn't find it too hard to land on Fury and stuns him ?
    Or when a not so good fighter Wallin, who AJ s****, busted Fury eyes, and landed 127 punches on Fury?
    Same Wallin, that prolly landed less than 5 clean punches on AJ ....

    I know what you going to say - Klitschko. 40 years old, who not showed up that night. He barely threw any punches at all. That Klitschko year ago made Bryant Jennings looks like World level as well.

    Sorry, but this was 100% vintage Fury, movement, speed, and if anything he was better than before, as his uppercut has clearly improved under SugarHill. And to be fair i did expect his cardio and movement to be worst. He was on point, the best we seen him since his return certainly.
     
  4. lordlosh

    lordlosh Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Exactly. And the same Wallin that landed 127 punches on Fury, couldn't lay a glove on AJ. He prolly didn't land even 5 shots at him.
    And it's not just Wallin and WIlder. A complete bums like Firtha and Abell hurt and stunned Fury on couple of occasions. Neven Pajkić floored him. Cunningham was outboxing him handy before the KD, and after that, but he gassed due to Fury illegal constant holding after that, and the illegal elbow/forearm KO.
    And yeah i forget Ngannou.

    It's easy to look good against slow plodders like Whyte, who also knew his punch resistance is gone after Povetkin finish the job of his chin for good.
     
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  5. Vegan Beast

    Vegan Beast Grandpappy Ortiz Full Member

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    Rofl I don't know what else to say other than he's noticeably slower than what he was before Covid lockdown.

    In 2021 he was noticeably fatter, and Wilder was catching him considerably more, almost KOing him in the 4th round.

    I find it funny you bring up he was knocked down 4 times vs Wilder and yet half of those came after Covid and the point Im making is he was slower in 2021 after covid!

    All of Fury's fights before Wlad were well before Fury took his boxing career seriously.

    Fury pre-wlad was a different fighter. He looked way more motivated for the Wlad fight than the previous ones.
     
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  6. lordlosh

    lordlosh Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    So it's COVID fault now, get it. Too bad Usyk got it too, actually 2 times, he would have been such a beast otherwise ....
    It's funny how Fury and Mike Tyson excuses are so alike.
    So Fuey prime and speed and everything lasted around hmmm 1 fight, in which by coincidence he was on PEDS and gets banned after. Got it now, thanks for the correction.
    Surely also Klitschko family problems and him being 40 years ago has nothing to do as well .
     
  7. like a boss

    like a boss Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Also in that interview with 'The 3 Knockdown Rule', Usyk says that when he was hit by Fury's uppercut in the 6th round, he felt great pain, thought his teeth were knocked out and thanked God he was still standing.

    Make no mistake Usyk has huge respect for Fury. That's why he rates him his toughest fight.
     
  8. spravedlivylev

    spravedlivylev Haaaappy Neeeew Yeeeear! banned Full Member

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    This doesn't make sense. Usyk dominated that fight. Fury won only 2 rounds. Giving him 3 is already pushing it. Usyk landed more total punches, more twice as many high-impact punches, broke Fury's nose and knocked him out in the 9th. How on Earth is that the toughest fight of Usyk's career when it was a brutal toe-to-toe war with Briedis for the full 12 rounds, with Briedis winning 5 rounds?

    It's not about a 'tough pill to swallow.' It's about the ridiculousness of the idea that after dominating and knocking out Fury, it was supposed to be his toughest fight. It wasn't, and it doesn't matter how many times you repeat, 'but Usyk said it was.' He played possum against Chisora and only revealed it this year. How about that? Why don't you address that particular fact when you keep harping on 'he said it'? Usyk knows how to play this game. He flatters the ego of Fury to make sure the Morecambe Duck won't duck him for another two years now. It's not rocket science, mate. Look at the Jabbr stats, for heaven's sake. Look at it, then look at the 8th and 9th rounds again. I mean, it's a joke if you think that's the hardest Usyk ever had to fight. I repeat: he beat Fury up, broke his nose, and knocked him out in the 9th. He couldn't do any of that against Briedis. Which part of that do you find hard to comprehend?
     
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  9. Heavy_Hitter

    Heavy_Hitter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He felt sorry for him lol
     
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  10. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Cope and seethe
     
  11. like a boss

    like a boss Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    There's a lot of seething going on but not a lot of coping.
     
  12. spravedlivylev

    spravedlivylev Haaaappy Neeeew Yeeeear! banned Full Member

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    You of all people talking about coping :DDDDDDDDDDDDD

    You really have no shame, mate. You shouldn't even be here after what happened on 18th May. The fact that you still are proves you really have always been just a troll.

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    Look at that disgusting, pathetic blob bouncing around :D Look what a helpless little sissy Usyk made him to be. That's your warrior king. He belongs to Usyk now, he made him his b***h :D

    Behave or I'm going to reply to all of your posts with this clip.
     
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  13. like a boss

    like a boss Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Usyk's toughest fight no matter how you want to try and twist it.

    He was lucky to be standing in the 6th round. Said so himself.
     
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    Haaaappy Neeeew Yeeeeear!

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  15. spravedlivylev

    spravedlivylev Haaaappy Neeeew Yeeeear! banned Full Member

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    Indeed. It was this tough, look!

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