Was Tyson Fury ever any good?

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  1. TheWizard

    TheWizard I Got Milk Baby Full Member

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    Well Fury himself isn't exactly a spring chicken.
     
  2. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    Uh-oh, here it comes! :lol:
    EVERY time a fighter loses, a simpleton pops out with this predictable garbage.
     
  3. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    He won WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF and Ring HW titles
    Beat 2 reigning champions
    Went over 30 fights unbeaten
    Won British, Commonwealth and European HW titles

    I think he was very good
     
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  4. tragedy

    tragedy Active Member Full Member

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    We 100% need to back away from the ATG talk now
     
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  5. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Yes. But he ravaged his own body and could have been better.
     
  6. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    not really, no. not as good as he was built up to be by boxing media. his flaws were never exploited, which puzzled me. but then again, i kept wondering how so many kept finding joyce hard to beat. he is an incomplete fighter in a sea of incomplete fighters, all under the rule of a more complete fighter.
     
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  7. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    Tyson Fury is physically very talented, but mentally very weak.

    He could have been a truly great heavyweight if he were able to stay in shape and stay focused. His gluttony and drug abuse ruined his career. He looked okay in the second Wilder fight, but from Wilder III on he's looked like an age fifty-something drunk.

    He should have come in lighter for last night's fight. He was focused, but his excess weight slowed him down and he looked tired and wasn't sharp in the second half of the fight.

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  8. tragedy

    tragedy Active Member Full Member

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    I'm sorry but your best win can't be Deontay Wilder. Say that out loud right now I swear to God you will feel ridiculous. Usyk was arguably the first time he really and truly stepped up and he got spanked 2x by a middleweight.
     
  9. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    "Tyson" physically very talented, but mentally weak

    Reminds me of someone else lol
     
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  10. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I am very feel me good. Full Member

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    His fans and the general boxing media seemed to think so.
     
  11. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Fury is a quality fighter.

    Usyk is just better.

    The problem Fury has us he never fought AJ or Parker, but his victories over Wlad and Wilder as quality.
     
  12. TheWizard

    TheWizard I Got Milk Baby Full Member

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    His best win is Wladimir Klitschko, the guy who was the unified champion and the best possible opponent at the time. To not consider that a high level win is just ridiculous.

    Wilder was the undefeated WBC champion at the time, that's also a high level win.

    Fury was the underdog in both fights.

    Everyone has lost to Usyk so far lol. There's no shame in losing to Usyk.
     
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  13. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    He has repented. Forgive him his prior trespasses.
     
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  14. LenHarvey

    LenHarvey Active Member Full Member

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    Yes under his uncle Peter mostly.. hes shot now tho.
     
  15. Hazaroth

    Hazaroth New Member banned Full Member

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    Not really, he was just one of the best of a bad era. Most of his career was before Usyk moved up to HW and after Lennox and the Klitschkos were in their prime so the competition was weak.