Who would be a more difficult fight for Lennox Lewis, Holyfield, Bowe and Mike Tyson, Fury or Joshua

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Who possessed the biggest problems

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  1. Tyson Fury

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  2. Anthony Joshua

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  1. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who would give these elite past heavyweights the most trouble, Fury or Joshua. Who is the toughest puzzle
     
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  2. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fury, he has a good recovery ability and that would be crucial.
     
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  3. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold The Hype Job Spotter. Full Member

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    AJ is more ordinary than Fury.
     
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  4. DaRealJT

    DaRealJT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pretty sure a few years back Lennox was asked who out of Fury, Wilder and Joshua would have given him the hardest fight, and Lennox answered Fury
     
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  5. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    With the level of inconsistency with both AJ and Fury.... could be either on any given day
     
  6. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think they all have answered Fury themselves.
     
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  7. bluebird

    bluebird Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fury from Wilder 2 and Klitschko gives all 90s guys a good fight.

    Fury from Ngannou fight gets murdered
     
  8. LD Boxer-Puncher

    LD Boxer-Puncher Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'd be very surprised if a single forum user votes for AJ here.

    Everything else aside, Tyson Fury is unorthodox and skillful, whichever way you look at it.

    That always gives him more chance of being a bad match up for those elite fighters, than a guy who has essentially always (behind Fury, then behind Usyk and Fury) been the next best in....not the strongest era, without any real standout characteristics.

    Joshua is better than most other current day heavyweights at most things. Which is why he has done well.
    But he's not spectacular at anything really and I think you have to have something different to beat the above names