Aj v Fury

Tyson Fury without a tune-up might not be 100% of what he was last time out, but he's still likely to be better than he was against Wilder in the first fight, and you have to suspect 'Sugar' Hill is the best trainer he's ever had, and he'll be very up for the challenge.
So, we'll get a very good version of Fury, I'm sure, even if he comes in with 18 months of ring rust on him.

 

Obviously I'm not a pro boxer - but why would a fight vs Kabayel or Takam matter that much in the scheme of things? Provided he gets good sparring and training in surely that would be sufficient.

I appreciate sparring can't replicate the event of a big fight - but Fury has been fighting as a pro for years. Fighting 'under the lights' isn't new to him. He's hardly green and new to the sport. He'll deny it, but it's the biggest fight of his career - if he can't get up for this then what can he get in peak form for?

I'd be interested to hear @Heisenberg's thoughts on inactivity actually - do you think it's a legitimate issue?

 

Joshua has only faced a no hoper old Pudding Pulev months ago now so no real advantage.

Get it on FFS or forget it for good and keep fighting puddings for PPV Loot.

 

If nothing else, a real fight is the true test of what all that training and sparring has produced. You hit a peak of fitness and sharpness on the night, ideally.
So, keeping active with real fights serves to provide a hint of what the next training camp and the next level should look like, at the very least.

 

Also, yes, there are psychological and confidence issues that might effect even the coolest champion professionals when they know deep down they've been out for a while. Even very slight, very subtle unconscious doubts. It's human nature.

 

Agreed. It was a very easy fight for him really and wasn't even in front of a crowd so in reality was nothing like a true event.

Yeah, that's what I assumed really. I think Fury is fairly old school in his outlook on boxing also. I think it's almost a bit superstitious.
I think under usual circumstances he'd have fought in December but Covid x his contract with ESPN made it very difficult if it wasn't a moneyspinning fight.

 

A tune up would be ideal so that he can actually execute the things he's been working on in sparring and see for realsy how it comes off.

 

You sound like Big John, ffs.

 

Against a blown up Cruiser or a nobody? Makes sense.

 

Everybody believes in ring rust to some extent.

 

Sure. Toy around A bit try A few different things, basically a glorified sparring session. Nowt wrong with that.

 

And learn nothing. Waste of time, and puts the fight back further.

 

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You, more than anyone.

 

You've clearly never boxed or done any sport whatsoever.