An unbiased look at Fury's top 10 opponents

Old Wlad was a year removed from arguably his most impressive career win, on a 22 win streak, in his backyard, as the A-side and a massive favourite. Nearly everyone on this forum was picking the inexperienced Fury to lose at the time, mainly by KO. Yet Fury schooled him.

How many heavyweights could fight 40+ fights unbeaten, 10 defence world champ Wilder 3 times away from home and not get KO'd or lose even once? Maybe Usyk? Historically maybe Vitali? Then make them semi-active/inactive and semi-fit for two of the fights.

 

"Looks pretty shite, done it?"

By what standard? I don't see any 5'10 half-blind 205 pounders.

There are not too many 6'5 southpaws of any quality in boxing history, Joe Louis said he'd never fight one after being lit up in sparring by a light heavyweight. Holyfield was the only pre-Klitschko HW to fight them consistently and he lost 3/4 times.

 

Clearly not, or the U.S. Ring magazine wouldn't have 270+ lbs Fury as top 10 P4P.

 

Maybe if Fury had beaten a few more 5'10, half-blind 205 pounders as the A-side he would be rated more highly by the resident experts on this forum.

 

Realistically there's no such thing as an "all time great"; you can't compare 5'10 half-blind 205 pounders from a geographically restricted and scientifically primitive era 50 years ago to top modern fighters.

You can only compare Fury's resume to that of his contemporaries and it compares favourably by any objective measurement.

 

Really it just comes down to your opinion. You think Fury won as few as 7 rounds, over 90% disagree with you. Wlad's judges disagree with you. It's hard to give Wlad a single round in that fight, even in the 12th Wlad stands there doing nothing for the first minute and doesn't outland Fury by the end of it.

"Fury mastered the art of don't hit and don't get hit"

Yes, that's why it was a masterclass performance. Fury went to Germany and took the belts with a dominant performance (such that he was able to put his hands behind his back and mock Wlad multiple times: historically brazen showboating) while absorbing 52 punches in the whole fight against possibly the most dominant boxer in history, who was also a 6'5, 245 lbs GOAT punching KO artist.