Buster Douglas, Hasim Rahman... Tyson Fury?

The big difference is that Tyson and Lewis lost because they didn't train hard, underestimated their opponent and got caught. When Douglas and Rahman them faced an opponent that didn't underestimate them, they got handled.

Wlad was in peak condition when he lost, but got dominated from the opening bell as Fury is simply the much better man.

 

Add Leon Spinks to that list. Beat an aging ATG in Ali when nobody expected it, then spiraled out of control on drink and drugs. Spinks at least held it together long enough to actually fight the rematch unlike Fury.

Fury could very well be seen as another Spinks, Rahman or Douglas, his resume is pretty thin, basically Wlad, Chisora and Cunningham. If he gets exposed before getting another shot at Joshua, history will side line him as a guy with talent who caught an aging champ at the right time then imploded.

Maybe he does a bit better and is seen on par with Bowe who too basically had a very short prime but even past prime was good enough to hang around at top level for a few years before he became totally shot.

Or maybe he shocks us all and ends up being undisputed champion. Time will tell what Fury's legacy will be, at the moment it's up in the air. These next few years will define his career.

 

Fury ran away from the rematch. In reality he should have been stripped and all the titles given back to WK for his no show and ped positive.

 

That's how I see him at the moment, like Neon Leon with an addition for being busted for PEDs too.

It's up to Fury to disprove that, but I don't believe he actually can.

 

hard to get dominated when neither guy throws any punches. you brits are something else.

 

I said shortly after his first retirement that he would never be seen in the ring again. I still have my reservations about his latest return. Maybe he's trying to act like Ali and be sidelined during his prime, come back and reek havoc on the division. I don't know, but I have huge doubts about this dude.

 

They all lost their next fights didnt they.

 

What happened next is that this a garbage thread. English, British, Commonwealth and European titles...What? GTFOH

 

Respected by whom except Islanders like yourself. Those belts has about as much prestige as NABF and NABC trinkets does on this side of the world.

 

I put him in with Oliver McCall.
Every fighter mentioned has some sense of normalcy. McCall didn't have it upstairs, and that's what I suspect of Fury.
Hopefully he won't wander the ring shedding tears like McCall.

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Stick to the facts he was tested clean v wlad. It was the fight before.

 

So your point is he should have been banned for the Wlad fight? It wasn't a spec of Meldonium either.