Do you consider Fury toying with 10 year unbeaten Klitschko one of the best achievements in boxing ?

Sometimes i dont think Fury gets the respect he deserves for pulling off THIS feat, I see this somewhat reminiscent of Ali beating Sonny Liston.

The fact that he was able to outbox Klitschko is absurdly impressive considering Klitschko himself was an elite level long range boxer. Klitschko wasn't in his prime but he pushed Aj to his absolute limit 2 years after this and was the first fighter to make Aj pick himself up off the canvas.

 

Most boring championship fight in history. In the third round, the punch stats were 2 to 1, as in Fury connected on 2 punches and Klitschko connected on 1 hahah. Absolute garbage fight. Plus Fury was on the juice

 

Both Fury and Klitschko fought scared with so little activity that the fight was hardly a sparring match.

Fury averaged 7 landed punches per round and Wlad averaged 4 landed punches per round. Fury landing three punches per round more than his opponent is hardly masterclass.

It seems like both men each landed two hard shots over the twelve rounds.

Fury steamrolling Wilder in the second fight was much more of an achievement than feinting old Wlad to death.

 

Hell no. That barely counts as a fight plus Fury was too scared to do the rematch

 

It definitely wasn't a masterclass lmao it was a snoozefest but all im saying is for Fury to outbox Klitschko with ease like that really shows his skill at long range. He shut Wlad down with his feints and outjabbed him. Wlad is excellent at long range so that really says something

 

Wlad tested fighters extensively before fights

Pulev's a good example of how he operated

Fury was busted for the Hammer fight you donut


And it wasnt great sure but most boring championship fight in history?

Do you only watch limited boxing?


Christ, Okolie vs Chamberlain was a championship match and was a lot worse

 

I can decide on the vote tbf

It was a very memorable achievement in what it kicked off and ended in terms of eras but top ten... Im torn as there's so much to list over the years

 

No that fight sucked ****

 

OP isn't asking about the fight quality

He is asking about the achievement
Two different things

 

You realise Fury landing an average of 7 to Wlads 4 is a difference of 45%. 45% more punches sounds more impressive than just landing 3 more punches per round when you put it into context.

 

The fight was boring, it was closer than some would like you to think and Wlad was certainly not prime and had looked off the pace in his previous two fights.

Great achievement and a passing of the torch but its certainly not going to be all that memorable.

 

I watched that fight back recently.. Don't ask... Fury won 7 to 8 rounds and many of those rounds he won with like 1 or 2 light scuff jabs and 1 or 2 inside glove hooks (not clean punching by any measure, unless slapping is scored). His feints and distance control put Wlad off committing to punches but this isn't that difficult when you're not throwing any punches back and have the height and reach advantage.

Some of those Fury "rounds" you can arguably score to Wlad as he may be landing one or two punches less but the punches he lands (ie jabs and hooks) are more clean. Feints and showboating gave the illusion of Fury dominating/easily winning the fight, but he definitely did not by actual landed scoring punches (which ultimately is the aim of boxing, to land punches)

It was good that he beat Wlad but he was wholly unimpressive.

 

I think the only special thing about this fight is the fact that it ended Klitschko's reign of nearly 10 years, the second longest in heavyweight history. Not necessarily a great fight, but it wasn't that unentairtaining...I was really surprised at how slick and fast Fury was during that fights, and that's what kept him away from the Sledgehammer right hand of Klitschko.
No, This was not a B level title win.
In my opinion, it belongs in the lower end of the top 20 Greatest title win of all time. In other words, a borderline great win, but not among the top 10 elite.
But it certainly was better than a B Level win…

 

12 punches around roughly aint toying with someone
it called sitting on the outside hesitant to engage

 

It was good, a 7 or maybe even 8 out of 10 performance, but hardly the stuff of legends. There's never been, & never will be, a 39 year old fighter who deserves to be ranked as an opponent from the very top tier.