Does Tyson Fury need more world title defenses to enter the IBHOF some day?

He won it AGAINST Wilder. Not from Wilder.

Fury won the lineal title from Wlad. Fury retired.

Fury and Wilder were rated the top two heavyweights in boxing at the time they fought in 2020. The only blemish on either's record was a draw against each other in their first meeting.

When there is no lineal champ, when the top two in a division meet, the winner is declared the new lineal champ. That's how it restarted with Schmeling-Sharkey. Patterson-Moore. Frazier-Ellis. Etc.

Fury was just in the unique position to win it twice without losing it in the ring. Ali could've done that if he had won the first Frazier fight. Louis could've done it if he'd beaten Charles.

 

Wilder has massive blemishes on his career where fury beat the dog**** out of him and brain damaged him

 

Fury never officially retired so he never lost the lineal Title.

25 Joe Frazier 1970 Feb 16 1973 Jan 22 4
26 George Foreman 1973 Jan 22 1974 Oct 30 2
27 Muhammad Ali (2) 1974 Oct 30 1978 Feb 15 10
28 Leon Spinks 1978 Feb 15 1978 Sep 15 0
29 Muhammad Ali (3) 1978 Sep 15 1979 Jun 27 R 0
30 Larry Holmes 1980 Oct 2 1985 Sep 21 12
31 Michael Spinks 1985 Sep 21 1988 Jun 27 3
32 Mike Tyson 1988 Jun 27 1990 Feb 11 2
33 James (Buster) Douglas 1990 Feb 11 1990 Oct 25 0
34 Evander Holyfield 1990 Oct 25 1992 Nov 13 3
35 Riddick Bowe 1992 Nov 13 1993 Nov 6 2
36 Evander Holyfield (2) 1993 Nov 6 1994 Apr 22 0
37 Michael Moorer 1994 Apr 22 1994 Nov 5 0
38 George Foreman (2) 1994 Nov 5 1997 Nov 22 3
39 Shannon Briggs 1997 Nov 22 1998 Mar 28 0
40 Lennox Lewis 1998 Mar 28 2001 Apr 22 6
41 Hasim Rahman 2001 Apr 22 2001 Nov 17 0
42 Lennox Lewis (2) 2001 Nov 17 2004 Feb 6 R 2
43 Wladimir Klitschko 2009 Jun 20 2015 Nov 28 11
44 Tyson Fury 2015 Nov 28 Present 7

The 7 refers to defenses

 

Bowe is in there as of 2020. So, Fury is already guaranteed entry.

 

Fury never beat anybody the level of prime Holyfield, much less knocked them out.

Old man Wlad doesn't count.

He needs to beat Joshua, Ruiz, or Usyk to be a viable candidate imo. His only big victories are over Wilder, and that's not enough.

He really needs to be an active champion.

 

The trouble you have there is Wilder is also going to get in off his WBC run. It is highly unlikely that they will keep out an American Champion recognized by many as the biggest puncher ever, with his KO record, and number of title defences (quality of opposition considered)

So then it's going to look ridiculous not to include Tyson Fury after he not only beat Wilder two (some say three) times, plus his win over Klitschko. All fights on the road.

What say you?

 

Fury is an ATG and HoFer.

 

He just needs those people there to vote him in, that’s all.

 

And P4Per, GOAT, etc.

 

This is a seriously good point. I didn't think of that, thanks for pointing it out.

 

In short, yes. He STILL has a wafer thin resume, and needs if NOT better names, then more defenses.

 

i dont get what he gains from beating these so called ''NAMES'' in the top 10? most of them i dont rate anyway as long as he fights and beats joshua and usyk the rest means nothing.