Tyson Fury debuted against a complete loser, but he next 3 opponents were pretty good. Daniel Peret had beaten Scott Belshaw and gone the distance with Derek Chisora. Whereas Lee Swaby has been stopped by Chisora, and has 2 points defeats against Chris Burton. His 2nd opponent Zeller certainly has personality. Zeller, Peret & Swaby are opponents I would love to see against David Price this year, and would be a yardstick of progression between the 2. James Degale was booed during his points defeat of Vepkhia Tchiliaia. I would like Tony Jeffries or Darren Sutherland to face Tchillaia soon to see if they could better the result. If more of this happens rivalries will grow and interest will follow, and the early years can appear more competative
Common opponents are always good because although the styles and mentality means they don't necessarily give fair reflections, it can certainly build rivalries as you say.
So far Fury is showing what fighters should do when they turn pro. 5 fights in 5 months. Especially when these guys are used to the amateur system. 5/6 fights in as many months would be **** easy and get rid of the basic experience needed i.e. no headguard, length of rounds, length of fights etc Then they can start stepping it up and genuinely start learning the game, putting themself in line for area/country titles etc
Frank Maloney said that this is exactly what will happen between him and Warren when matching DeGale and Sutherland. He said this in his last press conference. He said if the guy goes the distance with Sutherland, Warren will use him to see if DeGale can stop him.
He was just back from a car crash injury not sure what the damage was but i think his back was wrecked but he had a fight before that.
