Fury lack of power

Same thing with Conor Benn at the moment too.

Could be (no evidence to back this up) he’s cycling and came off early so he had enough time to cycle for Usyk if they were to fight on Dec 23rd.

Would explain the flatness, lack of power and energies.

 

Even against Wilder I wouldn't say it was heavy hitting. Alot of heavies would have probably knocked Wilder out earlier had they landed similar punches.

Fury has never been a big puncher imo.

 

Ngannou is more durable than skinny wilder???

 

Personally I just think Fury didn't turn up mentally prepared.
He overlooked ngannu and nearly paid the ultimate price.

 

The whole glove “conspiracy” thing when he beat Wilder was overlooked by boxing fans. It’s pretty clear that in that fight his fists were positioned where his wrists ought to have been. His gloves were flapping around because there were no fists in them.

A career feather fisted puncher suddenly became a brutal KO artist against Wilder.

 

He looked way off from the walk on imo. Sugar was telling him to go to the body in rounds 9 and 10 and Tyson never touched Ngannou once. Looks to me like he gave himself a 12 week camp to get ready for Usyk and maybe thought he'd get a routine win 4 weeks into camp.

 

Fury’s power: the empirical facts

1. 22 year old, 261 lbs Fury rendered the 13-0 Nascimento (235 lbs, dropped him in the 1st) unconscious in the 5th and is the only fighter to KO him cold in 41 fights. Nascimento went on to go the distance with Kuzmin and Chisora among others

2. 24 year old Fury burst the eardrums of the 35-0 fringe contender Scott (226 lbs) in sparring, one of them with a right hook and Scott stated that he’d never suffered a broken eardrum prior to that

3. 24 year old, 254 lbs Fury is the only fighter to KO the 2x IBF cruiserweight titlist Cunningham (210 lbs, heavy KD and stayed down for the count in the 7th, never KO’d before or since in 40 fights)

4. 26 year old, 264 lbs and 260 lbs Fury beat down and retired highly durable, non-shopworn versions of Vitali title challenger Chisora (242 lbs, never quit before or since in 48 fights) and fringe contender Hammer (248 lbs, dropped him in the 5th) after the 10th and 8th rounds respectively while boxing on the backfoot

5. 31 year old, 273 lbs Fury had the 5 year reigning, 10 consecutive defence, 42-0-1 WBC heavyweight titlist Wilder (231 lbs) legitimately on the canvas three times (twice in the 3rd, once in the 5th) prior to the 7th round TKO, dented his head, had Wilder bleeding profusely from his left ear and KO'd him in 11 in their trilogy. Fury hit Wilder so hard that Wilder accused him of loading his gloves with metallic “egg weights” and publicly accused his longtime trainer (2008-2020) Mark Breland of drugging him

6. 33 year old, 265 lbs Fury one-shotted contender Whyte (253 lbs) with a glancing uppercut in the 6th round

7. 28-3-1 Vitali title challenger Kevin claimed that Fury hit harder than anyone else he’d faced, as did 272 lbs lineal UFC champion Ngannou (both pre-Joshua)

8. Fury often doesn’t commit to his punches and boxes defensively on the backfoot, has been happy to go rounds or the distance to gain experience, mitigate risk and reduce damage taken (and sometimes to gain match fitness, torture the opponent or play possum, reducing the motivation of future opponents and increasing underestimation, while putting pressure on the opponent not to get hurt or KO’d by a “non-puncher”) and has sometimes gone into fights underprepared

9. Fury (202 cm.) has a 67% KO ratio across 30 fights against 215+ lbs opponents: higher than Whyte, Ruiz and Povetkin (as well as Frazier, Norton and Shavers), despite facing higher quality and more durable opposition and turning pro at 20 after only 35 amateur bouts

 

Fury has always been a light hitter. He gained more power under Sugar Hill due to him changing his style and sitting down on his punches. Despite this, he is not a hard puncher. Wilder has shown signs of being chinny pre Fury. In the second fight Fury hit him with everything and Wilder was stopped on his feet. In the third fight, Fury once again hit him with everything and eventually knocked out a knackered Wilder. He also KO'ed the shot ghost of Whyte. A real puncher would have stopped these two much earlier.

As for the Ngannou fight; Ngannou is tough and Fury reverted back to his flicking shots on the outside that he did in the Wlad and first Wilder fight.

 

Came up against a guy he couldn’t bully who wasn’t completely washed and had high durability. Fury has never been a massive puncher nor will he ever be one.

 

Lol don't be completely ridiculous. That has never been a thing in boxing. Absolutely no advantage to it. That was all based on one slow motion punch in fight one (which he didn't even win btw). And the funny thing is noone talked about the "flappy gloves" from fight one till fourteen months later, after fight two!

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Watch this clip of fury koing wilder in fight three. That look like an empty glove to you? Imagine thinking an empty glove would knock someone out . How would be throw any straight punches at all without the entire glove giving way or the gloves flying off his hands.

 

fighting like a 6’9 Michael Conlan doesn’t help

 

Ngannou has an iron chin could be the reason?