Fury was down vs Whyte

and he was down a few times VS Wilder the biggest puncher of this generation and got up and sparked him out. People get hit and go down in boxing. It's keeping Fury there that's the problem. Whyte getts chinned if the fight ever happens. A fighter that goes life and death VS Del Boy isn't beating any of the top 3 in the division.

 

Chisora has a HORRIBLE gas tank.

 

So what next? Got an excuse for every Whyte stoppage?

 

Wilder would probably KO' Whyte in the middle rounds so the fact Fury struggled in fight 3 against the biggest puncher of this generation doesn't worry me. Based on Wilders power and the fact - ugly tho his style is he nearly always manages to land the nuke. Only Fury in fight 2 managed to stop that and Whyte isn't as good a boxer as Fury, Whyte's feet are slow and he's easy to hit. That's the reason he went life and death with Chisora.

Whyte is a decent puncher but he's hardly Earnie Shavers. Fury won't fear him. Fury is a better boxer can take the biggest shots of the biggest puncher in the division and still get up. He wins this fight anyway he wants to he can outbox Whyte with his ability and Whyte's terrible defence or he can take the fight to him push him back and beat him ala Wilder 3.

Which fighter has the best hook or straight doesn't really matter. Whyte is going to have to land a huge blow to put Fury down and keep him there and although it's possible. It's highly unlikely.

Whyte has been KO by an ancient Povetkin and AJ... hurt V Del Boy, hurt V Rivas, hurt by Parker. GIves up, height, weight, reach and most importantly boxing ability to Fury. He has a punchers chance and nothing else.

 

I will say Whyte’s body punching should not be underestimated.

 

Fury fans. Please stop saying that Wilder was the biggest pincher of this generation. He wasn't. He didn't fight most of the top contenders of this generation so we will never know how great of a punch he could have been. In other sports, if you go undefeated by beating all the terrible teams, but then lose to the good ones when you finally play them, then you are not that great. Same thing here. Wilder lost as soon as he stepped up his competition. The same thing will happen to Fury now this year.

 

Wilder has many flaws and his lack of competition is defo worth highlighting but there have been few fighters who have been loosing every minute of every round and still managed to depart their opponent from there sense completely like Wilder has done on a couple of occasions.

He doesn't score KD's as often as some but he can brutally lay people out. The the test comes into play here and on raw power, the raw ability to take someone out with one shot Wilder is right up there with anyone. His full skill set isn't great for sure but trying to demean how hard he hit's doesn't wash.

42 wins and 41 KO's is some going even Vs sub par opposition. It shows the raw ability to take someone out.

 

The hook he landed on Parker is as big as the right that Shavers landed on Holmes. He's a hugely concussive puncher when he lands.

 

Again, if he avoided all the best heavyweights, then there is no way of telling how he would have done against them all. So he cannot be called the greatest KO guy of this or any generation because he KOed mostly bums. Just like Fury cannot be called an all time great because he has avoided the best for 14 years now

 

He failed to KO Duhaupas who was dropped by a CW, KOed cold by Povetkin and stopped in one by Tony Yoka. So there is some merit in this argument. Had he KOed or even just dropped the likes of Povetkin, Parker or Ruiz we'd have a much better argument as to how his power translated at the top level.

 

Trouble is he hasn't really faced any truly durable opponents either, outside of Duhaupas whom he failed to drop. I don't demand that KO merchants necessarily have to prove their power against the best, but I do insist they show that power against fighters who are more than just mediocre in the chin department. Outside of Duhaupas the toughest chinned opponents he fought are probably Stiverne (failed to stop him first time round) and Breazeale (who's tough but incredibly hittable). Molina goes down against anyone that can punch a bit, Washington is little better, Arreola was washed up, and Szpilka gets KOed from a light breeze. Ortiz looks like he can take a punch, but he never fought any punchers before Wilder and recently got KDed by a jab from Charles Martin. As for Fury, he's been down against Cunningham and Pacjik before, hurt by Firtha, Chisora and McDermott and rocked by feathery punching Wallin. Dropping him is hardly a stellar achievement either.

 

I love how you set this narrative up in readiness for Whyte being utterly crushed tonight.

The Gypsy Boy reigns. Cry some more, terry-cloth.

 

lordlosh been the same since 2015-present

 

Another beautifully aged thread