Fury's comeback and the Heavyweight division

Imo he was nowhere near his peak fitness for the first Wilder fight, no way could he have been really ready after less than a year of training (given what his body had been through).

I think the version of Fury that beat Wilder in their second fight was a legit world class fighter and as good as he was in the Klitschko fight. Wilder for all his flaws is very fast and is surprisingly good at setting up the right. To utterly destroy him the way Fury did takes a great deal of ability and ring IQ.

Since then we’ve seen a slower, more flat footed Fury who imo is nowhere near as good. He’s got by fighting weak opposition (in an already weak era) who stylistically pose little threat. He got through the third Wilder fight on pretty much exclusively heart and determination.

The Ngannou fight exposed him a lot of his flaws imo, when he’s in there with a guy who he can’t bully he ultimately struggles. I don’t think he’s anywhere near the level he was against Klitschko or in the second Wilder fight now. The Usyk fight will be a proper indicator of what he’s got left.

 

Good post. Fury in Wilder 2 was a fantastic fighter. Whilst Wilder has not really done much resume wise, he still is long and rangy with a huge right hand and is unorthodox, so to beat him down in the manner he did truly was a great win.

I am not sure about the Wlad 1 stuff. It really was a non fight. It was a tickling contest. The second fight would have eradicated all doubts but sadly didn’t happen

 

Doesnt matter how you cut it. Wilder is an absolute nightmare proposition with that right hand. Fury dealt with chisora and whyte easily also. You dont do that unless your good tbh. People slate chisora and whyte but they almost always give whoever their fighting work.

I think we,re either looking at fury growing past it overnight.....him understimating ngannou....just a bad performance or ngannou was a lot better than everyone thought he,d be.

You dont beat chisora, whyte and wilder the way fury beat them with smoke and mirrors. Can see if he struggled with whyte and chisora but they we,re easy fights for him.

 

Wilder v Fury 3 was 2 warriors fighting until they dropped or the ref stepped in.

The best Heavyweight Division fight in the era for me by a mile and Wilder came very close to winning.

Give me great fights like this every month please.

 

Spot on. Wilder and Fury have each secured the others place in history with their trilogy. Gatti-Ward esque.

It’s the action inside the ring that makes boxing folklore. I’ll not be telling my grandchildren about how quickly the O2 sold out, I’ll be telling them tales of two warriors in the ring who chose to lay it all on the line and went to war three times.

 

@DramaShow begs to differ

 

Wilder2 Fury probably beats Usyk but he's let it slip horribly since then and I don't see that guy coming back.

 

More people in the UK will remember Joshua vs Klitschko than any of the Fury vs Wilder fights. That’s simple facts.

 

Fury was different gravy in that 2nd fight, I reckon his mentality and training would’ve been spot on leading up to that moment. As pointed out, no way he could’ve been fully fit in that first fight because of the weight loss. I don’t think we’ll see the Fury from that 2nd right again, not many would have lasted that night against him and I say that as someone who isn’t a huge fan.

 

The legacy fight that people will remember for Joshua was not fighting an old man at Wembley aged 41, but his debut fight in the USA on 1 June 2019 in New York.

This is down in boxing folklore and will be the first fight people talk about if Joshua's name is even mentioned.

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Old man VLADD was plucked off his sofa, bundled into a helicopter full of money flown by Barry Hearns and dropped into Wembley stadium in his slippers to take prime Joshua life and death.

 

An instant classic, they gave us an incredible rivalry and I’ll always respect both men for the insane amounts of heart they showed throughout. I doubt Usyk vs Fury will be anywhere near as exciting, but it will be its own spectacle and it’s what boxing needs.