Fury's inactivity ? Muhammad Ali didn't defend the title for 15 months

15 Months would be January 2017. Fury doesn't have a fight lined up within 15 months of him winning the belts. There's no assurance he will be back in the ring at all in 2017. He will likely be banned for quite some time by the BBBOC for PED abuse. The decision is coming up on November 4th and Fury probably knows/guesses the outcome, hence the depression.

 

Tyson Fury is a liar and a cheat and I'm sick of him hiding behind his background as an excuse for his behaviour. He's a fully grown man and it's about time this shameless hypocrite started acting like it.

Having previously defended him, I've totally run out of patience with his antics, which in my opinion look to stem from being spoilt his entire life. This is why I think he takes criticism so badly.

 

There were all kinda issues in place that held up the rematch in Ali's case and it wasn't a onesided affair.
And whatever the circumstances then, the rules that apply now say he will probably be stripped.

 

Ali wasn't on steroids, getting fat between fights, and partying at clubs then posting it on the internet.

 

Were the rules even the same back then in regards to how often you had to defend the belt against mandatory's?

Vitali would be a better modern day example. After the Charr fight he held onto the belt for 15 months while he decided what he was going to do next.

Maybe they let him keep the belt, maybe they don't. The fact is the fight has been delayed or cancelled twice now and the last time his excuse looked flimsy with the timing of the doping charges and the fact he was caught jumping up and down on his supposed injured ankle.

With Wlad likely looking for the belts to be stripped and with K2 having far much more influence and financial clout I suspect they'll strip him.

 

She did invent Scooby Doo and a host of other loveable cartoon characters though. You gotta give her props for that.

 

He's mandated to defend his titles against anyone before Nov 28. That's not gonna happen surely, and the whole drug thing is just coming on top of that.

 

Ali wasn't known for looking like a beached whale between fights. Sure he gained a lot of weight during his exile but that is a lot different from Tyson Fury. Also, the circumstances/time period is different. It isn't a black and white situation (no pun intended).