Fury's win over Cunningham is underrated.

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  1. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    I shat on Fury's resume before and gave him little credit for his win over Cunningham, but even after being stopped by Fury Cunningham went stride for stride against a top 10 heavy. I had him winning the fight, but I wouldn't call it a robbery. His win over Mansour was also impressive after the Fury knockout. I can admit when I'm wrong, and I clearly underrated Fury's resume even though I've always been a huge fan of his.
     
  2. fruitpunch

    fruitpunch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yep

    The furious one is a beast
     
  3. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    I always said he was a beast, but I gave him little to no credit for the Cunningham win, it's obvious that even though Cunningham is nearly 40 he still has a lot left in his tank competing and beating 5-15 ranked heavyweights.
     
  4. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    its his best win bar the very decent journeyman Dereck Chiz, but that in itself says a lot.

    Of course, it says a lot that for hi age hes ahead of Wilder and Co....nd it says a lot, that that isn't a lot at all.
     
  5. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Fighters with a 4 pound weight advantage have had their wins discredited on those grounds alone.

    Fury had, what, 60+ pounds on him?

    It's HW so that's the name of the game, but that is also why HW is HW right now.
     
  6. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Cunningham being a natural cruiser is one of the reasons I criticized him but age and HW resume were my main criticism. He's proved that he can compete with top HWs though even after getting stopped by Fury.
     
  7. critix

    critix Boxing Addict Full Member

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    he basically held his head with one hand and popped him in the face with the other
     
  8. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Underrated. :lol:

    Could've been a KO (or disqualification) loss with a different ref.

    Needed a bevy of fouls to stop a man half his size while down on the cards.
     
  9. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    I'm not talking about the performance, I agree Fury was fighting dirty as hell, I was talking more about the name on his resume.
     
  10. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    As a name, good win. If you pry into the circumstances it just illustrates what a joke Fury is.
     
  11. boxing_master

    boxing_master Loyal Member banned

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    I agree with you for once fury win against steve is very underrated
     
  12. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    :dealThat stoppage was a borderline if not out and out assault.
     
  13. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    They could have pushed for a NC if they really wanted to.
    Barthelemy vs Mendez was over turned.
     
  14. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Wasn't it overturned because Barth clearly knocked him out after the bell? Bad comparison.
     
  15. Mac mand

    Mac mand Guest

    Tyson "the future" fury is no joke