The upset has opened up the division, we now have four names to juggle with. All four, in reality, have one loss apiece. Wilder to Fury, Fury to McDermott, Ruiz to Parker, AJ to Ruiz, I repeat in reality! The loss to Ruiz should not eclipse Joshua's wins over an inspired Vlad, or Whyte(1 loss), Povetkin and Parker. These were solid wins. Credit should be given to him for his sportsmanship to Ruiz after the defeat. Compare that to the boorish excuses Lennox Lewis made after his 2 shock KO losses, years ago. The logjam we have been frustrated by with all these stratospheric TV numbers being bandied about for endless months, may now be at an end. Hearn, Arum and Uncle Tom Cobley, surely now, have had a reality check.
Fury to McDermott That always makes me laugh on this forum. Imagine mentioning that fight as though it has relevance to anything in 2019. A.) It was ten years ago when Fury was 20 years old. B.) He gave McDermott a rematch and stopped him.
Doesn't really matter, the point still stands - he should have lost. When AJ avenges his loss to Ruiz, do we just scrub the L off his record because he stopped him in the rematch.
What point? The point that Fury probably lost a boxing match when he was twenty years old and went on to win the rematch via stoppage? You can have that one, absolutely! My laughter stems from the fact it's mentioned today as though it has some relevance. There's clutching at straws, and then there's bringing up a controversial decision from ten years ago! Amazing that people are comparing the loss of a 29 year old unified world champion in his prime to the controversial win of a 20 year old novice. This is what I'm saying; beyond clutching at straws! It's like losing a million pounds and attempting to make yourself feel better by saying Jim down the road lost a fiver when he was a kid. Laughable. P.S. Jim later found the fiver
People talk about the Parker fight like it's a great win. He had a referee that neutralized Parkers only chance of winning. It was shocking what happened in that fight.
It was a terrible fight from both men tbh, Parker just looked uninterested and lacked heart as he did against Whyte as well.
I think you are reading far too much into it. There is no clutching at straws. It is a boxing forum where you discuss things boxing related. I think the OP is merely stating that given the correct decisions being made you are looking at the top 3 HWs with a loss on their record.
I think mentioning it in the same context as Joshua's loss Saturday night, or indeed Wilder's fortunate draw, as was done in the OP is pointless, bordering on petty.
He just gave up after a while because the ref wouldnt let him fight. Similar to when Chisora faced Pulev, the ref just let pulev grab and hold which took away his only chance of victory. You cant understate how much the ref had an impact in the Parker fight.
