How Bad is Furys Resume?

No Zhang - Only made a name for himself 6 months ago
No Joyce - Only made a name for himself 12 months ago then got chinned by the chinese guy who made a name for himself doing it
No Ruiz - Who little fatman couldn't defend once and is even fatter than Fury
No Hrbovic - Legit contender and deserves a title shot along with Zhang but again NO NAME NO MONEY
No Anderson - Still a baby
No Parker - Really?
No Sanchez - Lol

Boxing is a business not a sport.

 

It's pretty anaemic. His top five wins are Wlad, Wilder, Whyte, Wallin and Cunningham/Chisora. Go anywhere past that point and things really fall off a cliff (Hammer, Schulz, Pianeta, Kevin Johnson?).

Plus he lost to a Cameroonian wrestler. That's pretty embarrassing.

 

I agree with some of these but Parker (at least before Joyce dumped him in the dirt) was serviceable. Same with Joyce pre Zhang and he had been around longer than a year and Ruiz for better or for worse was a unified champion no matter how briefly. That always will have some weight. They aren't ducks or anything like that, but they are misses where there wasn't really a reason to miss em.

 

It's pretty average really, he has only fought 3 world champions past or present and one of them was an old cruiserweight.

 

It's meh tbh.

 

How can you justify 3 Chisora fights? Wlad fought Tony Thompson twice but the second time when Thompson was past it he was a mando. Fury went one better than that.

 

I'm not defending the Ngannou fight but the top 10 is always changing, a few of those guys either just got in, or dont even belong. AJ only has 2 of those guys, Usyk only has one of them. His win over Wlad still carries more weight than any guy you listed.

 

You left out Wilder x2 plus a draw, 2x cruiser titlist and former No.1 ranked cruiser Cunningham (who Haye ducked), two worthwhile wins against Chisora (Usyk's toughest heavyweight opponent) and Ngannou, who would probably beat Usyk's best win lossua. Even Kevin Johnson took Vitali 12 rounds and made him look a fool.

 

I did miss out Cunningham. My mistake. I don't rank repeats or robberies.

 

Considering that Fury hasn't lost, it's arguably the best heavyweight resume of all time. There's a huge variety of styles and body types, a few of which didn't exist in past eras. He also couldn't help being ducked by Haye 7 days out from the fight. And Fury isn't necessarily done yet.

Wlad away
Wilder x3 (one was a draw) away
Wallin
Cunningham away
Ngannou
Chisora x2
Whyte

Those are the results worth mentioning imo. Though even Kevin Johnson (who lost to Hammer) was a top 10 Vitali opponent.

Fury's been the underdog in four fights thus far and has completed 50 rounds against three of the biggest puncher's of all time without getting beaten.

 

"I don't rank repeats"

Why? Fighting a highly ranked massive puncher away from home three times is much more dangerous than doing so once. It's also far more praiseworthy and proves a lot more than fighting him once and a couple of lower ranked light punching midget plodders alongside.

"robberies"

You're not talking about "resume" then because anyone can shout robbery.

 

Wallin wasn't rated a top 10 heavyweight when Fury fought him neither was Cunningham. Ngannou obviously was unranked.

 

Fury beat a well aged wlad who enjoyed a career of using jab and grab point tactics to beat shorter 6'1 6'0 heavyweights. However when he ran into fury he was befuddled of course trying to use the same tactics against a taller and nimbler fighter, as he built his style around bullying shorter men.

Fury in the meanwhile, built a career taking his height and weight advantage to the fullest advantage, by constantly clinching and putting his weight on his opponents. Like wlad, fury was befuddled when his opponent was as heavy as he was but was able to manhandle him in the clinch.

Then you see a pattern. Fury as of his return didn't have trouble with small and light opponents like chisora and 6'1 whyte, but who has he struggled with most recently? 6'5.5 255lb Wallin and 270lb ngannou. Here is his major weakpoint : take away fury's ability to weight bully and he has nothing. Zhang, AJ and even Joyce fit these traits

 

Wallin weighed 235 lbs against Fury. Both Chisora and Whyte are a lot heavier than Wallin.