Is Tyson Fury one of the greatest boxing athletes of all time for a man of his size?

Yes, of all the 6'9" boxers, he's the best

 

You realize there aren't very many who fit this criteria? Like saying Evander was the best HW named Evander

 

He sucks. Fury sucks.

 

He definitely was the best heavyweight boxer named Evander

 

Too inconsistent. Defeating the old guard in Wladimir was a solid win, not a first time feat. Getting a draw with less than hundred punches connected against an average boxer in Wilder isn't impressive to me either. And the worse fans talk about Wilder the more sub-par his draw becomes. Its a feel good story, not a testimony of a fine tuned boxer.

His punch output would never match a big dude in Riddick Bowe who could fight inside and outside.

 

Replying to my own post lol. Holyfield would smash the **** out of Fury

 

Had two decent fights against Wlad and Chisora. We are unable to establish what level Fury is at post retirement due to every average boxer being able to out box Wilder and Fury going life and death with a non top 40 fighter in Wallin.

 

Between Julius Long, Nicolai Valuev and Tyson Fury, even though he's always fat and out of shape, Tyson is still the most athletic yes.

 

Of the same size, I've seen more athletic WWE wrestlers than Fury; juice or no juice.

 

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is easily the superior athlete.

The world is filled with exceptionally gifted athletes who happen to be quite tall.

Fury is nothing special, he just adapted a style that suits him. His speed comes from his arm punches and his fluid movement comes from his lowered guard.(holds his hands low)
In reality, Fury has fantastic reflexes and solid balance. And his reflexes likely benefit from Fury´s ability to slow down the pace of a fight. His brilliant use of feinting allows him to read his opponents, thus making it much easier to evade whatever is thrown at him.
That is why Fuy looked **** against Wallin. Otto boi feinted back at him.

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Look at Otto looking to control the lead hand of Fury while also feinting. This completely threw Fury off his game. Simple feints from Otto ealy on got Fury often off balance and he ended up eating some solid shots. (Because he was unable to read what was coming at him and his reflexes aren´t freaky like RJJ)