With the performance of last night ,Which is the highest rated linear Champ you see Fury beating now ?
Probably Leon Spinks, Tommy Burns, Marvin Hart, Jack Sharkey, Briggs, Braddock, Carnera, or Baer and Moorer on an off night without too much difficulty. Could possibly be placed over Ingo and Rahmin with great difficulty. Needs more proving, I want to see him lose more weight and fight AJ and Usyk
Fury is a spoiler who would give many of the best problems, but his offense is limited to the point where he doesn't dominate fights. He'd have a lot of one or two point fights either way with a long list of past heavyweights. I think Wlad at his best would beat him. If Frazier could beat Ali, he should be able to beat Fury. I could see him giving Bowe a ton of problems and maybe squeaking of a decision, so that's my answer for now.
Are you saying that you flat out can't see him beating better heavies or just that you wouldn't favor him?
Bowe v Fury be interesting. Could turn out a little like last night. Fury giving him all sorts of trouble ,Bowe connecting and maybe dropping him .Perhaps A razor thin decision .
It's sort of the same fight as when Bowe fought Tubbs. The differences are that Bowe improved after that fight, but Fury is pretty far superior to that version of Tubbs--better chin, stamina, and size. Even an aging Tubbs had a better jab than Fury though.
I'd be reluctant to have him beating such as Frazier ,Tyson ,Holmes or prime Klitschko's. But he'd give em a hard old fight .I say no chance against Ali ,Foreman and Lewis .Marciano ,Dempsey and Louis have the age old argument of size against them but for now I'd say Its also a possible hard fight for them .The others suchlike I mentioned and Walcott ,Patterson lose .
Still think he He canimprove further. Maybe lose a but more fat and replace it with a bit more muscle like he did in the 2-3 months between the pianeta and Wilder fights. Yeah he's been training hard but consistency over time pass off so I definitely see room for more improvement if he keeps training for another year or 2 before he starts declining due to age
I wouldn't bet against Fury against anybody. His size, speed, defense, recovery, stamina, and boxing skills would make him a tough fight for any heavyweight. There are some others who would have a chance to beat Fury, but nobody would beat him easy and Fury would have a legitimate chance of beating them too. Fury's recovery ability is as good as it gets, he has as much heart as anybody, and if Wilder couldn't keep him down I don't know who could. Wilder is much faster and has much better stamina than the Foreman, Shavers type, plus he carries his punch for the whole fight and is longer and rangier. H2H Fury would be tough for any fighter, his only weakness might be that he isn't a big puncher. Other than that, his size, speed, recovery ability, defense, skills, and courage are as good as it gets. And to get up after taking the right hand and then the hook from Wilder in the 12th and to dominate the later part of the round was the most impressive recovery I've ever seen by a fighter.