Latest Fury interview (Calls AJ a bodybuilder!)

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by miniq, Sep 7, 2021.


  1. NEETzschean

    NEETzschean Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Sometimes what tends to be an advantage can become a disadvantage (or vice versa) and AJ's physique is a classic example of this. It's usually seen as good in our culture to be ripped but if you get bounced off the canvas by a morbidly obese man, being ripped makes it all the more embarrassing. To the casual eye it makes AJ look like a talentless bum because there he is clearly training all the time, eating a scientific diet, constantly juicing and in the gym lifting weights and then he goes and gets beaten up by a man who doesn't even look like he bothers to train and spends most of his time either partying or on the sofa eating junk food. Soul crushing stuff.

    There's another example of a paradox when it comes to punching power. There is a narrative that Fury is a featherfist. Objectively Fury is quite a big HW puncher but this false narrative benefits him because 1. stupid opponents underestimate his power, leading to nasty surprises and 2. if they get KO'd by Fury then they must, by their own logic, have glass chins, which is extremely humiliating and increases pressure on them, which can easily hinder their performance. It's pretty embarrassing to be the biggest puncher in history and then get KO'd by a man who apparently can't crack an egg.

    Finally, boxing has little to do with lifting weights, being too muscular causes you to gas out more quickly and a fighter who spends a lot of time in the weight room being a bodybuilder is risking injury and is going to have less time and energy for boxing. Fat has a number of advantages over or can compliment muscle in many athletic endeavors, which is mainly why we see so many fat top level shot putters, powerlifters, rugby players, American footballers, wrestlers and boxers.