Lennox Lewis insinuating Fury needs to unify like he did

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  1. exocet76

    exocet76 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Incorresct and my original assertion of you being an Alt is confirmed.
    Only a Fury fanboy would use Tyson's own excuse that he has had all the belts ergo being undisputed doesn't matter.
    It does matter. Tyson beat Vlad and won those belts but ducked the rematch and got poppped for PEDS. So those belts were never defended.
    Tyson would come back eventually and beat Wilder for the WBC. The point being he never had all the belts at one time or defended them.
    I said it in several posts and I'll say it here for consistancy. Whoever becomes undisputed IS the man of this era no ifs or buts and it's beyond dispute. Saying Fury would batter AJ and is too big for Usyk is complete bollocks based on fantasy. A boxer is measured by who they actually fought not on what hyperthetically might happen. Many like to dump on Lewis but he fought everyone in his era other than Bowe. which was not his choice and Bowe was shot by the time Lewis was the man. The difference in quality of resume is stark when compared to Fury (who I like by the way) so it's down to Fury to prove it as Usyk and Joshua have always been motivated to become undisputed. If Fury doesn't do it then either of those two will and Fury will be seen as unfulfilled potential and being the 2nd or 3td best. Yeah but Exocet he's undefeated!!
    So What? he's literally fought two live bodies and a couple of contenders and that's it.
     
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  2. Ted Stickles

    Ted Stickles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    LL is right Fury needs to unify and then he can retire because his legacy will be set in stone then.
     
  3. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM banned Full Member

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    Fury does not care about legacies

    He has proven he is the best of this era

    Should he retire someone else needs to start the new era

    Which is why all these dudes are hanging around because they want to snipe some belts
     
  4. exocet76

    exocet76 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bollocks. He has to unify and he hasn't proven anything. He's the best at this moment as he's unbeaten and Usyk has only had a few fights at the weight.
    Having said that if Usyk or Joshua become undisputed Fury will be the nearly man. Of course he cares about legacy that's complete nonsense. I will show you interviews where he states that and you could show interviews where he says it doesn't matter.
    The point? The point being Tyson has always contradicted himself throughout his career you know this as well as I.
    It's no different about him saying he doesn't do it for money to then retire and then announce a fight with Ngannou....
     
  5. FastLeft

    FastLeft Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No you misunderstanding. Fury needs to fight Usyk/AJ winner, when become available. To prove who the best is with no doubting. That is my thoughts. Holding all four belts at same time does not matter. If Usyk/AJ relinquish a belt or two the fight is same fight. If Fury relinquish WBC a day before the fight, who cares. Who cares if Joseph Parker picks vacant belt and calls himself world champion. Lewis knows this too.
     
  6. exocet76

    exocet76 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I understand where you are coming from but I disagree. If either Joshua or Usyk become undisputed and hold all 4 belts then Fury will be number two or three. Miniq above says it's passing an era onto the next but that's nonsense as Fury never defended the belts he won from Vlad. so it hasn't been his era as he only defended the WBC against Wilder and Whyte. That's hardly an ATG reign.
    So with it being that open we have to weigh the fact although people like to crap on Joshua he was twice unified. Only Usyk and Joshua in this era are attempting to become undisputed. Fury had his usual excuse that he's had all the belts and Wilder had 5 years to unify and made no attempt. So if either Usyk or AJ do it then they are the daddy ut's as simple as that. Fury can do it but it's less chit chat and more action and untill he does the hyperbole is simply that....bollocks.
     
  7. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Whoever wins Fury-Usyk makes history as the first ever HW to hold all four belts.
     
  8. SergioJ91

    SergioJ91 Active Member Full Member

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    He's gotta fight for undisputed and I think he will. I was listening to him and he didn't want to say for certain, he left a little ambiguity in his retirement responses. I think he's fake retiring now and waiting on what happens in Usyk-Joshua II.
     
  9. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    No Lewis went out and beat every reigning belt holder.

    McCall, Briggs, Holyfield, Hide.

    Fury, to his credit beat Wlad and Wilder, but had a retirement between them.
     
  10. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hugging Henry Akiwande (WBO) dropped the belt to fight for Lewis' WBC, as someone hinted at earlier.
     
  11. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    It was me who hinted earlier, unifications weren't allowed with the WBO
     
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  12. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Haha okay then! My bad. Yeah, I remember that was seen as a defacto champion v champion fight, just without the belt on the line. At least I think that was how it was billed in the UK. If memory serves