Tyson Fury has a chin and head full of granit

^ And here we have a classic case of seeing whatever one wants to see.

In actuality, immediately after rising (at the count of 4, reaching his feet by 6), Fury walked to a neutral corner (which alone suggests a clear head and a keen awareness of his surroundings) with no perceptible stagger in his gait and then strode purposefully into center ring after the official had wiped off the gloves. By the end of the very same round he was walking Cunningham down behind a high guard.

It's all on film for those who are not prone to being misled by excitable commentary crews;

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(sigh) Youngstas.
Here's washed up 40+ year old Ali sparring with 20 y/o Michael Dokes.

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. thompson was always old and not a big puncher, ustinov is a less durable maruisz wach.

 

i dont need to watch the video, but i remember fury landing a nice body shot and a right hand up top on cunningham in the same round if im not mistaken. he was perfectly fine, and cunningham was merely punching himself out on furys arms.

 

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You're quite right, there was a solid right hand from Fury around the middle of the round. Cunningham made him pay for the excessive hubris he exhibited at the start of that session, but the big man's legs looked fine and he had already established his abilities to rise from the canvas and to switch up his tactics (albeit at a lower level), so, watching as a fan, I didn't feel too worried for him. Sure enough, it wasn't more than another round or so before you could sense the tide turning against Steve.

Fury deserves a smidge more credit than he gets for that fight. He highlighted his adaptability, and he nailed a very tough, very game man to the canvas (uppercut to the solar plexus was the real killer, moreso than the bludgeoning right that finished the sequence). Nobody else has ever kept Cunningham down for 10, and he's been in with some good opposition.

 

That was when we had Handsome Hughie now the lad is covered with festering boils from head to toe

 

yeh it wasnt a disciplined performance from fury, first fight in the usa and was too hyped without his uncle in the corner. and yes cunningham is as tough as old boots.

 

Fury rode those rights. Which is entirely to his credit, of course. Doesn't mean he couldn't have taken them flush, just that he didn't have to.

 

T.Fury was trying to brawl when he got caught and dropped in the past.His chin is well above average but i wouldnt say its granite or anything.Think if he fights like in the Wlad fast then will be very hard to get knocked down or out.But you never know which T.Fury version will show up in the ring nowadays anymore.

Think he was slightly hurt in the last 12th round vs Wlad but overall never really got hit super flush on the chin that fight,was rolling with the punches and avoided the left hook of Wlad.Also its easier knowing that Wlad cant counter punch or throw any uppercuts at all,also never to the body.Wlad had only 1-2s and left hook ,nothing else. [Fury totally neutralized those ]

Otherwise i believe that Hughie has better chin and defense than Tyson but Hughie has zero power also is allergic to some foods and that weakens him and has zero offensive game and less height and reach ,but imagine Hughie vs Wlad as if you thought that Tyson vs Wlad was bad boring fight lol.

I think that Tyson Fury can get knocked out against Wilder in the later rounds because Wilder will go for broke as he does usually lately and will be harder for Joshua because of poor gas tank but not impossible.Others got no chance to beat him because too small.

 

Are you trying to compare that to the shot Joshua took cos there is no comparison

 

Funny part is, Wlad did this at a much more advanced stage of his career.

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Didn't Pacquiao hit himself as well?

 

Which bout? I recall Povetkin doing it in his fight with Huck, and a few MMA guys have belted themselves (which you'd more readily expect ).

 

guess he shouldn't have ducked them then.