Tyson Fury Versus Sonny Liston

Wilder managed to send Fury to the floor several times except for the second fight (where he had the wrong game plan).

Liston is much more skillfull, harder to hit and even more aggressive than Wilder already was.
A guy who could never really be thrown off balance in his prime,
always charging forward like a mad dog to chasing his opponent.

I would bet on Liston.

 

Liston's best wins were not big by the standards of the cruiserweights Usyk beat. There is no evidence that he would beat Fury.

 

Fury would just be a big target for Liston.

 

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One interesting factor is that Fury’s 85 inch reach would be the first that Liston ever faced to surpass his own at 84 inches.

 

Son, you need help. Your Listonmania is eroding your brain.

 

Liston hit too hard, and I see his step-in jab getting to Fury.

Liston floors him four times in 7 rounds and ultimately stops him.

 

I am so torn.

I love both and l know most here now regard Fury as a joke and an unsklilled Willard/Carnera type bum (give it 30 years or put his best fights in black and white).

Both are prime HTH monsters for very different reasons.

Not going to vote on it.

 

My brain is long since fried with classic boxing and politics.

 

Liston (Boxer-Puncher) 6'1, 84' reach, 218 or so, Fury (unorthodox outside fighter) 6'8 85' reach, 265 or so.

Power Liston
Speed Fury
Chin Liston
Footwork Fury
Technique Liston
Punch versatility Liston
Combination punching Liston (cleaner technique)
Stamina Fury
Body shots Liston, although Fury's no slouch
Ring IQ Fury
Timing Fury
Accuracy Liston
Experience Maybe even
Heart Fury

7-1-6 advantage Liston

I think this really depends on 3 factors: Size of the ring, Fury's condition/state of mind, and the ref's leniency. A smaller ring favors Liston. A Fury who isn't locked in and focused or whose out of shape is, at best, a good sparring partner for Liston. And lastly, if the ref actually starts taking points for excessive clinching and dirty tactics, that also favors Liston.

The reverse is true obviously. Fury would have a field day in a bigger ring where he's allowed to lean, clinch, foul, and apply his blubber on the big ugly bear, stick and move, flick his loose gloves, use his herky jerky style to confuse Liston, etc. A focused Fury with a lenient ref is a very difficult opponent to beat.

I think if Fury can find a way to take away Liston's jab and can endure the body shots, the fight is his, but it would be an extremely difficult and tense fight. Gun to my head, I'm guessing the best version of Fury wins 60% of the time by close decision or late round stoppage (the one who beat Wladmir). Later versions of Fury were just too hittable and often in sloppy condition, I mean he went life and death with Wilder and Ngannoun and was nearly KOd by Usyk. Liston would stop that version of Fury.

 

Insane.

I love when people add the most random categories ever just so their guy wins.

 

Liston

 

I think Liston just basically was the perfect antithesis to Fury.

Fury would mostly depend on his size, but Liston was (according to both Ali and Wepner) unbelievably powerful from a physical, holistic perspective.

Fury without the physical advantage was reduced in effectiveness by at least 40%. I can't see him making it past 7.

 

Liston stoppage sometime after 7 rounds or so.

Completely different level of fighter, Liston's jab alone would dictate the entire fight.

Light hitting cruiser Cunningham had Fury flat on his back staring at the lights with his overhand right. Liston would lump Fury up, bad.

 

Bert Whitehurst made it past 7 twice. Liston is the guy with 3 stoppage losses despite fighting much smaller men