Tyson Fury vs his peers

He should beat them all.

 

Fury is still the undisputed “probably should beat” champion. It wouldn’t shock me if 3 of that list end their careers with better wins on their record than Fury.

 

He beats Zhang and Parker, Kabayel 50/50 and gets chinned by Dubois.

 

Beats all on points, might TKO Dubious because he's a quitter.

People scorned the Kabayel fight when Fury was going to fight him around December after Wilder II I think, now suddenly this turk is amazing.

Parker admitted Fury would beat him basically. So there we are.

Zhang is way too slow and has no engine.

Dubious isn't good enough and also a quitter.

Zhang and Dubious with a puncher's chance but Wilder had that three times.

 

He cannot be number 2 whilst he has unfinished business with AJ who he is shamelessly ducking again.

 

In his prime he was smashing through wild boars like you wouldn’t believe, if he can get his appetite back to those past levels I think it’s difficult to see him having any problem with them.

 

Fury in his prime beats them all. It's a pity he wasted his prime in hiatus and Wilder. But now? I might make him favourite, but he could lose too

 

Think Fury wins all. Most confident that Fury beats Zhang and Parker of the 4.

Dubois? Fury is too skilled for Dubois, and would recover well from his big shots. Dubois would be constantly eating Fury's shots all night especially his jab but I can see Dubois knocking Fury down once at least. Fury has enough in his locker to beat Dubois and he would frustrate Dubois so much and cause Dubois to fall into Fury's traps which will only go one way. Fury 11th round TKO.

Zhang? Same with Dubois, Zhang could knock Fury down if Fury gets complacent but Zhang has a flaw that is terrible for this level against Fury in his stamina - Zhang is not agile enough too along with his footwork. Fury would box Zhang's head off until Zhang gasses out and retires on his stool in the 9/10th round.

Fury beats Parker to a wide decision win. Winning 9/10 rounds to Parker's 2/3 rounds. Parker is game but is a step behind Fury.

Kabayel. If Kabayel was quicker on his feet then his bodyshots would be a serious problem for Fury as he is an exceptional body puncher. But, I'm not massively convinced Kabayel has quick enough feet to tie up Fury and pin him down - let alone Usyk. Kabayel would get really beaten up if he tried to box with Fury rather than pin him down. Fury points win - 9 to 3 rounds.

 

I would favour him to beat them all but as many have said no guarantees and he certainly wouldn’t do it easily.

 

Sad that a boxer that is still conceivably available to fight, and a recent lineal champion already has to be matched up in hypotheticals against his peers, as if they are from a different era.

 

I am not sure if Fury still has it in him. The best of Fury beats all of them. But for his last fight he had to go great lengths to get himself prepared. And he got his body ready but still he wasn’t in the same conditioning as he was at his peak. Now even more time has gone by I am not sure if he can or even wants to push himself to be the King anymore.

 

He definitely beats Parker.

Toss up with the rest of them.

 

If Fury brings something close form he did vs Uysk in the 2 fights even if a bit lI think he still has the slight edge over the Dubois Parker Kabayel. I give him a clearer edge over Zhang but Zhang always has a punchers chance.

 

At this point he probably wins some loses some, but its hard to say exactly which ones he wins and loses. All of those guys are a threat to him on paper. I think hes become more hittable and less durable in the last few years too.

 

"The best of" Fury beats them all... Probably.

In reality, though, the best of Fury was very rarely seen... And despite clear natural ability, he was very lucky to still be unbeaten going into the Usyk fights.

Would he have trained properly for the opponents you ask about?
Would he have been "the best of" himself against them?

Maybe, maybe not.


This is part of the problem with Fury and hypotheticals - everyone assumes he turns up as the Fury who beat Wlad (and that he beat peak Wlad, no asterisks) or as the Fury from the second Wilder fight (as if Wilder was ever a top contender level fighter) or the Fury that fought Usyk... But would he have turned up at those kinds of levels?

And knowing how he had lucky escapes from lazy preparation and poor condition in reality, would he have got through all of those fights without a single loss?
Honestly, who knows - individually, "IF" he was anywhere near his best, he'd be favourite for all of them, but that doesn't mean he'd get through unbeaten if he fought them all.


Fury is a classic case of a quite thin resume and a lot of assumption... A seriously top fighter on the right day, but unpredictable.