Tyson Fury vs Vitali Klitschko

Some say it was as much as six seconds I was erring on the side of charity.God knows the facts are easy to ascertain.
At least he has quietly dropped the "thumbing" accusation.

 

Not sure I'm sold on Fury as a great fighter. Wlad was 40 years old when Fury beat him and both Steve Cunningham and Dereck Chisora gave him some problems. Vitali gets overrated on here a bit but the man had some attributes which I can see giving a lot of great fighters issues. Of course it would be interesting to see how he handled facing a man who was even larger than himself given that size was a huge component to his game.

 

Chisora didn't give him any problems in their second fight.I don't think Fury is a great fighter or that he ever will be, but he is one awkward puzzle for anyone to solve!

 

Fury dealt with both Kingpin and Chisora in cruise control while Vitali struggled.

Vitali looks like a fish out of water in there. He isn't equipped to deal with the angles and movement. If he wouldn't close down Byrd and Johnson among others , he wouldn't close down Fury meaning he gets soundly out boxed over the distance.
Fury could however close down Vitali if he chose and beat him in close quarters using his superior in-fighting skills.

 

I don't imagine it might have had anything to do with Vitali being 38-40 years of age, on the comeback trail and in the last few fights of his career when he fought kingpin and chisora would it?

 

And incidentally I'm not sure where you think he "struggled" against either of those men.

 

if winning every round 12-0 vs a prime Johnson = struggling in your book, that book is worthless!

Fury gets stopped here. Vitali would never be afraid to engage him and Fury's chin is suspect.

 

I don't have a book. What i have is observations based off factual evidence.

This was Vitali's pucker after the Johnson fight

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pE-i86-9S6Y/hqdefault.jpg

Fury finished his fight looking like he just had a shower. Fresh as a daisy.

If Vitali was as good as you make him out , he should have blown away a guy like Johnson before the 6th round.. He laboured over 12 rounds and looked like an un-coordinated buffoon. His finial punch stat was an atrocious 298 / 1013.

Young inexperienced pup Joshua destroyed Johnson in one round.. He hit him with every punch he threw.

Fury already beat the better harder hitting brother. Vitali is a much easier fight.. Low guard , hesitant to come forward , woeful defence , shocking punch accuracy.. Fury lights the guy up.. The Klitschko's would never have been successful in this era.

 

No nothing no do with that at all.. People said that period was Vitali's prime . He was picked to destroy every foe he faced back then.

 

He just about nicked the rounds he won against Chisora.. There was nothing in them.. Fury toyed with Chisora.. It was so easy for him he actually dried up after the 5th round.. He stopped sweating !!

 

Who are the people who said that Vitali was prime post layoff and when in his late 30's? I think this is ludicrous. And frankly I don't think he lost a round to either of those fighters anyway so I don't see the relevance.

 

Look up the prediction polls for his fights..

He beat Chisora 12 to nothing?? HAHAHAHAHAHAH

The man could barely stand by the time it was over. Chisora would have stopped him if he had power.

 

Vitali was fighting hurt and vs a more fresh version of Chisora. He also fought a better version of Kevin Johnson ( he was ranked in the top ten at the time of the fight ), and beat him by a better margin than Fury did.

If you have to use re-cycled formerly ranked Vitali opponents to make a case for Fury you're in a bad spot, because if you think they were " good " Vitali beat them.

Score on this topic:

Classic boxer posters 99
Dino 0

 

True.

 

Nope , afraid not. Johnson was never ranked in the top 10..

That guy was a nobody. A Sky prize fighter opponent. A guy Fury dominated easier than Vitali did when he was just a 20 fight novice.
For Vitali he was a world title defence