Tyson fury....what do ye think of him...?

LondonRingRules · Sep 28, 2016

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Instead of him giving credit for one of the biggest and best wins by a British fighter in recent years, the media hounded him looking for any little snippet to jump onto and make into a story.

Yeah he said some daft things, but many of which were said in jest or tongue in cheek (e.g. women belong in the kitchen) which the media ran with to fill there columns, ridicule him and paint him as the bad guy. At a time when they should have actually been saying 'hang on, credit where it's due... not many gave Fury a chance, but he went into the lions den, came out of a dominant champs back yard with the belts and backed up his own words'.

He no doubt would benefit from media / PR training, but then what do you want? Another media robot like AJ who is like a 1980's Hulk Hogan on repeat... "stay humble"... "say your prayers, eat your vitamin's and drink your milk". Is that the real AJ??? I think not, at least Fury isn't putting on an act.

The Wlad win was massive, dethroning a man who had dominated the division for over a decade. I don't feel he got the credit he deserved and like you said, the IBF situation was a joke.

The above in addition to the drug allegations I think had made him fall out of love with the sport. He's actually a bit of a boxing historian and know's his ****, but with the lack of credit and now the drug allegations I think it's driven him to a bad place where he probably thinks f*ck this and has had enough.

This was a man who went to Germany with his own water bottles because he was scared they would give him water which was drugged, so in the case he did win they could play the steroid card. It's all a load of bollocks.
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How can you complain about him being stripped by the IBF? Fury and his team were the idiots who signed a rematch clause on a MANDATORY.

Sugar 88 · Sep 28, 2016

LondonRingRules said: ↑

How can you complain about him being stripped by the IBF? Fury and his team were the idiots who signed a rematch clause on a MANDATORY.
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I still think it was a little harsh. Saying he'd have to defend his newly won title against Glazkov sometime in the second half of 2016 would have been fair.

mcguirpa · Sep 30, 2016

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Let's get one thing out of the way straight off the bat: Fury's win against Klit was not the worst heavyweight title fight ever. It was actually a reasonably decent scrap.

With regards to Fury, great fighter for a big man. Plenty of combinations, decent power in both hands, good movement. A decent heavyweight who wouldn't disgrace any era.

With regards to what has happened here - it's so obviously a mental issue rather than physical. Whether it's alcohol, drugs, general depression or whatever - the man clearly has problems. The press should shoulder their part of the blame. A man who should have been held up as a role model had the **** kicked out of him by people who aren't fit to clean his shoes. I hope he gets better, I think he will. Maybe he should have just done a Floyd and taken 2 years off. Sod the belts.
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I had a feeling drink or drugs would be involved. I'd guessed it was booze as he's always been a heavy drinker, but coke is no surprise.

Camaris · Sep 30, 2016

Tyson is great value outside of the ring but less so in it. All the John Fury squealing about how everyone hates Tyson and is out to get him because of his heritage was a huge misstep and own goal. Even I, a fan, began to get tired of being told with absolute certainty that i do not like Tyson! It reaches a point where you start to think "bore off" and it becomes self-fulfilling.

The Klitchko win was totally unexpected - it was supposed to be a routine defence. Personally I still subscribe to the view Klitchko had a terrible camp for various reasons I've seen reported, and a totally off night at the office. If the best Tyson fought the worst klitchko... I would still say klitchko wins 6 out of 10.

Tyson does suffer from depression, and I wish him well with that. If you have that properly? Forget it. You just need to take care of yourself.

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