Tyson Fury

It was an all right win. His third best opponent.

 

Most inactive champions aren’t ducking/greedily pricing themselves out of an important unification and calling everyone out under the sun.

Del Boy was also a shocking mandatory, even more so given the fact there were 2 one sided fights between them firstly.

When AJ was frozen out by Fury and Wilder fans were quite rightly on his and Hearns back. Now it is Furys turn. And it is very much fair.

 

It was one of his top wins, which shows how bad is his resume. a 41 year old knocked Whyte completely unconscious for minutes not too long before Fury fought him.

 

Wlad didn't price himself out. The other champ was his brother most of the time. Then it was a guy he ko'd in sparring.

 

Whyte has no potential of being top 5, but top 10 which is pretty decent, however. And you can never joke with him, despite his shortcomings. The way Fury won over him was very good because he played the game in a way to not even sweat, so it was very smart, but also means he was in very good shape. And there is no problem in him defending against Whyte, he is still a top fighter. AJ is going to rematch him now, but because it's AJ, it is fine, so yes - there is a huge bias and double standards among the fans, but whatever, get used to that and it is one of the reasons boxing s*cks in a way - surprise - not only because of boxers and promoters!

 

Didnt mind Whyte. Was a solid opponent and good win despite his Povetkin ko loss.
Fury was still oki untill then but since then he been a complete mess amd a ducker. Its a shame since a lot of people liked him around the time he stopped Wilder. He ruined it

 

How was chisora mandatory?

 

My bad. A shocking defence

 

Bit unfair to compare years when 2020 was the year which saw the most covid restrictions.

 

Whyte can still pack a punch but he is just a hollow shelf of the fighter he once was. He was so badly knocked out by Povetkin that he likely carries permanent neurological damage as a result. A loss like that changes fighters (if they stay active at all). And that wasn’t his first KO loss either. So Whyte is still better than most of Fury’s opponents but that doesn’t really say much as Fury’s resume is absolute garbage. The man hasn’t fought any active top guys apart from Wilder and Whyte - if you still count Whyte as a top fighter, that is. At 35 and after 34 professional fights, only two top 15 opponents in 8 years while constantly ducking Usyk, Joshua, Zhang, Ruiz, Joyce, Hrgovic, Bakole just in the past few months alone. Fury is the absolute worst HW champion in history - not in terms of talent and skills but in terms of resume, legacy and the way he carries himself as a champion.

 

Whyte was the mandatory and a deserving mandatory given the rings he had to jump through to earn that shot. So it's a decent win on Fury's resume which lets be honest outside of Wlad and Wilder is pretty thin considering how long he's been a pro.

 

The issue with Fury is he has a fight for the undisputed and a very willing opponent. There is no TV or promotional hurdle to overcome, and yet he has dithered and basically ruined 2023 in HW boxing.

Contrast that to how hard it was to make Lewis/Tyson, which was of course a joke fight. Fury/Usyk should have been easy to make, and Fury is the roadblock.

 

And explain us who the heck say Whyte is fine for AJ now?
Most people if not all have said this is a useless fight, not as useless like Chisora, but still useless. Whyte doesn't give anything for AJ resume. For Whyte this fight could be all, for AJ is really nothing.
The huge difference is AJ is not a champion any longer, and he is coming after 2 loses, and i still trash him and Hearn for that fight.

While you and many more was licking Fury for Chisora fight, and excuse every single b.c. he does.