What's the origin of the classic Fury style- hands down, twitchy feints, switch-hitting, little trots around the ring, called the 'herky jerky' style- as seen in early Tyson and currently Savannah Marshall. Is it an invention of Peter Fury, an old Fury/gypsy tradition or does it even have roots in some American gym?
The gods of war instilled it in his genetic makeup at birth When you're a big man fighting smaller men it's natural to lower your guard. Hughie then Peter trained the positioning but it is a cumulative learnt thing. Peter made Fury overly defensive. Which is a waste of his greatest attribute his stamina.
One of a kind - Gets away with his natural talent. Joe Walcott did it but he was about a foot shorter. Ezzard Charles too. Theres levels to size at heavyweight.
It's an ancient style handed down by the gods of Olympus. Originally Called the Hercules-Jercules, but later shortened to Herky-Jerky. The first known HIStorical user is David in his championship bout against Goliath. The smaller quicker David, was able to wind up and launch a slingshot uppercut whist using erratic upper-body movement and fast footwork like some sort of ancient version of Prince Naseem Hamed.
It’s a style that is formed naturally when an obese guy is trying to avoid getting beat up, creates unusual and awkward movements which is an illusion. In reality the movement may well be sharp and slick, but the excess weight has a delayed response movement which makes it look like Fury is always moving and nimble. Reality is that his fat is just trying to catch up to a previous movement
Definitely didn't come naturally. You can watch old amateur fights of Fury, and he was a much more traditional boxer. A little bit a of a mover, but much more traditional.
He's got some Roy Jones in his jab, the way he does twitchy feints and some shoe shining. He and his camp have definitely watched some tape on a lot of fighters (you hear them occasionally pull out all kinds of obscure knowledge) and have brought in elements from a wide range of fighters.
Nicolino Locche absolutly inspired that style. "The untouchable" not sure of its orgins but I would guess that style has been around along time but only certain fighters put the style on the spot light Fury being one of em.