when did you know Tyson Fury was gonna be special

lepinthehood · Apr 28, 2022

MorvidusStyle said: ↑

The Cunningham fight showed he was special, I'd say.

In the pressers he was funny and not phased coming to the US alone basically. Battleship and his weirdo coach didn't know what to do.
Then in the fight he showed a lot of things that we would see later on.

On the opponent:

Firstly, Cunningham was not some small guy, he was 6'2 or so, 210 absolutely as lean as you'll see, making him as big as plenty of fleshy HWs in functional weight, people like Arreola etc. If Cunningham had just kept the fat most do, he'd be Povetkin weight. And I think he was juiced based on his appearance, which is something people don't consider but should.

Secondly, Cunningham was a champion level fighter.

> Fury showed heart and recovery to get up fighting from that KD and take it to Cunningham.
> Fury did well just boxing with Cunningham, an opponent that fast and capable, and Fury landed good counters and did things you don't normally see from big heavies. Fury might not have been getting the advantage here, but he showed good skills all things considered. And I think he still might have edged Cunningham over 12 just boxing due to the Fury engine.
> Fury showed his stamina.
> Fury showed his dogfighting mode and sheer determination and a bit of emergency power to ultimately bulldoze and stop Cunningham after realising he was falling behind.
> Fury sung a song at the end.

So later on we would see many of these traits come together in championship fights.
> The trash talk
> The ability to fight away from home unphased.
> The ability to recover when hurt/KD'd
> The ability to box but also dogfight
> The stamina
> The will to win
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[url]Heated Exchange - Tyson Fury vs. Steve "USS" Cunningham Press Conference - YouTube[/url]

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