Wladimir’s resume-Fury will never reach that level

Wlad did the same to Chisora before he fought Vitali. Dirty tricks and head games.

 

vitali stared over fury getting his hands wrapped and drew a love heart on them, dirty tricks and mind games

 

Fury didn't fight a lot of top fighters.
How did he win every belt? From grandpa Wlad?

 

You are right. the only thing Fury has that Wlad never did was the WBC belt. oh yeah, and he beat Wlad too I guess lol

 

Those three victories - chagaev povetkin and ibragimov are better than anything on Fury’s resume . All undefeated proven, prime contenders with great boxing pedigrees. Fury’s resume consists of a former D league basketball player with no boxing ability and a 40 year old Wlad. Excellent post

 

Iggy and chag lol.

pov was better than both and wasn’t even a title holder.

have you actually watched iggy fight???

 

Wlad was 39 when fury beat him.

sanders was 37 and fat when he iced wlad.

How many losses did wlad avenge?

aj avenged his right away.

audley Harrison avenged 4 of his 7 losses.

 

Yeah!!

Tyson Fury isn't great enough to come back from losing to the great Ross Purrity.

Wlad top 5 heavyweights of all time,
just below Purrity.

 

Can you elaborate on this? Never heard it before.

 

I can't disagree with any of that.

I can't imagine any of the greatest heavyweights not losing at least once or probably twice against the other greats. Some, I think, are far more vulnerable than others and would be more dependant on being opportunistic. For instance, Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua are more vulnerable than the likes of Evander Holyfield, Vitali Klitschko, Tyson Fury because they would certainly be "easier" to get out of there than the latter, who are clearly more resilient. However, because their offence is excellent, you couldn't write them off from beating anyone either.

One of the worst things right now is the whole "Tyson Fury beats Anthony Joshua easy" crowd. Maybe he does, but you can't approach a fight with that kind of mentality, against such an accomplished boxer. Personally, I would love to see Anthony Joshua get sparked, because I really don't like Matchroom. But that is a tough fight for either man and I hope Tyson Fury's crew who are beating that drum are just doing it for show.

That's what makes boxing so entertaining, even more so than most sports. Boxer A could beat Boxer B, Boxer C could beat Boxer A and Boxer B could beat Boxer C. That's why the best need to fight the best.

It's therefore hard to evaluate Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, because they did not have the opportunity to thrive in such an environment. Wladimir came closest, because he became the bridge between two eras. He ultimately failed and he failed earlier in his career, too. Vitali failed to finish with an unblemished record when it could have been so possible, in retrospect. If he showed the kind of heart he showed in the Lennox Lewis fight against Chris Byrd, then people these days may have been more likely to blow his trumpet.

What people shouldn't do is label Vitali Klitschko boring. Sure, he may have been in several overmatched, boring fights, but he was an exciting boxer stylistically. Don't throw both of the brothers in the same boat.

One was cavalier, the other was calculated.

 

Watch this. You can see the padding at certain points during this video.

 

Really never heard of the ring padding? Google ring padding Klitschko

 

Cheers.

Padding definitely looks thicker than 1".

It would be hard for me to make a judgement without physically feeling it, but it would explain how often Haye slipped in their fight.

Have other fighters or their teams made this complaint before, or just Fury?