Is Fury fighting Tony Grano?

[forcefraser]

H e reckons he is fighting a guy in some strange top 5 list. It must be Grano?

[earsjohn]

H e reckons he is fighting a guy in some strange top 5 list. It must be Grano?

That list is the official WBC rankings. But you're right, they are strange.

http://suljos.com/wbcVersEng/index.php? ... &Itemid=12

[ShadrachSimmo]

Crazy rankings. Fujimoto has had 5 fights and he's number 15. He'll probably be fighting Vitali next.

[earsjohn]

I love how alphabet ratings are misused by boxers/promoters using them to boost the claims of an opponent.

Looking at the WBC rankings, the top 5 is Arreola, Stiverne, Boytsov, Fury and Grano.

But this excludes proper champions, Wlad and Vitali Klitschko, so it's actually a top 7.

And then others are unranked for various spurious reasons...

Povetkin is a WBA champion apparently (thus making the ranks a top 8 )
Chambers, Mitchell and Thompson are unranked for some affiliation to IBF (top 11)
Helenius is out on medical grounds (Top 12)

and then you have Haye and Chisora who don't get a mention but will be shoved in at a high number as soon as the money's right. (Top 14).

So the best Fury can say is that he's fighting a Top 14 opponent, but even that stretches credulity given that Grano has somehow earned a top 5 spot ahead of Adamek, Solis, Pulev and even Chauncy Welliver.

[AT MAGIC]

yep looks like it , a early night for grano , and big Fury randt more funny shit!!

[earsjohn]

I would love it if someone from David Price's team bought up ten ringside seats and sent along a bunch of guys dressed up like Mario and Luigi. That would freak Tyson out.

[Spiker]

Grano is a dumpling. To Short and fat!!!
Makes him a good oppnent for Fury!

[dammage7]

Tony grano, lost to firtha, who lost to Fury

what a waste of a fight

if he needs a wbc ranked fighter, go for Luis Ortiz or a Dimtrenko
Grano is a backward step, where as other 2 are forward steps!!!

[milpool]

Tony Grano ranked 39 by Boxrec

[Coco]

No reason to rush Fury, he has a lot of time on his side and still needs to learn, he is a lot younger than Price

[Spiker]

No reason to rush Fury, he has a lot of time on his side and still needs to learn, he is a lot younger than Price

But this isnt even a tick over fight. As for Furys age im not so sure hes as young as he says either. Fury has fought Chisora and all these months later hes fighting Grano.

[15829]

At latish notice i think this is as good as a opponent we could expect. If we don't get the Price fight next then i hope we get to see Fury v Pulev

[Exoddus]

So Tony Grano "earned" his 5th ranking by the WBC for beating Brian Minto and the 44 year old DaVarryl Williamson? I don't get it .

[Wales]

No reason to rush Fury, he has a lot of time on his side and still needs to learn, he is a lot younger than Price

But this isnt even a tick over fight. As for Furys age im not so sure hes as young as he says either. Fury has fought Chisora and all these months later hes fighting Grano.

I'm afraid as much as I'd find a conspirecy theory about Tysons age funny he is indeed the age he claims to be. Not only did we go to manchester to train when he was a "kid", but he also competed in the world juniors winning a bronze, 2005ish?

[Wales]

When I say a kid it was circa when he was 17ish, just before first price fight. So whenever that was.