Tyson Fury's February Opponent

[jamesmcdonnell]

Price would be a gamble, for all his chinniness he can still hit, and hit hard.

I don't know what Price's confidence is like now though, if he stood there pawing with that jab, as he did against Thompson he would get beat, but if he used his own jab effectively, I think he could stop Fury.

Chisora was nothing more than target practice really

[rhino222]

wach would be a good opponent. he goes the distance.

[black panther]

Isn't Thompson rematching Solis in January?

I don't think Arreola would accept the travelling opponent role yet even though it's appropriate.

Ustinov is a useless oaf who Fury wouldn't get any credit for outboxing in hindsight from anyone.

I think Lucas Browne is the best bet. He's good enough to make it competitive and keep Tyson focused through a training camp but you wouldn't bet on him beating him. He's a good size and would make for a fun fight. Plus it would be a Commonwealth defence out of the way and i expect he'd come cheaper than a US fringe contender HW.

I'd put Lucas Browne in the useless oaf category too. He looked very slow, plodding and cumbersome vs Andriy Rudenko. On that showing Tyson would box his ears off.

[MacTavish]

Ustinov.

What I find funny about Ustinov.Is if Fury does fight him.Everyone here will say he was a bum.
What has he done?

He's been in quite a few good films and I think played Poirot for a while...

[Rexob]

Dimitrenko? Someone similar to Wlad's height

He's been inactive for over 18 months. He might have retired.

Perfect opponent!

[Yes We Can]

Isn't Thompson rematching Solis in January?

I don't think Arreola would accept the travelling opponent role yet even though it's appropriate.

Ustinov is a useless oaf who Fury wouldn't get any credit for outboxing in hindsight from anyone.

I think Lucas Browne is the best bet. He's good enough to make it competitive and keep Tyson focused through a training camp but you wouldn't bet on him beating him. He's a good size and would make for a fun fight. Plus it would be a Commonwealth defence out of the way and i expect he'd come cheaper than a US fringe contender HW.

I'd put Lucas Browne in the useless oaf category too. He looked very slow, plodding and cumbersome vs Andriy Rudenko. On that showing Tyson would box his ears off.

Rudenko is my pick to be honest, the guys was durable as hell and so easily beatable for Fury.

I think putting him out in febuary is worthwile, activity and focus needs to be kept. Wlad could be upto 12 months away if not more.

[Bodyshot3]

I would love it to be Price.....these two have got plenty of unfinished business to settle and it would be a good, old-school British and European heavyweight title fight that would be a decent earner for both of them. Price could make it interesting if he got any kind of foothold in the fight.

Pretty sure Tyson would take it without blinking......but with Price not getting out this month, and Sauerland being uber-cautious with him anyway, I think we can can say goodbye to a February fight with these two?

No doubt they'll some obliging lump in the meantime.....Charr still seems to be ranked and usually comes to have a brawl without representing too much of a threat to the top men. He's known in Germany as well, so good in terms of raising Tyson's profile over there as he pushes his case to get Wlad?

[klitoris]

It would be logical to put him in the ring against someone with Klitschko's size like Mariusz Wach or maybe Francesco Pianeta.
Tony Thompson, Lukas Browne, Malik Scott would also be good preparation fights.

If he can't beat any of the above mentioned opponents, then honestly he shouldn't even think about stepping in the ring with Klitschko.

[HomicideHenry]

It could very well be Browne, but I think maybe the best man out there... to further solidify Fury's position as the best man in the world... may be Alexander Povetkin... he went 12 with Vladimir, so what Fury needs is more rounds... he's one of the top 10 ranked men in the world... and last I checked doesnt have much going on for him as of this writing. Could be wrong on that though... I would like to see Fury against a Thompson or even an Adamek but I dont see those happening.

1 Dereck Chisora (International) UK
2 Deontay Wilder USA
3 Andy Ruiz (Int-Cont) USA
4 Tyson Fury UK
5 Christian Hammer ROM
6 Bryant Jennings USA
7 Charles Martin (NABO) USA
8 David Price UK
9 Francesco Pianeta (WBO Europe) ITA
10 Vyacheslav Glazkov UKR
11 Alexander Povetkin RUS
12 Kubrat Pulev BUL
13 Arthur Szpilka POL
14 Joseph Parker NZ
15 Razvan Cojanu (Asia-Pacific) ROM

^^^The ratings prior to the Chisora fight (according to the WBO). The real question, then is, will Fury fight someone listed in the WBO rankings to further solidify his position---- or will he fight someone outside the WBO system?

[HomicideHenry]

1 .- Deontay Wilder (US)
2 .- Alexander Povetkin (Russia) SILVER
3 .- Bryant Jennings (US)
4 .- Mike Perez (Cuba/Ireland) USNBC
5 .- Lucas Browne (Australia) EPBC/COMM
6 .- Derek Chisora (GB) EBU
7 .- Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine)
8 .- Andy Ruiz (Mexico) NABF
9 .- Manuel Charr (Lebanon/Syria) BALTIC/CISBB
10 .- Carlos Takam (Cameroon)
11 .- Chris Arreola (US)
12 .- Tyson Fury (GB)
13 .- Anthony Joshua (GB) INTL
14 .- Tony Thompson (US)
15 .- Tomasz Adamek (Poland)

16 .- Odlanier Solis (Cuba)
17 .- Mark De Mori (Australia)
18 .- Billy Wright (US) LATINO/FECARBOX
19 .- Kyotaro Fujimoto (Japan)
20 .- Steve Cunningham (US)
21 .- Shannon Briggs (US)
22 .- Artur Szpilka (Poland)
23 .- David Price (GB)
24 .- Erkan Teper (Germany)
25 .- Charles Martin (US)
26 .- Edmund Gerber (Germany) INTL SILVER
27 .- Arnold Gjergjaj (Switzerland)
28 .- Andrzej Wawrzyk (Poland)
29 .- Johann Duhaupas (France)
30 .- Denis Boytsov (Russia)
31 .- Raphael Zumbano (Brazil) SOUTH AMERICA
32 .- Eric Molina (US)
33 .- Yazmany Consuegra (Cuba)
34 .- Eddie Chambers (US)
35 .- Alexander Ustinov (Russia)
36 .- Sam Sexton (GB )
36 .- Agit Kabayel (Turkey) MEDITERRANEAN
37 .- Herve Hubeaux (Belgium) YOUTH
37 .- Travis Kauffman (US)
40 .- Zack Mwekassa (Congo) ABU

^^^WBC rankings

[lillywhite14]

Adamek doesn't have any business entering a ring again, he is so far done it would be criminal to see him fighting again.

Not massively interested in Thompson either. People were slagging off him as an opponent before he fought Price the first time!

As I say, I don't envisage Furys handlers accepting a genuine challenge.

[tiny_acres]

Ruslan Chagaev and take the regular WBA title.Then a defense and then Klitschko.

[HomicideHenry]

Ruslan Chagaev and take the regular WBA title.Then a defense and then Klitschko.

I like the idea of THAT.... however, if Fury did just that, he would give up his WBO title shot in the process.

Don't you recall how he was to face Pulev for the #1 IBF contendership, then opted for Haye instead?

Fury, to keep his title shot, would have to face a WBO ranked opponent.

[Benelio]

Would Chagaev even get sanctioned in Britain? Hasn't he got Hepatitus B or something? Can't imagine the Fury team wanting to travel.

[tiny_acres]

Ruslan Chagaev and take the regular WBA title.Then a defense and then Klitschko.

I like the idea of THAT.... however, if Fury did just that, he would give up his WBO title shot in the process.

Don't you recall how he was to face Pulev for the #1 IBF contendership, then opted for Haye instead?

Fury, to keep his title shot, would have to face a WBO ranked opponent.

Having a belt around fury's waist will do nothing but increase his payday against Wlad.
Even a crappy fake as hell belt like the WBA'S

[UrbanFox]

I'dIt will be one of Takam, Adamek or Mormeck ( please not one of these two ) or maybe even Hammer. Someone who won't rock the boat.

Mormeck is fighting on Friday as cruiserweight, it's his second fight.
He is NOT coming back as HW.

[UrbanFox]

Michael Grant. Though he'd make a better opponent for Joshua. Not suggesting Grant is top 15! But its an opponent with a back story for the media.

Hasn't he quit since being KOd by Takam?

[Bodyshot3]

Ruslan Chagaev and take the regular WBA title.Then a defense and then Klitschko.

Not a bad fight for Tyson, he'd learn something as the guy is probably still a bit tricky, but it comes with the not inconsiderable problem that Chagaev is now top mates with the President of Chechyna and is being bankrolled to fight in deepest, darkest Grozny.

The properly badlands of Chechyna is probably worth avoiding, even if your the Fury clan....and especially when the President expects his bestest buddy to win every time and everyone in the audience has got an assault rifle and short-temper!

[tiny_acres]

Ruslan Chagaev and take the regular WBA title.Then a defense and then Klitschko.

Not a bad fight for Tyson, he'd learn something as the guy is probably still a bit tricky, but it comes with the not inconsiderable problem that Chagaev is now top mates with the President of Chechyna and is being bankrolled to fight in deepest, darkest Grozny.

The properly badlands of Chechyna is probably worth avoiding, even if your the Fury clan....and especially when the President expects his bestest buddy to win every time and everyone in the audience has got an assault rifle and short-temper!

Damn now that's funny

[HomicideHenry]

I think more than likely in february it will be a "defense" of Fury's European belt... alot of the EBU ranked men are in the NABO/WBO rankings and will be killing two birds with one stone, so to speak... Price is rated #9 by the WBO and is rated #5 by the EBU so its possible he'll be considered, or Anthony Joshua who is #8 in the EBU.

[Sklar]

A lot of optimism in this topic which is always good to see. With the jackpot just around the corner it's going to be a giant with feather dusters for fists or somebody 6' 2" or less. Take the risks in sparring. In fact, I wonder if Price would go over to Bolton for a few rounds.

[samwbr]

Spilka v Fury would get good support from the Polish in the UK.

[the truth]

It's Shannon Briggs, let's go champ

[Bodyshot3]

It's Shannon Briggs, let's go champ

Nah, Shannon's way too busy stalking Wlad.

Last I heard, he'd paid FedEx a fortune to be gift wrapped as a huge, surprise Christmas present and is currently having himself shipped out to the Ukraine.

Wlad will actually be celebrating Chritmas with Hayden's family in the US....so I am guessing Shannon gets unwrapped by Vitali on Christmas morning in Kiev and then spit-roasted for a second time....

....here's hoping.

[handsofstone]

It's Shannon Briggs, let's go champ

Nah, Shannon's way too busy stalking Wlad.

Last I heard, he'd paid FedEx a fortune to be gift wrapped as a huge, surprise Christmas present and is currently having himself shipped out to the Ukraine.

Wlad will actually be celebrating Chritmas with Hayden's family in the US....so I am guessing Shannon gets unwrapped by Vitali on Christmas morning in Kiev and then spit-roasted for a second time....

....here's hoping.

Now how funny would that be if it was to happen

Briggs face when he jumps out the box and sees Vitali there