Tyson Fury Free to Resume Boxing Career!

[Enlightened-One]

It seems pretty unanimous then. Tyson Fury should take on David Price for the easiest comeback fight. The People's Champion could predict the stoppage round, showboat as much as he wants, and even conduct interviews in-between rounds in true Ali style.

Done and dusted. Isn't it?

I agree, David Price would be a good first comeback opponent for Tyson Fury.

The highly-vulnerable and equally out-of-shape Bermane Stiverne might be a better comeback opponent though, because it would grant Tyson Fury an opportunity to obtain a top-15 ranking via a relatively safe route. A victory would automatically qualify him for a shot at the WBC title.

It’s clear that Tyson Fury needs a few comeback fights prior to agreeing to take on Anthony Joshua. Therefore, if the “Gypsy King” ventured down the WBC route and captured Wilder’s crown, then a title unification bout between AJ and Fury would be absolutely massive.

Also, Tyson’s promoter doesn’t usually work with Eddie Hearn, they have a strained relationship, so he may be forced to go down the WBC route regardless, due to the political landscape.

[gilgamesh]

David Price has had obvious fear of the unknown/ confidence issues, and who wouldn't after his recent form. However, when he is in there with a known commodity like Fury, most of these issues will become irrelevant.

Besides, if Price is so shot, what better fight (known name/all UK) for Fury to re-estabilsh himself? It should be a walk in the park for a fighter of his talent, shouldn't it?

Beating Price don't mean much at this point. There would be several more meaningful U.K. fighters for Fury to fight. Hell even a fight with Bellew or someone like that would be more meaningful.

I don't doubt that Fury does come back against very soft opposition to make up for his very soft center, but Price doesn't belong in any meaningful fights.

[gilgamesh]

It seems pretty unanimous then. Tyson Fury should take on David Price for the easiest comeback fight. The People's Champion could predict the stoppage round, showboat as much as he wants, and even conduct interviews in-between rounds in true Ali style.

Done and dusted. Isn't it?

I agree, David Price would be a good first comeback opponent for Tyson Fury.

The highly-vulnerable and equally out-of-shape Bermane Stiverne might be a better comeback opponent though, because it would grant Tyson Fury an opportunity to obtain a top-15 ranking via a relatively safe route. A victory would automatically qualify him for a shot at the WBC title.

It’s clear that Tyson Fury needs a few comeback fights prior to agreeing to take on Anthony Joshua. Therefore, if the “Gypsy King” ventured down the WBC route and captured Wilder’s crown, then a title unification bout between AJ and Fury would be absolutely massive.

Also, Tyson’s promoter doesn’t usually work with Eddie Hearn, they have a strained relationship, so he may be forced to go down the WBC route regardless, due to the political landscape.

Tyson Fury could beat a kid with an 0-5 record in his comeback and it'd probably put him back in the Top 15 just because of who he was before this hiatus.

Also Fury ain't beating Wilder. Fat cokeheads don't beat Athletes in Athletic contests.

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Thoughts?

Well, that's fine as long he can learn to program the sat nav on his car to find his gym as opposed to his nearest takeaway.

[candyslim]

If he stops sniffing blow, trains and loses the weight, he can crush wilder and Joshua.
Look what he did to klitchko.

He didn't exactly crush Klitschko though did he? What he did was to totally bamboozle a boxer who didn't know how to cope with him. Why? Because Wlad was used to having the physical advantages of height, reach, and mobility around which he built his style. Suddenly he was unable to just sway back out of range of counters and didn't have the superior strength to manhandle Fury in the clinches. Landing his jab was difficult enough and Fury was never in one place long enough for Wlad to set himself to throw the right hand. Klitschko was used to having a relatively static target. It didn't help that his long period of dominance had bred a little complacency.

Would it have made a difference in the rematch? I believe Wlad would have been in the same shape he was for Joshua. If anyone could have found a way to win in these circumstances, it would be Klitschko, but Tyson has everything in his toolbox you need to overcome a boxer with Wlad's attributes, and Fury would have been Wlad's biggest challenge (both literally and figuratively) at any stage of his career.

The fight was horrible to watch but Fury can rightfully boast that unlike AJ, he never came close to losing to Wlad.

Would Tyson at his peak have beaten Wilder? I'd have to say 'probably' although at some stage Wilder would surely have to get through with a big right hand, then it would get very interesting. Wilder's power is incomparable to Steve Cunningham's and we all know what happened there, so my 'probably' is not backed by a great deal of confidence.

Would Fury at his peak have beaten Joshua? Now that's a tough one and that's why the prospect of these two fighting is as widely anticipated as it is, despite all the obstacles. Joshua doesn't handle movement as well as he might, and a peak Tyson would have the elusiveness and the engine to exploit any stamina deficiency that AJ shows signs of having. At the same time when I said Wilder must surely land at some stage, AJ has the technique to find the target more consistently than Wilder would. Although Josh probably doesn't hit as hard as Deontay, as USS Cunningham showed a smaller calibre shell can still do significant damage, and compared to Cunningham's the difference in power between Joshua and Wilder is marginal.

Could (a peak) Tyson keep clear of Joshua long enough to outlast him? I'm going to say 'No' but I couldn't in all honesty discount the possibility, it would be very interesting to find out.