Is Fury best ever british heavyweight ?

[The Main Event Show]

Lewis for me

[Offthehook]

Got to go with Lennox surely. And I don’t even like Lennox

[jamesmcdonnell]

Interesting that ppl have brought up David Haye, as I was thinking about this last night and remember this matchup was a big deal before Haye withdrew. One of those matchups that everyone was talking about in the barber shop and at the watercooler. On the shop floor and up in the office.

Haye didn't to live up his his heavyweight promise but he was annihilating British guys from Audley to Chisora (Del Boy is not an easy guy to put away) - and Fury was badly hurt by cruiserweight Steve Cunningham, really struggling to see those fast punches coming, before mauling him into an exciting victory.

It's one massive fight missing from the Fury resume. Would've looked really good wouldn't it? But, the Haye withdrawal reflects more on Haye and the empty promises he made, in the transition from being a legit cruiserweight champion and dangerous heavyweight contender/pretender.

Haye would have been a very live threat. I think at that stage, I would have favoured him over Fury.

[Autobarn]

yeah I rewatched Fury v Cunningham last night. Fury was bothered by the speed and movement, and got roped into "fighting down" to the smaller man. Minimising his own height and reach advantages and eating some quite surprising punches. And basically relying on his size and mauling to wear out the blown up cruiserweight.

Terrific fight, and actually a good win as Cunningham would win a really good fight vs Amir Mansour soon afterward. But you'd definitely think Haye could steal some openings to land his power shots, as the lighter hitting Cunningham could. And those shots, fast and heavy, could startle or hurt Fury. What a fight Fury vs Haye could have been. Yet, Fury had bigger fish to fry, it turns out, in Wladimir Klitschko and Deeontay Wilder (eventually).

[HomicideHenry]

Retrospectively I think had the match between David Haye and Tyson Fury happened, I believe Fury would've won because this was when Haye was starting to fall apart physically--- even though for quite a number of years he would still hoodwink people into thinking he was still the goods.

The shoulder was going, the legs were going, etc--- and I think Fury would have got on top of him sooner or later. Haye, also, seemed to fluctuate in weight, performing best under 220 and it appeared that he was going to come in over 220 against Fury.

215- Barrett
217- Valuev
222- Ruiz
210- Harrison
210- Klitschko
210- Chisora
((The Fury fight that didn't happen; 2013))
227- DeMori
224- Gjergjaj
224- Bellew
220- Bellew

It certainly would have been the biggest test for Fury up until that time, but considering the trajectory of both men's careers following 2013 I think it's a safe bet retrospectively to assume that Fury would have pulled off the upset since most people at the time were assuming that David Haye would win.