Will Whyte Be Fury's last Fight As Promised?

Tony1244 · Post by **Tony1244** » 31 Mar 2022, 08:43

A) Yes, definitely. That's what the man said
B) Probably his last fight
C) Fury will definitely fight again
D) Fury will probably not fight again
E) I don't care. I've got my own problems

Perkin Warbeck · Post by **Perkin Warbeck** » 31 Mar 2022, 08:52

He will fight again.

Perhaps he'll take a rest for a year or so, but he'll be back,

Bandog · Post by **Bandog** » 31 Mar 2022, 09:16

In my opinion it depends on the result of the Joshua/Usyk fight. If Joshua wins, he'll fight again. If Usyk wins, I think Fury retires, knowing he won't win that one.

BTW aren't option B and D in the poll the same thing?

Enlightened-One · Post by **Enlightened-One** » 31 Mar 2022, 09:28

• November 2013 - Tyson Fury announces his retirement via Twitter, due to David Haye’s withdrawal from their bout
• November 2015 – Tyson Fury claimed he’s considering retirement after the Klitschko bout
• October 2016 – Tyson Fury announces his retirement, but a few hours later he retracted his comments
• July 2017 – Tyson Fury announces his retirement from boxing due to waiting for a date for his UKAD anti-doping hearing
• December 2018 – Tyson Fury promises to retire after he’s competed in his next two outings
• October 2019 – Tyson Fury promises to retire during 2020 after competing in three more bouts
• February 2020 – Sugar Hill Steward said that Tyson Fury will retire after the Deontay Wilder victory
• March 2020 – Tyson Fury makes a 180 degree U-turn and promises to continue boxing well into his forties
• June 2021 – Fury claimed he’d retire after the third Deontay Wilder bout
• November 2021 – Tyson Fury admitted to contemplating retirement, but was now looking forward to a bout against Dillian Whyte
• March 2022 – Tyson Fury announced his plans to retire after the Dillian Whyte fight

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tiny_acres · Post by **tiny_acres** » 31 Mar 2022, 10:05

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑31 Mar 2022, 09:28 • November 2013 - Tyson Fury announces his retirement via Twitter, due to David Haye’s withdrawal from their bout
• November 2015 – Tyson Fury claimed he’s considering retirement after the Klitschko bout
• October 2016 – Tyson Fury announces his retirement, but a few hours later he retracted his comments
• July 2017 – Tyson Fury announces his retirement from boxing due to waiting for a date for his UKAD anti-doping hearing
• December 2018 – Tyson Fury promises to retire after he’s competed in his next two outings
• October 2019 – Tyson Fury promises to retire during 2020 after competing in three more bouts
• February 2020 – Sugar Hill Steward said that Tyson Fury will retire after the Deontay Wilder victory
• March 2020 – Tyson Fury makes a 180 degree U-turn and promises to continue boxing well into his forties
• June 2021 – Fury claimed he’d retire after the third Deontay Wilder bout
• November 2021 – Tyson Fury admitted to contemplating retirement, but was now looking forward to a bout against Dillian Whyte
• March 2022 – Tyson Fury announced his plans to retire after the Dillian Whyte fight

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It is getting old on the retirement thing.
Fury is a very talented big man but he is beginning to bore me with his antics

Ruthless-RKO · Post by **Ruthless-RKO** » 31 Mar 2022, 16:53

You know one day he’ll retire and he’ll really do it.

But we won’t believe him will we?

Bandog · Post by **Bandog** » 31 Mar 2022, 17:07

Fury sounds like he needs/craves attention much like one or two posters on this forum.

tiny_acres · Post by **tiny_acres** » 31 Mar 2022, 19:08

Bandog wrote: ↑31 Mar 2022, 17:07 Fury sounds like he needs/craves attention much like one or two posters on this forum.

Tony1244 · Post by **Tony1244** » 31 Mar 2022, 20:43

We've got a unanimous decision so far with a sprinkle of apathy.

Lackeos · Post by **Lackeos** » 31 Mar 2022, 22:54

Fury retired in 2015. Mayweather retired in 2009. So I see no reason not to take their threats seriously.

snake33 · Post by **snake33** » 01 Apr 2022, 00:01

He thinks threatening to retire will help promote this fight.
Probably not.
I think he'll fight the winner of Joshua / Usyk.
He might be concerned that him and Usyk will look like Valuev vs Haye.
A big guy chasing a little guy all over the ring and judges thinking that's cool.

RScarf1 · Post by **RScarf1** » 01 Apr 2022, 01:45

Bandog wrote: ↑31 Mar 2022, 09:16 In my opinion it depends on the result of the Joshua/Usyk fight. If Joshua wins, he'll fight again. If Usyk wins, I think Fury retires, knowing he won't win that one.

BTW aren't option B and D in the poll the same thing?

I agree. I think Fury wants to avoid Usyk.

cormack · Post by **cormack** » 03 Apr 2022, 13:50

fury is full of shite.
maybe expect a few more retirements only to be persuaded to come back for bigger money each time ..

DrDuke · Post by **DrDuke** » 03 Apr 2022, 15:41

Of course, no. How many times has Fury retired up to date?

Enlightened-One · Post by **Enlightened-One** » 04 Apr 2022, 05:23

DrDuke wrote: ↑03 Apr 2022, 15:41 Of course, no. How many times has Fury retired up to date?

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑31 Mar 2022, 09:28 • November 2013 - Tyson Fury announces his retirement via Twitter, due to David Haye’s withdrawal from their bout
• November 2015 – Tyson Fury claimed he’s considering retirement after the Klitschko bout
• October 2016 – Tyson Fury announces his retirement, but a few hours later he retracted his comments
• July 2017 – Tyson Fury announces his retirement from boxing due to waiting for a date for his UKAD anti-doping hearing
• December 2018 – Tyson Fury promises to retire after he’s competed in his next two outings
• October 2019 – Tyson Fury promises to retire during 2020 after competing in three more bouts
• February 2020 – Sugar Hill Steward said that Tyson Fury will retire after the Deontay Wilder victory
• March 2020 – Tyson Fury makes a 180 degree U-turn and promises to continue boxing well into his forties
• June 2021 – Fury claimed he’d retire after the third Deontay Wilder bout
• November 2021 – Tyson Fury admitted to contemplating retirement, but was now looking forward to a bout against Dillian Whyte
• March 2022 – Tyson Fury announced his plans to retire after the Dillian Whyte fight

Controversial · Post by **Controversial** » 05 Apr 2022, 05:36

I can't see Fury hanging around for too long, assuming he beats Whyte and Usyk beats AJ then the Usyk fight is the only one worth having as AJ wouldn't be in line for a title shot for a while. I also think a lot will depend on Furys body holding out, his knees must be taking a huge amount of stress with his weight and movement.

Bandog · Post by **Bandog** » 05 Apr 2022, 11:21

Controversial wrote: ↑05 Apr 2022, 05:36 I can't see Fury hanging around for too long, assuming he beats Whyte and Usyk beats AJ then the Usyk fight is the only one worth having as AJ wouldn't be in line for a title shot for a while. I also think a lot will depend on Furys body holding out, his knees must be taking a huge amount of stress with his weight and movement.

Usyk would expose Fury I think, showing how over-rated as a skilled boxer Fury is.

Wilder is far from highly skilled, so if you can keep from getting KOd, you win, as Fury did. Usyk is much more skilled in every category, and too smart to only head hunt.

Phenomenal-Nutrition · Post by **Phenomenal-Nutrition** » 05 Apr 2022, 14:03

Bandog wrote: ↑05 Apr 2022, 11:21
Controversial wrote: ↑05 Apr 2022, 05:36 I can't see Fury hanging around for too long, assuming he beats Whyte and Usyk beats AJ then the Usyk fight is the only one worth having as AJ wouldn't be in line for a title shot for a while. I also think a lot will depend on Furys body holding out, his knees must be taking a huge amount of stress with his weight and movement.
Usyk would expose Fury I think, showing how over-rated as a skilled boxer Fury is.

Wilder is far from highly skilled, so if you can keep from getting KOd, you win, as Fury did. Usyk is much more skilled in every category, and too smart to only head hunt.

Fury outboxed the most skilled dominant boxer of the 00s/10s. If Usyk wins fair enough, but he isn't 'exposing' anything. If anything Usyk's workrate is more likely to be an issue for Fury than his 'skills'

Bandog · Post by **Bandog** » 05 Apr 2022, 16:49

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote: ↑05 Apr 2022, 14:03
Bandog wrote: ↑05 Apr 2022, 11:21
Controversial wrote: ↑05 Apr 2022, 05:36 I can't see Fury hanging around for too long, assuming he beats Whyte and Usyk beats AJ then the Usyk fight is the only one worth having as AJ wouldn't be in line for a title shot for a while. I also think a lot will depend on Furys body holding out, his knees must be taking a huge amount of stress with his weight and movement.
Usyk would expose Fury I think, showing how over-rated as a skilled boxer Fury is.

Wilder is far from highly skilled, so if you can keep from getting KOd, you win, as Fury did. Usyk is much more skilled in every category, and too smart to only head hunt.
Fury outboxed the most skilled dominant boxer of the 00s/10s. If Usyk wins fair enough, but he isn't 'exposing' anything. If anything Usyk's workrate is more likely to be an issue for Fury than his 'skills'

Outboxed? That fight vs Wlad was the worst fight, with the least punches landed in the history of heavyweight boxing. The fight was so pathetic, it should have been ruled a no contest.

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 05 Apr 2022, 17:39

I see the Fury critics are coming out in full force as the fight draws near

dismissing all wins. Klitschko don't count cuz he was either old or it was boring, Wilder don't count because he was a one-trick pony and Fury beat him three times, etc.

Mind you, as a Fury fan, I can say Whyte is going to be more of a threat or challenge than thought because styles make fights and when you have two guys who know each other in and out like they both do it makes for interesting matches--- but if you really think about it is there anything that Whyte does or knows that Tyson Fury has not already experienced?

Unless Fury is taking this extremely lightly or suddenly gets old overnight I can't really see Whyte beating Fury. Then again, while Sugar Hill Stewart was necessary for the Wilder fights I don't think he's necessary for Whyte. Ever since Tyson Fury has hooked up with Stewart he's become more immobile and easier to hit and that's not a good recipe for a guy like Whyte who certainly has more tools than Wilder.

However that being said, even though Whyte has certainly earned his title shot I don't think anyone can really make a concrete case that he is in the same league as Wilder, Fury, Joshua and Usyk. He's just outside that league. Don't forget it wasn't that long ago he got knocked out by a 40 year old man, and basically held on for dear life against Joseph Parker.

I do think that it is hard for Fury to get amped up for opponents that he does not see as being really a threat --- and when that happens he gets complacent. I don't know if that's happening or not this time around because both men have been extraordinarily quiet. This has been one of the more bizarre fights I have ever seen in the build-up because there is practically no build-up.

That being said I don't think Fury will lose, largely because he can't afford to. He has always said he is the best heavyweight in all of England, which is a direct stab at Joshua. He has to win in order to further solidify that claim. That in and of itself I think is all the motivation that Fury needs.

But I'm not sure which version of Tyson Fury shows up. If it's the hulk version looking for knockouts this is going to be a pretty exciting fight because it's going to be pretty damn sloppy and reckless. If Fury comes in lighter than his last two contests, and uses a mixture of boxing and punching then Whyte is going to just catch jabs and one-two's and might get stopped somewhere between rounds 7 through 10.

However, if Dillian Whyte is to win he needs to come in at his lightest and be a non-stop pressure fighter with absolutely no let up. Conditioning is going to be key for him to be able to win cuz there's no way he can be that unless he comes in under 240.

Jesus Christ Almighty God bless you all

margaret thatcher · Post by **margaret thatcher** » 05 Apr 2022, 17:45

it would be laughable if he retired straight after this fight instead of facing the aj-usyk 2 winner for all the marbles

but he wont retire anyway

KiwiRider · Post by **KiwiRider** » 05 Apr 2022, 17:49

HomicideHenry wrote: ↑05 Apr 2022, 17:39 I see the Fury critics are coming out in full force as the fight draws near dismissing all wins. Klitschko don't count cuz he was either old or it was boring, Wilder don't count because he was a one-trick pony and Fury beat him three times, etc.

Mind you, as a Fury fan, I can say Whyte is going to be more of a threat or challenge than thought because styles make fights and when you have two guys who know each other in and out like they both do it makes for interesting matches--- but if you really think about it is there anything that Whyte does or knows that Tyson Fury has not already experienced?

Unless Fury is taking this extremely lightly or suddenly gets old overnight I can't really see Whyte beating Fury. Then again, while Sugar Hill Stewart was necessary for the Wilder fights I don't think he's necessary for Whyte. Ever since Tyson Fury has hooked up with Stewart he's become more immobile and easier to hit and that's not a good recipe for a guy like Whyte who certainly has more tools than Wilder.

However that being said, even though Whyte has certainly earned his title shot I don't think anyone can really make a concrete case that he is in the same league as Wilder, Fury, Joshua and Usyk. He's just outside that league. Don't forget it wasn't that long ago he got knocked out by a 40 year old man, and basically held on for dear life against Joseph Parker.

I do think that it is hard for Fury to get amped up for opponents that he does not see as being really a threat --- and when that happens he gets complacent. I don't know if that's happening or not this time around because both men have been extraordinarily quiet. This has been one of the more bizarre fights I have ever seen in the build-up because there is practically no build-up.

That being said I don't think Fury will lose, largely because he can't afford to. He has always said he is the best heavyweight in all of England, which is a direct stab at Joshua. He has to win in order to further solidify that claim. That in and of itself I think is all the motivation that Fury needs.

But I'm not sure which version of Tyson Fury shows up. If it's the hulk version looking for knockouts this is going to be a pretty exciting fight because it's going to be pretty damn sloppy and reckless. If Fury comes in lighter than his last two contests, and uses a mixture of boxing and punching then Whyte is going to just catch jabs and one-two's and might get stopped somewhere between rounds 7 through 10.

However, if Dillian Whyte is to win he needs to come in at his lightest and be a non-stop pressure fighter with absolutely no let up. Conditioning is going to be key for him to be able to win cuz there's no way he can be that unless he comes in under 240.

Jesus Christ Almighty God bless you all

Good post Henry, you didn't mention Helenius having Whyte in trouble as well, just before he hurt his right hand. Dill's eyes were rolling back from a right hand in that fight, but Helenius busted his hand and there was no follow up..

Rgmemo · Post by **Rgmemo** » 06 Apr 2022, 05:24

If there's one thing you should know by now, it's to never take Fury by his word. I swear he's bipolar.

Thomastearns · Post by **Thomastearns** » 06 Apr 2022, 11:46

If there's one thing we know about fork tongued Fury, you know that well known philanthropist who often gives away his purse towards good causes, he's certainly a slippery customer as Frank Bruno might have said.

Mind you to be fair to Fury, if we must, then it has to be said he's had his fair share of trouble for shooting his mouth off carelessly.

I don't think we'll be hearing him talk about the global banks again in the near future.

Bandog · Post by **Bandog** » 06 Apr 2022, 15:12

When Fury retires, he'd make one hell of a Viking actor on one of those shows.