In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
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margaret thatcher
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Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
very good career but the last few years were a bit of a hit for his legacy
the losses to usyk showing he wasnt the number 1 man. he was the favourite for the first fight and most people did hold him as the king, so that loss did bust that image. then the 2nd reaffirmed uzzy's supeirority. it also became clear that wilders not the #2 man of the generation as some fury fans claimed before. maybe not even top 5. the wilder wins got some perspective handed to them and its a big 'so what' that some top rivals didnt fight wilder when they faced even better opponents instead
overall still a very good career though, he reached the highest level and won virtually all the hardwear on his way there. early in his career i woulda never expected it, he improved a load though
the losses to usyk showing he wasnt the number 1 man. he was the favourite for the first fight and most people did hold him as the king, so that loss did bust that image. then the 2nd reaffirmed uzzy's supeirority. it also became clear that wilders not the #2 man of the generation as some fury fans claimed before. maybe not even top 5. the wilder wins got some perspective handed to them and its a big 'so what' that some top rivals didnt fight wilder when they faced even better opponents instead
overall still a very good career though, he reached the highest level and won virtually all the hardwear on his way there. early in his career i woulda never expected it, he improved a load though
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Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
Everyone is ripe for dethroning when they get dethroned.golden_labrador wrote: ↑03 Jan 2025, 15:57at 39 years old, Wlad was ripe for dethroningmickey1975 wrote: ↑03 Jan 2025, 15:42Dethroned Wlad is probably the highlight when talking legacies.
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Boxerbeetle
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Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
It's not like Wlad was some unbeatable titan though, he'd already been ktfo 3 times previously and then Joshua ko'd him right after Fury fiddled his way to a narrow points win 
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Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
OK. He was unbeaten in 10 years. Aj went life and death with him 18 months later. David Haye certainly couldn't do much in a much more hyped UK challenge.Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑03 Jan 2025, 16:34 It's not like Wlad was some unbeatable titan though, he'd already been ktfo 3 times previously and then Joshua ko'd him right after Fury fiddled his way to a narrow points win![]()
Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
The wins over Klitschko were both superb triumphs for Fury and AJ. It's a shame to poke holes in either victory regardless of who is the favoured boxer.
mickey1975, while you're correct in saying AJ was involved in an almighty struggle before getting the better of Vlad....doesn't the same apply to Fury's win over the MMA guy and Joshua's subsequent annihilation of the same opponent ?
mickey1975, while you're correct in saying AJ was involved in an almighty struggle before getting the better of Vlad....doesn't the same apply to Fury's win over the MMA guy and Joshua's subsequent annihilation of the same opponent ?
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Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
YesTHEBUTCH wrote: ↑03 Jan 2025, 19:07 The wins over Klitschko were both superb triumphs for Fury and AJ. It's a shame to poke holes in either victory regardless of who is the favoured boxer.
mickey1975, while you're correct in saying AJ was involved in an almighty struggle before getting the better of Vlad....doesn't the same apply to Fury's win over the MMA guy and Joshua's subsequent annihilation of the same opponent ?![]()
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margaret thatcher
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Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
fury also did better vs chisora than usyk did, didnt he>? maybe there's hope for tyson to still be ranked #1 after all
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Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
Only on here. For most people Del won and Dubois stopped him so pretty poor showings by Tyson and AJ.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑03 Jan 2025, 19:19 fury also did better vs chisora than usyk did, didnt he>? maybe there's hope for tyson to still be ranked #1 after all
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Ruthless-RKO
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Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
Really don’t understand people that think Del won.mickey1975 wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 03:45Only on here. For most people Del won and Dubois stopped him so pretty poor showings by Tyson and AJ.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑03 Jan 2025, 19:19 fury also did better vs chisora than usyk did, didnt he>? maybe there's hope for tyson to still be ranked #1 after all
Most of them probably didn’t even score the fight themselves.
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Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
most peopleRuthless-RKO wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 08:26Really don’t understand people that think Del won.mickey1975 wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 03:45Only on here. For most people Del won and Dubois stopped him so pretty poor showings by Tyson and AJ.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑03 Jan 2025, 19:19 fury also did better vs chisora than usyk did, didnt he>? maybe there's hope for tyson to still be ranked #1 after all
Most of them probably didn’t even score the fight themselves.
my main takeaway was late on maybe 9th when Usyk put together a lengthy flurry and del boy was hurt on the ropes and I felt Usyk eased off rather than going for the KO .
Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
mickey1975 wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 03:45Only on here. For most people Del won and Dubois stopped him so pretty poor showings by Tyson and AJ.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑03 Jan 2025, 19:19 fury also did better vs chisora than usyk did, didnt he>? maybe there's hope for tyson to still be ranked #1 after all
You are deluded. I think you, your mates and your social media is a pro-Fury, pro-Wilder, pro-Queensbury, anti-Matchroom, anti-Joshua and anti-Usyk echo chamber. Unless this is your tongue in cheek comments again...
Watch that fight again and tell us the rounds that Chisora won after the third round.
Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
Parker beat Wilder more comfortably than Fury. Interestingmargaret thatcher wrote: ↑03 Jan 2025, 19:19 fury also did better vs chisora than usyk did, didnt he>? maybe there's hope for tyson to still be ranked #1 after all
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Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
It’s true. But you could say, Wilder barely threw a punch against Parker.joshj909 wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 09:27Parker beat Wilder more comfortably than Fury. Interestingmargaret thatcher wrote: ↑03 Jan 2025, 19:19 fury also did better vs chisora than usyk did, didnt he>? maybe there's hope for tyson to still be ranked #1 after all![]()
Was still a good win.
Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
So Parker's movement was better?Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 09:47It’s true. But you could say, Wilder barely threw a punch against Parker.joshj909 wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 09:27Parker beat Wilder more comfortably than Fury. Interestingmargaret thatcher wrote: ↑03 Jan 2025, 19:19 fury also did better vs chisora than usyk did, didnt he>? maybe there's hope for tyson to still be ranked #1 after all![]()
Was still a good win.
I'm just saying this comparison thing is pointless 90% of the time. One guy beat this guy subjectively better than this other guy. Usyk comfortably beat Chisora, so did Fury.
Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
mickey1975, your fully entitled to your take on those fights. In my opinion, Usyk beat Chisora out of sight.
Also, Usyk may or may not have milked the low blow incident against Dubois, but again, he ended up thrashing DDD.
Also, Usyk may or may not have milked the low blow incident against Dubois, but again, he ended up thrashing DDD.
Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
Chisora didn’t win a round after the third.
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The Gratest
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Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
It's irrelevant anyway. At the end of the day, he bested AJ and Fury twice each to prove he's the best of this generation.
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margaret thatcher
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Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
he bested our good pal bogan whisperer/redback rasta right off the forum tooThe Gratest wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 19:04 It's irrelevant anyway. At the end of the day, he bested AJ and Fury twice each to prove he's the best of this generation.
hope that guy is doing okay
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Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
Probably somewhere crying into his ornamental bong.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 20:12he bested our good pal bogan whisperer/redback rasta right off the forum tooThe Gratest wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 19:04 It's irrelevant anyway. At the end of the day, he bested AJ and Fury twice each to prove he's the best of this generation.![]()
hope that guy is doing okay
Redback Rasta wrote: ↑13 May 2024, 23:26 Dear Doubters,
The fight's going to happen.
Dear Haters,
Fury is going to win.
Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
Fury absolutely overachieved.
There is not one person on here who would’ve predicted Fury to have achieved what he did in winning multiple world titles and the ring magazine title!
I was a poster on here back in the mid-late 2000s when he lost to Price as an amateur. Fury had a pretty unspectacular amateur career and even when he went pro he hardly set the world on fire most notably in his fight with John McDermott for the English title.
He went to America and got put on his arse by a cruiserweight before getting an opportunity against Wlad where he was a 4-1 underdog with the fight subsequently getting “upset of the year”
After that fight his head fell off and he had the weight and the mental health issues - not to mention the drink and drug problems - before coming back and doing what he did.
There have been so many points in his career where he’s been written off.
There is not one person on here who would’ve predicted Fury to have achieved what he did in winning multiple world titles and the ring magazine title!
I was a poster on here back in the mid-late 2000s when he lost to Price as an amateur. Fury had a pretty unspectacular amateur career and even when he went pro he hardly set the world on fire most notably in his fight with John McDermott for the English title.
He went to America and got put on his arse by a cruiserweight before getting an opportunity against Wlad where he was a 4-1 underdog with the fight subsequently getting “upset of the year”
After that fight his head fell off and he had the weight and the mental health issues - not to mention the drink and drug problems - before coming back and doing what he did.
There have been so many points in his career where he’s been written off.
Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
Don't forget that Wlad had been described as showing clear signs of decline in his fight prior to Fury against Bryant Jennings.Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑03 Jan 2025, 16:34 It's not like Wlad was some unbeatable titan though, he'd already been ktfo 3 times previously and then Joshua ko'd him right after Fury fiddled his way to a narrow points win![]()
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It’s funny how these people come and go on the forums.The Gratest wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 20:31Probably somewhere crying into his ornamental bong.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 20:12he bested our good pal bogan whisperer/redback rasta right off the forum tooThe Gratest wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 19:04 It's irrelevant anyway. At the end of the day, he bested AJ and Fury twice each to prove he's the best of this generation.![]()
hope that guy is doing okay
Redback Rasta wrote: ↑13 May 2024, 23:26 Dear Doubters,
The fight's going to happen.
Dear Haters,
Fury is going to win.
Re: In His Career So Far, Has Tyson Fury Underachieved or Overachieved?
Remember Boxtune and his Ajagba obsession?Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑05 Jan 2025, 07:15It’s funny how these people come and go on the forums.The Gratest wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 20:31Probably somewhere crying into his ornamental bong.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑04 Jan 2025, 20:12
he bested our good pal bogan whisperer/redback rasta right off the forum too![]()
hope that guy is doing okay
Redback Rasta wrote: ↑13 May 2024, 23:26 Dear Doubters,
The fight's going to happen.
Dear Haters,
Fury is going to win.
I often wonder whether they're second accounts, trolls, teenagers or just weirdos. They always disappear as soon as their guy loses.