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margaret thatcher wrote: ↑15 Jun 2020, 19:15 Hughie Fury is like a taller, longer, heavier Ali

Brute wrote: ↑26 Jun 2020, 00:04

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑15 Jun 2020, 19:15 Hughie Fury is like a taller, longer, heavier Ali

Hughie has fought 27 times and lost three times. Ali won his first 31 fights.

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑26 Jun 2020, 00:09 And Ali already been dropped on his ass during that time, Hughie's never been down

oogiebe wrote: ↑25 Jun 2020, 19:34

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑25 Jun 2020, 19:30 lol dudes going on about people being caught up in some Fury fevor, having him totally out of place by discussing him with greats, etc....I don't agree and he's been underrated for years if anything---all the way to 2020 baby

Like I said, I still expect lots of dudes to talk themselves into him losing the 3rd fight by the time it comes

I see both sides represented here pretty equally. It ain't one sided. Duke is in love with TGK and Alp won't have him beating Braddock.

mullenman wrote: ↑26 Jun 2020, 17:51 If wilder fought the best ten heavies of 1967 he would put at least five of them in a coffin. His power is way more than all them
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lazboy wrote: ↑26 Jun 2020, 18:47 I've gone back and watched a few historical fights in these unprecedented times. It has made me appreciate how much the sport of boxing has improved. I watched M Ali and also Classius Clay recently. Both fighters have similar styles and I could see shades of Hughie Fury in Ali, in particular.

Some things though don't change, Ali v Clay never happened. Unfortunately, the business of boxing remains unable to make the great fights, even back in the 60s and 70s. Saying that Hughie would have annihilated them both in the same night so its a moot point.

oogiebe wrote: ↑26 Jun 2020, 18:54

lazboy wrote: ↑26 Jun 2020, 18:47 I've gone back and watched a few historical fights in these unprecedented times. It has made me appreciate how much the sport of boxing has improved. I watched M Ali and also Classius Clay recently. Both fighters have similar styles and I could see shades of Hughie Fury in Ali, in particular.

Some things though don't change, Ali v Clay never happened. Unfortunately, the business of boxing remains unable to make the great fights, even back in the 60s and 70s. Saying that Hughie would have annihilated them both in the same night so its a moot point.

You're taking the piss, right? Ali vs Clay?

lazboy wrote: ↑26 Jun 2020, 19:00 It shouldn’t even be a question that I’m joking if not for all the crazy opinions we read on here.

lazboy wrote: ↑26 Jun 2020, 19:15 Lol. Just trying to bring some humour into the world. The key word here is ‘trying’.

oogiebe wrote: ↑26 Jun 2020, 18:54

lazboy wrote: ↑26 Jun 2020, 18:47 I've gone back and watched a few historical fights in these unprecedented times. It has made me appreciate how much the sport of boxing has improved. I watched M Ali and also Classius Clay recently. Both fighters have similar styles and I could see shades of Hughie Fury in Ali, in particular.

Some things though don't change, Ali v Clay never happened. Unfortunately, the business of boxing remains unable to make the great fights, even back in the 60s and 70s. Saying that Hughie would have annihilated them both in the same night so its a moot point.

You're taking the piss, right? Ali vs Clay?

Brute wrote: ↑26 Jun 2020, 00:04

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑15 Jun 2020, 19:15 Hughie Fury is like a taller, longer, heavier Ali

Hughie has fought 27 times and lost three times. Ali won his first 31 fights.

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑27 Jun 2020, 11:50

Brute wrote: ↑26 Jun 2020, 00:04

Hughie has fought 27 times and lost three times. Ali won his first 31 fights.

To be fair on Hughie Fury, when he was only 24 years of age, he’d already challenged for the WBO world heavyweight title and engaged in highly competitive bouts against the likes of Alexander Povetkin, Kubrat Pulev and Joseph Parker.

And according to ESPN and The RING, all three of those guys are currently classed as top-ten world-rated heavyweights.

Let’s not forget that a ridiculous amount of hype and praise has been lavished upon Efe Ajagba (despite the Nigerian’s poor resume), with Hughie Fury being despised, despite the former achieving far less in the sport than the latter.

So let’s not be too harsh on the Brit.

Anyway, for sure, Hughie Fury’s name doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as Muhammad Ali’s, but there are undeniable stylistic similarities in their pugilistic fighting styles.

lazboy wrote: ↑26 Jun 2020, 18:47 I've gone back and watched a few historical fights in these unprecedented times. It has made me appreciate how much the sport of boxing has improved. I watched M Ali and also Classius Clay recently. Both fighters have similar styles and I could see shades of Hughie Fury in Ali, in particular.

Some things though don't change, Ali v Clay never happened. Unfortunately, the business of boxing remains unable to make the great fights, even back in the 60s and 70s. Saying that Hughie would have annihilated them both in the same night so its a moot point.

asmund wrote: ↑28 Jun 2020, 20:11 Wins in -67 for Ali?

Ernie Terrell. Tall, bad footwork. Jab and hold. Made for Ali.
Zora Folley. On the slide.
Cleveland Williams (66). Feared, but shot in 64,not the same after.

None of them had a decent win after Ali.

PS: No Ali hater