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MachoMan09 wrote:@Markp et al,

I don't think anybody has said Fury is a bad boxer. The gripe people have is that he will potentially underachieve because of his lousy work/training ethic. Why let your talent go to waste because you can't be arsed doing hard runs and proper conditioning?

Larry is the Polar opposite. He is not a purist's dream nor will he ever be. He clearly trains hard, though. I agree with an earlier poster that Larry could benefit from some muscular atrophy; providing it doesn't degrade his power too much. There are very few examples of guys of Larry's proportions being able to maintain an impressive output for 12 rounds. That said, his sheer strength and determination are impressive and fighters will be intimidated by him, no doubt.

I think a fight between the two would have to be short. If it went beyond four, you would have two men blowing for two different reasons: one because he was lazy and hadn't put the effort in; and the other because he is simply carrying too much muscle mass.

Jeff Thomas wrote:

MachoMan09 wrote:@Markp et al,

I don't think anybody has said Fury is a bad boxer. The gripe people have is that he will potentially underachieve because of his lousy work/training ethic. Why let your talent go to waste because you can't be arsed doing hard runs and proper conditioning?

Larry is the Polar opposite. He is not a purist's dream nor will he ever be. He clearly trains hard, though. I agree with an earlier poster that Larry could benefit from some muscular atrophy; providing it doesn't degrade his power too much. There are very few examples of guys of Larry's proportions being able to maintain an impressive output for 12 rounds. That said, his sheer strength and determination are impressive and fighters will be intimidated by him, no doubt.

I think a fight between the two would have to be short. If it went beyond four, you would have two men blowing for two different reasons: one because he was lazy and hadn't put the effort in; and the other because he is simply carrying too much muscle mass.

Yep totally agree with this.

markp wrote:this is what i mean about overrating fighters who post on the forums.

larry has no chance against fury. he is not on furys level (which is a low one).

diggler wrote:cant believe its so close

DavidPayne wrote:

Jeff Thomas wrote:

MachoMan09 wrote:@Markp et al,

I don't think anybody has said Fury is a bad boxer. The gripe people have is that he will potentially underachieve because of his lousy work/training ethic. Why let your talent go to waste because you can't be arsed doing hard runs and proper conditioning?

Larry is the Polar opposite. He is not a purist's dream nor will he ever be. He clearly trains hard, though. I agree with an earlier poster that Larry could benefit from some muscular atrophy; providing it doesn't degrade his power too much. There are very few examples of guys of Larry's proportions being able to maintain an impressive output for 12 rounds. That said, his sheer strength and determination are impressive and fighters will be intimidated by him, no doubt.

I think a fight between the two would have to be short. If it went beyond four, you would have two men blowing for two different reasons: one because he was lazy and hadn't put the effort in; and the other because he is simply carrying too much muscle mass.

Yep totally agree with this.

Clifford Etienne could maintain a strong output, couldn't knock the top off a rice pudding nor take one on the chin but he did work hard from bell to bell, if memory serves....him v Clay-Bey is a mini-classic.

brian13 wrote:Fury because he has proved he can go the distance and has proved he can stop people in the later rounds.

rhino222 wrote:

DavidPayne wrote:

Jeff Thomas wrote: Yep totally agree with this.

Clifford Etienne could maintain a strong output, couldn't knock the top off a rice pudding nor take one on the chin but he did work hard from bell to bell, if memory serves....him v Clay-Bey is a mini-classic.

i enjoyed that fight too david, cley bay was very talented but as lazy as f**K

Spiker wrote:The only time Fury has been hit hard was by himself with his own uppercut.
Larry would test his chin to the max.
As i said earlier if he looses some muscle and could be sure of going the full 12 then im sure Fury would
be out of there.
I suspect Larry is probably reading these posts with interest and knows exactly what he needs to do ;;-)