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Apparently!

Just started.

Bit of build up for Saturday night I guess!

The Dark Destroyer wrote:What are they having a press conference for today?

Because they reserve the right to do so.

"God has bigger plans for me than Steve, because Steve's already been defeated"

no doubt if he loses though it will have all been part of God's plan. Why do they always wanna switch it around and have things every which way.
Fury is refusing to engage in a coin toss now to determine who gets to come into the ring second he "is the show and it's him bringing the show to town" as "the best fighter on planet Earth".....without him "there is no fight".....No sh*t Sherlock.

I want Steve Cunningham to win and I reckon he will do too.

NorthEastBoxingFan wrote:"God has bigger plans for me than Steve, because Steve's already been defeated"

no doubt if he loses though it will have all been part of God's plan. Why do they always wanna switch it around and have things every which way.
Fury is refusing to engage in a coin toss now to determine who gets to come into the ring second he "is the show and it's him bringing the show to town" as "the best fighter on planet Earth".....without him "there is no fight".....No sh*t Sherlock.

I want Steve Cunningham to win and I reckon he will do too.

Damn I only just caught the end of that! Fury is doing a good job of selling this. Sometimes he sounds dumb, sometimes he's pretty funny. If Cunningham didn't have brother Naz in his corner I'd be picking Fury, but I think he'll have a good game plan for Fury who lets face it is still unproven and looked terrible up until a couple of fights ago. I think this fight is a lot closer than some people are giving credit. Looking forward to it.

I think Cunningham seems very focused and obviously, Fury has tried to put on a bit of a show.

It's interesting where defeat for Fury would lead him and it is something you could well see on the cards.

To be honest, beside the US showcase for Fury, it's difficult to see what he actually gains from winning this fight.

ScottDetonator wrote:
It's interesting where defeat for Fury would lead him and it is something you could well see on the cards.

To be honest, beside the US showcase for Fury, it's difficult to see what he actually gains from winning this fight.

Cunningham went for the earphones on his smartphone - listening to all that guff is only going to unsettle you and make you nervous but when there's only 2 people in the ring and the talking counts for nothing, that's the only time it matters.
Tyson talks like an arrogant bully.
USS

ScottDetonator wrote:I think Cunningham seems very focused and obviously, Fury has tried to put on a bit of a show.

It's interesting where defeat for Fury would lead him and it is something you could well see on the cards.

To be honest, beside the US showcase for Fury, it's difficult to see what he actually gains from winning this fight.

Experience. Not every fighter at heavyweight is a 6'4"+ monolith. There are Povetkins and Adameks and Chagaevs and Haye (who I think will be a future opponent) out there, guys who are basically cruiserweights. Cunningham is the smallest of all of those names, but he can probably hang with all of them even if they'd all probably beat him. Everyone thinks he beat Adamek already, right? Then he should be top 5. I only caught the second half of that fight so I didn't score it, but I thought Cunningham looked fragile as a heavyweight so I do think Tyson should overpower him. But it's good prep for some of the other top 10 guys. And if he loses, well, Cunningham is a good fighter. Lets see how far he can go. I like him.

Experience is the key and it may well prove valid, I agree.

Cunningham is supposedly 6'3" so not exactly short for HW, Chisora for instance is 6'1½".

I'd like to see Fury perform, but I think it will be a close fight.

I can also see Haye v Fury sometime soon. Win or lose, both fighters and team will make a lot of money. A loss to Cunningham here though, would leave Mick and Tyson seriously handicapped.

This fight has danger written all over it for Tyson.

Cunningham has the eye of the tiger. He seems a good guy, determined to make the most of the (deserved) second opportunity he is getting after putting up a great show against Adamek. He has good skills, and whilst very light for a heavy (a by-product of training hard and coming into the ring in fantastic condition), at 6ft 3in is a good height. He also has a world-class trainer on his side.

I'll be honest - I don't like Fury.....at all. Personally, I think he is an overrated thug. I don't buy any of this "he's a nice, funny guy really". He comes across as arrogant and unpleasant. More importantly, for somebody ranked in the top 10, he has fought nobody of real note (his best win being against an out of shape Chisora). Cunningham, on the other hand, has fought world-class opposition at both cruiserweight and heavyweight. Adamek, who he effectively beat last time out, is miles better than anybody Tyson Fury has had fed to him.

I think, and hope, that USS wins this by close but clear decision.

One thing i would say is Fury posted this picture on facebook, i think he is definitely taking the fight seriously.



Kids looking ripped

Jack B wrote:This fight has danger written all over it for Tyson.

Cunningham has the eye of the tiger. He seems a good guy, determined to make the most of the (deserved) second opportunity he is getting after putting up a great show against Adamek. He has good skills, and whilst very light for a heavy (a by-product of training hard and coming into the ring in fantastic condition), at 6ft 3in is a good height. He also has a world-class trainer on his side.

I'll be honest - I don't like Fury.....at all. Personally, I think he is an overrated thug. I don't buy any of this "he's a nice, funny guy really". He comes across as arrogant and unpleasant. More importantly, for somebody ranked in the top 10, he has fought nobody of real note (his best win being against an out of shape Chisora). Cunningham, on the other hand, has fought world-class opposition at both cruiserweight and heavyweight. Adamek, who he effectively beat last time out, is miles better than anybody Tyson Fury has had fed to him.

I think, and hope, that USS wins this by close but clear decision.

His best win is a virtual shut out against Johnson.

Fury on points for me. Which means USS kos him in the first on my current form.

Fury is great in this press conferences......after watching his antics yesterday I hope he wins in style on saturday and shuts up the Yanks.

I think Cunningham wins this....

Riddick Blowe wrote:I think Cunningham wins this....

Have to admit, I've not seen enough of Cunningham. For some reason I just never seen any of his fights so I'm going in quite cold into what he is like. Is this likely to be Fury's toughest test to date?

I think Fury wins handily. Aside from his last fight with Adamek, Cunningham's looked poor for years, and I don't think he'll be able to cope with Fury's size long enough to win.

Cunningham's also been dropped and/or seriously hurt multiple times at CW (he was almost knocked out in both fights with Hernandez), so I won't be surprised if he's stopped.

Im not sure why anyone thinks cunningham is going to win, losing a close fight to adamek who is also effectively a cruiser weight means pretty much nothing, adamek himself is too small for the division. Cunningham also cant bang.

I went through a phase of not liking Fury due to all his big talk especially after the 1st McD fight but once you realise alot of it is tongue in cheek and that he's just an entertainer with a fighting spirit i really like the guy.

The Price and Bellew insults were really funny, as was his interview with cunningham where he asked to sponsor the soles of his shoes, the riding around in a horse and carriage with a megaphone trying to find (i think) chisora, his singing of mario - let me love you during an interview - all just entertaining in my opinion also follows some of the traditions of guys like Ali. Let face it that 1st cunningham presser was turning into a snoozefest until tyson started his banter. Boring pressers dont sell fights.

Finn wrote:Im not sure why anyone thinks cunningham is going to win, losing a close fight to adamek who is also effectively a cruiser weight means pretty much nothing, adamek himself is too small for the division. Cunningham also cant bang.

I went through a phase of not liking Fury due to all his big talk especially after the 1st McD fight but once you realise alot of it is tongue in cheek and that he's just an entertainer with a fighting spirit i really like the guy.

The Price and Bellew insults were really funny, as was his interview with cunningham where he asked to sponsor the soles of his shoes, the riding around in a horse and carriage with a megaphone trying to find (i think) chisora, his singing of mario - let me love you during an interview - all just entertaining in my opinion also follows some of the traditions of guys like Ali. Let face it that 1st cunningham presser was turning into a snoozefest until tyson started his banter. Boring pressers dont sell fights.

I agree. If it wasn't for Tyson at this press conference then it would be a snooze fest! I'd love to see a massive KO in this one

Jack B wrote:He has good skills, and whilst very light for a heavy (a by-product of training hard and coming into the ring in fantastic condition), at 6ft 3in is a good height.

I'm glad someone else thinks this way.

Fans nowadays consider any man who doesn't carry 20 or 30lbs of flab or muscle mass 'small'.

'Oh he's only a cruiserweight' - doesn't that mean 'he's a heavyweight who's in shape'?

I think Cunningham will make Fury look silly.

I think Fury might struggle to land cleanly. If he can find him in the fight he wins...and might make it look easy. But I think he might not find it tricky to land something flush.

Finn wrote:One thing i would say is Fury posted this picture on facebook, i think he is definitely taking the fight seriously.



Kids looking ripped

..... or actually stuck to his diet and started to train and behave like a professional ..... (well we'll see)

As much as he is a joke when he speaks he is watchable, he reminds me of Eubank a little but Tyson swallowed the dictionary and shat it out

Here's a bit for anyone interested:

http://news.boxrec.com/news/2013/video- ... cunningham

Finn wrote:

Jack B wrote:This fight has danger written all over it for Tyson.

Cunningham has the eye of the tiger. He seems a good guy, determined to make the most of the (deserved) second opportunity he is getting after putting up a great show against Adamek. He has good skills, and whilst very light for a heavy (a by-product of training hard and coming into the ring in fantastic condition), at 6ft 3in is a good height. He also has a world-class trainer on his side.

I'll be honest - I don't like Fury.....at all. Personally, I think he is an overrated thug. I don't buy any of this "he's a nice, funny guy really". He comes across as arrogant and unpleasant. More importantly, for somebody ranked in the top 10, he has fought nobody of real note (his best win being against an out of shape Chisora). Cunningham, on the other hand, has fought world-class opposition at both cruiserweight and heavyweight. Adamek, who he effectively beat last time out, is miles better than anybody Tyson Fury has had fed to him.

I think, and hope, that USS wins this by close but clear decision.

His best win is a virtual shut out against Johnson.

Completely disagree. Johnson (who let's face it, has not beaten anybody of note in his entire career), was in opponent mode. 6 months previously, he couldn't even win Prizefighter. Whilst Chisora was out of shape, he came to win and gave Tyson some tough moments. He was much sturdier opposition in my view.

Jack B wrote:

Finn wrote:

Jack B wrote:This fight has danger written all over it for Tyson.

Cunningham has the eye of the tiger. He seems a good guy, determined to make the most of the (deserved) second opportunity he is getting after putting up a great show against Adamek. He has good skills, and whilst very light for a heavy (a by-product of training hard and coming into the ring in fantastic condition), at 6ft 3in is a good height. He also has a world-class trainer on his side.

I'll be honest - I don't like Fury.....at all. Personally, I think he is an overrated thug. I don't buy any of this "he's a nice, funny guy really". He comes across as arrogant and unpleasant. More importantly, for somebody ranked in the top 10, he has fought nobody of real note (his best win being against an out of shape Chisora). Cunningham, on the other hand, has fought world-class opposition at both cruiserweight and heavyweight. Adamek, who he effectively beat last time out, is miles better than anybody Tyson Fury has had fed to him.

I think, and hope, that USS wins this by close but clear decision.

His best win is a virtual shut out against Johnson.

Completely disagree. Johnson (who let's face it, has not beaten anybody of note in his entire career), was in opponent mode. 6 months previously, he couldn't even win Prizefighter. Whilst Chisora was out of shape, he came to win and gave Tyson some tough moments. He was much sturdier opposition in my view.

Plus if Chisora suddenly announced a bout against Johnson for say June or July then I'd definitely be backing Dereck to win. Even if he did rock up a stone overweight against Fury his workrate didn't seem to be affected that much.

I have to concede I do find it amusing when Fury comes out with lines that he expects to be hilarious and is just greeted with abject silence and a few po faced looks. That 'commentary of what will happen during the fight' is a perfect example, just didn't get anything from the audience