Fury v Joshua - May 2021

[TitoFan]

You're only as good as your last performance. That being the case Fury is a God like figure, untouchable by mere mortals it would seem.

Joshua does everything better than Wilder, by a long chalk. OK give the edge in power to Wilder if you want but this biggest puncher in the history of mankind crap is just that, the difference is negligible for me.

It's a no brainer to me that Joshua will be Fury's biggest and best challenge and a million miles from the foregone conclusion some think it to be.

I've picked Joshua from day one and nothings changed my mind.

Good. I was beginning to feel weirdly alone in my bubble.

The highlighted part of your comment is what I've seen more and more. As I've said... all credit in the world to Fury for having taken on the "lights-out" bogeyman.

But when you sit down for a job interview they usually discuss your whole resume, not just your last job.

My boxing memory is fairly sharp on some fights (and not so much on others ).

So the Fury-Wlad fight is still burned into some portion of my mind as one of the most pitiful fights I have ever had the misfortune of watching.

On the other hand, people seem to have forgotten the Joshua-Wlad fight, which I hailed as the first wonderful, exciting heavyweight title fight in DECADES. Sharp contrast.

Other than the Wlad fiasco and his admittedly awesome destruction of Wilder, Fury has a pretty bleak resume.

He may very well get into AJ's head the same way he got into Wlad's (I hope not).

Or he may very well dazzle the world with his skills and thoroughly outbox AJ.... very possible.

But I'll be rooting for Joshua.

I have to take issue with your description of Wlad v Fury as a pitiful performance.

I am no Fury fanboy but in many ways it was a masterclass. Certainly more than the Wilder fights.

Wilder is not fit to tie up Wlads boots if we are going to be all about honesty.

When Fury fought Wlad nobody could see that coming. The mind games from the Klits turned back on them? Genius

He moved brilliantly on a canvas that should never have been passed fit.


That said he isn't going to have the same easy night against Joshua, and for me the Joshua/Wald fight was the most entertaining heavyweight fight for years. It had more drama than the Wagner's 'Ring' cycle, but surely that does not make

Fury's fight invalid or somehow 'pitiful'?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... and one man's "masterclass" is another man's "disgraceful performance."

If ever there was a vote for the heavyweight title fight where the greatest number of viewers dropped from pure boredom... Wlad-Fury would win hands down.

Fury deserves credit for one thing. For getting into Wlad's head so bad he made Wlad look as timid as a rabbit at a coyote convention.

The number of punches per round surely broke some kind of world record in the wrong direction.

Sure... boxing's all about the "W"... but in addition to that it's about the spectacle and entertainment value for paying fans.

Nah. "Pitiful" was the kindest word I could find and I'm sticking to it.

"Mind games from the Klits"? You mean the same robotic Klits whose idea of trash-talking is to say "I'm pretty sure I'm going to beat you"? Those mind games?

Hey I get it. Fury's British and someone for you to rally for. But then so is Joshua (British)... so that part's a wash.

The part about the resumes still stands. Joshua has a decent one with decent opponents... and Fury has a shitty one, with Wilder being his only crowning achievement... and Wilder being in the hysterical funny position of being at the same time a piss-poor boxer who "is not fit to tie up Wlad's boots" while at the same time being a formidable opponent who Fury vanquished.

Boxing fans are a funny lot.