This is always a fun exercise. I'll add my own two cents.



Quote Originally Posted by Mark TKO View Post
Just reading Doug Fischers thoughts in the Ring Online how Fury would do against the ATGs.

I've cut and pasted the relevant part here. Again, just one man's opinion.

Fury vs Jack Johnson – Fury by close decision (in a bout scheduled for 10-to-15-rounds; if it the fight distance is 20 rounds or more, I’ve going with Li’l Arthur)

Fury vs Jack Dempsey – Fury by unanimous decision or late stoppage (but I think Dempsey has a shot at catching him in the early rounds) Agree

Fury vs Joe Louis – Fury by close decision (but I think he has to survive some wobbly moments and maybe a knockdown) Disagree. Louis by comfortable decision.

Fury vs Rocky Marciano – Fury by late stoppage Agree, although a wide decision win isn't out of the question.

Fury vs Sonny Liston – Liston by close decision (thanks to a knockdown or two) Liston?? Nah. Probably one of Fury's easiest decision wins.

Fury vs Muhammad Ali – Ali by unanimous decision Agree

Fury vs Joe Frazier – Frazier by close decision I can't have Fury losing to Frazier and beating Tyson further down. But then Frazier was a perpetual motion machine. Tossup for me.

Fury vs George Foreman – Fury by close decision (but Big George, of course, has a real shot at clipping the Gypsy King) I think George catches Fury late. Late stoppage for George.

Fury vs Larry Holmes – Holmes by unanimous decision Agree

Fury vs Mike Tyson – Fury by unanimous decision (but just like Dempsey, Iron Mike has a real shot at ending the fight early) Disagree. Mike catches him late and won't let him off the hook like Wilder did.

Fury vs Evander Holyfield – Fury by close, maybe majority or split decision in a great fight Close, but Evander wins

Fury vs Riddick Bowe – Big Daddy by close decision in a great fight Close, but Fury wins

Fury vs Lennox Lewis – Lewis by unanimous decision Agree

Fury vs Vitali Klitchsko – Klitschko by close decision in a mutually punishing fight Agree


I think Fury's sheer size give him the edge over a lot of these fighters. Plus he's not just big... he's mobile and knows how to box. Against Wilder he proved he can get up from a devastating punch. That's the "X" factor that gives him a chance against some of history's big punchers.