(02-03-2016, 08:44 PM)diehard Wrote: Sham, Klit may not have fought the IBF mandatories, but he did fight virtually all comers. And like you say, for 11 years. I honestly can't understand how he threw next to NO punches against Fury. To get psyched out after reigning for 11 years??? By a blowhard. But full credit to Fury, he did what no one did for 11 years. I do like that he lost only because the division is wide open now.
Fury is a lot more talented than he still gets credit for
you take a guy 6'8-6'9" 250lb with long arms even for his height
You add in fast hands and feet, the ability to switch hit, inside and outside game, a solid jab, good movement and ring psychology and you have a big problem, for anyone.
Fury's main weakness is his discipline and concentration but outside of that he is a serious fighter, Chisora doesn't get made a mug of by many fighters, Haye knocked him out but until that point it was very competetive until Haye landed a bomb, he exposed helenius, he pushed Vitali for 12 rounds.
Fury embarrased him and made him look a rank amateur but people still didn't take notice, then he goes on to make klitschko look like a novice too and he STILL doesn't get credit.
Klitschko threw no punches for 12 rounds because he fights in a robotic way and everything he does needs to be textbook, he never takes any risks, Fury just gave him nothing to hit and destabalized him, it was a genius plan, the fury team knew if klitschko isn't confident of landing he doesn't throw, so they made him not confident he could land for 12 rounds. Klitschko is a great athlete and a great textbook boxer but he's not a fighter and they exposed that in him.
Fury has taken a hard road to the top, he had the smallest promotor in the uk who was virtually bankrupt but stayed with him and took small money against guys he was supposed to lose to like Chisora, there was no hype machine behind him, the uk people wanted him to fail and wanted David Price, then Joshua to be their top guy but Fury rose to the top anyway
it's time he got some respect.