Well he's also The Boxing King now. Arriving on his throne to the sing song after.. all top notch entertainment.

more entertainment than sport for me. boxing is slowly getting to the old kent waltons world of sport wrestling scene for me.

It's a serious sport, the other guy only lost because his walk on fancy dress costume was "too heavy".

1. If it’s more entertainment than sport, it’s very bloody entertaining when it’s like Saturday’s fight - and the story behind it.

2. I’m not sure you would see one fella get his ear drum ruptured, get near battered to a pulp but still attempt to throw a jab in the round where his trainer’s decided the punishment has gone too long, in wrestling.

Truly bizarre comment.

Long rule the Gypsy King.
Like his latest song.

It'll be interesting to see how his fight with Joshua goes. Clearly Fury can take a punch so Joshua's big knockout weapon ain't gonna work. AJ strikes me as a more mobile Frank Bruno with a chin to match. I suspect Tyson Fury would make short work of him.

It's clear Tyson Fury (his real name fuck me!) knows how to read a nascent haymaker.
But he beat Wilder by shouldering and hugging. If that's a boxing masterclass, sorry but boxing can go and do one.

I’ll upset somebody, but I just never got the point of boxing.

Has to be said that for all the bluster and showmanship, Fury is more intelligent and skilled in the ring than anyone of his size has a right to be - he's a genuine boxer. Tactically he got it spot on against Wilder, who he bullied in a way that no-one had ever tried before; he fought a smart (if not entertaining to watch) fight to beat Klitshko in his own back yard too when he first won the titles.

Joshua has more skills and athleticism than Wilder, but I still wouldn't bet against Fury. As long as he keeps his head in the right place, he's a match for anyone at the moment - partly because he's showing that he can use different styles, so he'll always have a Plan B.

Best excuse since Mike Tyson blamed a defeat in Tokyo on pre-fight shagging: "I was fucking them Japanese girls like I was eating grapes."

Not sure if your trolling or your really believe that?

And still going strong. well done Tyson.



Fight of the week was darlo's Troy Williamson taking a british title.

and you've never ridden a horse bareback across the river at Appleby Fair snowy??

The last couple of weeks has pretty much put paid to the idea of a Fury v Joshua fight - unless they both fancy a last big pay day when they're in their 40s.

Joshua won't beat Osyk in their rematch and I wouldn't fancy his chances against Wilder either.

One massive advantage fury has is that he can take a big punch n recover from it unlike most heavyweight boxers.
Joshua got nae chance against Fury but probably wont happen anyhow.

Fury v Joshua is a walkover. Fury is a level above the rest followed by Wilder and Uysk about level the the white hating Joshua tied with the likes of Ruiz, Dillon Whyte and a rake of others.

I think we're all agreed that Joshua is nowhere near a title fight with Fury, luckily for him as he'd get beaten up pretty badly.

Anyone scratching their head as I was at the description of Joshua as 'white hating' is welcome to refresh their memory and make up their own mind here:
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/box ... 9560351.ht

If only he hadn't read somebody else's speech on the day or wore that single black glove,eh ?

I think we're all agreed that Joshua is nowhere near a title fight with Fury, luckily for him as he'd get beaten up pretty badly.

depends on what amount of money is being offered to both fighters.

Fury is a class boxer he has the lot for me, he is a intelligent boxer with amazing speed and one hell of a punch.

The last round Wilder swung a haymaker and Fury just ducked it and banged him with a beauty, i would even say he woud of beaten Mike Tyson in his prime

Tyson wouldn't have been able to reach his head!

In history the only boxers I see giving Fury a fight are Lennox Lewis or George Foreman. The rest: Tyson, Ali, Frazier etc are beaten.

Yep, he's right up there with Joe Bugner and Richard Dunn

Tyson was awesome.
Sparked out plenty of opponents a lot taller than him.
If from the same era then Tyson v Fury would be a top drawer bout.

Joe Bugner was an excellent boxer, but was maligned by the British press and public after beating Henry Cooper in a controversial points decision. Muhammad Ali predicted Joe would be a world champion after he fought him. He was ranked in the top ten world heavyweights for at least ten years. He went the distance with Ali twice, and narrowly lost to Joe Frazier. The Frazier fight is on YouTube - watch it and then tell me that Bugner was shite.

Bugner's problem was that he often didn't finish people off when he had them in trouble. Having caused the death of another boxer he'd knocked out early in his career, that is perhaps understandable.

Richard Dunn however was most certainly dogshit.

I was thinking more about what a change there's been in British heavyweight boxing. Not a sniff of a world champion in the 1960s, 70s and 80s - the best we had were blokes with a puncher's chance (Henry Cooper) or a technically competent fighter like Bugner who couldn't stop the top guys.

Since Lennox Lewis won his first title in the 1990s it's been all change. Stupid that there's so many different world heavyweight titles to be had, but there's no arguing that Lewis and Fury have been the best bar none in their day.

It's bloody annoying though that we saw every title bout involving no hopers like Richard Dunn live on terrestrial TV, whereas now it's all pay per view.

I pretty much agree with you.

I read somewhere that in the 1930s the US and Canadian governments were both assessing which countries in the world you would be wise not to start a war with, and in both cases they agreed that Great Britain was top of that list.

Don't ever play a game of cards or pick a fight with an Englishman was their conclusion.

That that never translated into many famous victories in the squared circle is a complete mystery to me...