Tyson Fury vs. Peret on February 28th
February 16th, 2009
By Jim Dower: Tyson Fury returns to the ring on February 28th against journeyman Daniel Peret (15-20, 6 KOs) at the Norwich Showground, Norwich, in Norfolk. Fury will likely have little trouble with the 35-year-old Peret, who’s coming into this fight with five losses out of his last seven fights. At best, Peret will probably be little more than a punching bag for as long as the fight lasts.
At 6’7″ 250, the mammoth British heavyweight Tyson Fury (2-0, 2 KOs) may already be the best heavyweight in Britain at the early age of 20, even without throwing a punch at any of his fellow British compatriots. With an impressive amateur background before turning pro, Fury has made a lot of noise since turning pro with two quick knockouts of his first two opponents.
The opposition, of course, has been soft as you would expect for a fighter with so few fights as him, but it’s the form that he’s shown in mowing down his opponents that has caught the eye of so many boxing fans and writers alike.
It’s difficult to say for certain or not due to his limited competition, but Fury already looks better than British heavyweights Matt Skelton, Audley Harrison and David Haye. David might be the best known of the heavyweights in Britain right now, but I see Fury as being a level above him due to his huge size, great punching power and his quick feet.
Fury hardly had time to show off his skills in his first fight, a 1st round TKO over Bela Gyongyosi in December 2008, with the end coming quickly after the young Fury opened up with a barrage of tremendous body shots and quickly took out the badly overmatched Gyongyosi at 2:14 of the 1st.
In Fury’s next bout, he was matched up with a German power puncher by the name of Marcel Zeller. Not wasting any time, Fury attacked Zeller hard in the opening round, hammering him to the body and head with hooks and uppercuts. Zeller seemed to realize that he had no chance at the center of the ring and immediately backed up to the ropes to try and wait out Fury’s attack. Zeller stayed there for the remainder of the round absorbing tremendous punishment in particular to the body.
By the end of the round, Zeller’s midsection was a bright red from the monstrous body shots he’d been hit with. Though Fury doesn’t look all that muscular for a fighter, he’s naturally incredibly strong and seems to be able to get a lot of leverage out of his big 6’7″ frame. The shots that Zeller was getting hit with would have dropped a fighter less durable and in shape than he was.
In the 2nd round Fury continued blasting a battle shocked Zeller against the ropes with big hooks to the body and head. Zeller tried attacking but was unable to make contact with Fury, as the big giant backed away from his attacks.
In the 3rd, Fury rocked Zeller with a series of big right hands, and after hurting him, Fury landed a storm of punches to the head causing the referee to stop the fight with Zeller still on his feet but hurt.
With the skills that Fury has going for him, you can expect that he’ll be pushed ahead a lot quicker than the average heavyweight.
At 20, he looked more polished than most heavyweights in the division. Best of all, he has sound defensive skills, and escapes well when attacked. This is a good thing, because when he eventually steps it up against a better heavyweight in the division like David Haye, he’ll need to be able to get away when attacked hard.
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Trouble is, most of the British fighters have used hims as a sparring partner or have faced him in the amater ranks, so they know what he can do – hence why he keeps looking for other opponents.
Zeller was a good fighter with a good record and Fury demolished him. Yes, this opponent might not be a step forwards, but he needs fights and will take what he can get at the moment. Somebody with a good chin is probably about as good as he will get until he notches up more fights on his record and people start to take more notice i.e. Danny Williams etc.
Keep going Tyson, really excited about your career!
I know that but last time his promoter was going on saying how good his opponents record was, it’s not a challenge.
Good point though i respect your opinion.
he should target danny williams next, then harrison, then commonwealth champ, then european champ matt skelton, then look for a big name.
Peter records alone don’t do justice. When you look at Carl Thompsons record and see he beat david haye with only 10 fights, you could ignore that, but in reality its probably his best win.
I hope he does well but i thought they were putting him out with all the top fighters, look at his record 15-20 6 KO’s it’s no where near as good as his last opponent.
I reckon his shape will come with training as a fulltime professional boxer.
the improvement to his physique was noticable between his 1st and 2nd fights. If that continues he should be fine.
He does look a decent prospect but I could fill an A4 pad with names of young heavyweight boxers that looked a real prospect that eventually never made it all the way.
he is a step above haye when haye was his age!! this kidd needs to work on his belly a bit he cant have that there when he steps it up he looks to have a good future lets see what he can do…