By Daniel Mcglinchey: A match-up between unbeaten heavyweight contenders Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) and Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) would generate massive interest from the boxing world, the viewing figures would be through the roof and the press conferences would be highly entertaining.
Both fighters have a loyal set of fans that will defend them to the end but they also have a lot of critics. Deontay is from Alabama and a lot of American fans are starting to get behind the Bronze Bomber believing he is the next Heavyweight Champion of the world.
There is no denying Wilder has right hand power as he has dispatched every opponent he has faced. However, the problem is he’s faced nothing but poor opposition thus far. He’s faced pretty much 27 journeyman and Audley Harrison, a man who failed at every level and was beaten by domestic level fighters and was 41 when he stepped in the ring with Deontay.
Deontay appears to have poor footwork and has no idea how to throw a combination. His stamina is untested as he has yet to step into deep water. His chin looks suspect as he has been knocked out in the amateurs and has been dropped as a pro by weak opposition.
Tyson Fury is a crazy character. He will say whatever to whoever, whenever. Tyson is from a traveling family and was born and raised in Manchester, England.
It’s difficult to depict what kind of a fighter Tyson is; he is unbeaten and always has boxing fans on the edge of their seats willing him to win or begging him to lose. Tyson is 4 years younger than Deontay and has achieved so much more; wins over 2 world title challengers in Dereck Chisora and Kevin Johnson were certainly impressive, the knocking out of the former unbeaten Canadian champion Neven Pajkic raised a lot of eyebrows as Tyson went down but rose up to KO Pajkic in the very next round. And more recently Fury Knocked out former 2 time World Cruiserweight Champion Steve Cunningham even after a less than impressive performance by his standards, not to mention Tyson captured pretty much every title available in Britain.
The Problem Fury has is he sometimes allows his heart to rule his head, prior to the entrance of Peter Fury (Tyson’s trainer and uncle) into Tyson’s career, Tyson fought solely with his heart going out for a war every time, planting his feet, dropping his hands and trading, occasionally he would attempt to have conversations with his opponents in the ring , but since Peter took over Tyson has adopted a safer style, fighting smart and throwing crisp combinations you don’t see often in the Heavyweight division anymore and Tyson has really been showing what he can do. Peter had visa issues to enter the US. stopping him being in Tyson’s corner for the Cunningham fight, and as I predicted Tyson resorted back to his old ways of going in for a dog fight rather than showcasing his boxing skills.
If this fight took place I see Deontay struggling to deal with Fury’s combinations, I think Tyson would put on a master class, landing his jab at will and landing combination after combination making Wilder look 2nd rate. I think Fury would stop Wilder mid-late rounds in the fight. Having said that if the unthinkable happened and if for some unbeknown reason Peter wasn’t allowed in Tyson corner again, and Tyson resorted back to his dog fight style anything could happen as just fighting with your heart alone in the Heavyweight division is incredibly risky, though the likelihood of Tyson fighting like he did against Cunningham ever again for example is near on impossible.
I imagine a lot of people will disagree and be annoyed with my opinion but in the words of Floyd Mayweather ‘People have written and criticized me about things in the past, but it goes in one ear and out the other.’
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