By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury has put on too much weight for him to ever come back to boxing, says Deontay Wilder. The 28-year-old former heavyweight champion Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) let his weight get out of control after his win over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, and let himself balloon up to 365 pounds. Just this week, Fury proudly announced that he’d lost 18 pounds, which obviously just a drop in the bucket for the 115 lbs. that he needs to take off to get back down to his old fighting weight of 250lbs. Deontay doesn’t believe it to be possible for Fury to burn all that blubber off in order to resume his career.
“I love Tyson Fury. Personally, I don’t think he’s coming back,” said Deontay to Fighthype.com in saying he doubts Fury will be able to burn off enough weight for him to return to boxing. “He’s too big. When he talks, you hear him talk and stuff, it sounds like something’s wrong with him. I’m not liking it. I started feeling bad for him,” said Deontay.
It’s too bad Fury gained all that weight after beating Wladimir Klitschko two years ago. What a career Fury might have had. A lot of big fights he’ll miss out on against Deontay, Anthony Joshua, and Joseph Parker. These are just a few big fights that Fury will miss out on if he can’t lose the weight to make a comeback.
I totally agree, Deontay. I don’t think Fury is going to be able to put a big dent on all that blubber he’s put on to ever get back to where he was. 115 pounds is an insane amount of weight for anyone to have to lose, but for a world class athlete, I have my doubts that it’s possible to lose it and return to the highest levels of boxing. What I can see happening is Fury starving himself and losing tons of muscle along with the fat, and then wind up too weak to fight effectively when he does return to the ring.
If Fury just wants to come back for 1 fight against Anthony Joshua, then it won’t matter. Fury can do whatever and return for that fight, which would likely be a cash out type of affair. But if Fury wants to actually win and return to the successful boxing career that he had before, then he’s going to need to lose the weigh really slowly over a long period of time.
If I were Fury, I would take an year to lose all the weight before I even considering returning to the ring. Fury just needs to stay in training camp for 12 months. That weight will come off. I don’t know if Fury will ever be able to get to where he was before though. That’s different.
When you’re as fat as Fury is right now, I think you need to hit the reset button on your career, and start practically from the beginning in facing 3rd tier guys so that you can use to fighting again.
Fury needs to take it slow with losing that weight, because if he loses the weight too fast, he’ll lose muscle as well and he could potentially hurt his heart in the process. A lot of people have heart attacks when they lose too much weight too quickly. Fury needs to be eating enough calories and fats when he’s taking all the weight off. He can’t starve himself in taking the weight off. Hopefully, Fury has a good dietician that is working with him in getting the weight off
I’m in agreement with Deontay though about having serious doubts whether Fury will ever be able to return to boxing. Fury will find out quickly in training camp whether he can return to top form. Once he starts sparring with different fighters, he’ll know if he can return to top level form or not. If Fury is getting belted around the ring for a full 8 weeks of training camp, then that would be a definite indication that he’s not going to be able to get to the level he was at before. Of course, Fury could always extend his training camp for another 8 weeks to keep losing weight and getting used to training again. That would be the smart thing to do, Fury taking back to back 8 week training camps for a full 16 weeks of training.
If Fury still hasn’t’ gotten all the blubber off by that point, then I don’t know if he ever will. He’ll need to have someone guarding the refrigerator to make sure he doesn’t snack in the middle of the night. He’ll never lose the weight if he keeps eating 24/7, and especially if he’s putting a lot of pies and candies down his gullet.
It’s unclear what happened to Fury’s voice. He sounds like’s got a throat problem now, causing his voice to sound gravely. It’s unclear if Fury’s throat problem is tied into him gaining all that weight. I’d hate to think that Fury will have to go through the rest of his life with his voice sounding so bad. It kind of reminds me of the voice from actor Marlon Brandon in the move, ‘Godfather.’ Fury’s father sounds the same way though, so maybe it’s something that was going to happen anyway at some point. Fury’s voice sounds awful. Hopefully, his voice will go back to normal in the future. I can barely understand what he’s saying because his voice so ragged now.
As far as Fury’s weight goes, I’ve never heard of a professional athlete other than George Foreman that was able to lose over 100 lbs. and return to top level in sports. Foreman did it, but he never got all the weight off that he gained. I heard that Foreman was well over 300 lbs. when he started training for his comeback in boxing in the late 1980s. Foreman got as lost as 235 when he first came back, but he complained that he was too weak at that weight, so he ended up putting fat on and fighting from 255 to 267 lbs. In Foreman’s prime, he weighed between 217 and 225, and looked in great shape. Foreman was never known for having fast hands, but he was glacially slow after making his comeback. But fortunately for Foreman, he still had his punching power and boxing skills when he returned to the sport. This enabled Foreman to enjoy a certain degree of success. Foreman still didn’t take on the really dangerous guys like Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson, who were both at the top of the heavyweight division at the time. Foreman did fight Evander Holyfield, and he lost to him. Foreman got away with losing a lot of weight and still finding success because he had huge power.
Tyson Fury can’t punch at all, so he’s going to be in a world of hurt if can’t move around the ring like he used. Fury posted a video on his Twitter of him working out on the mitts 2 weeks ago, and he looked really bad. Fury was waddling around the ring, taking big gulps of air like a fish out of water. He was getting gassed out from throwing simple punches. He wasn’t letting his hands go. I guess it was hard on his cardiovascular system for him to be exerting himself with all the fat on him. Fury looked well over 300 lbs. during the workout.
“I think his ultimate goal was to beat Klitschko. That was his ultimate goal.,” said Wilder. ”He don’t have the desire to really fight. He’s still talking because he wants to remain relevant. I’d still love for Tyson Fury to come back, but I think that’s for him. How the hell are you going to get all that weight off like that? You know how long it takes to get weight off like that unless you do surgery? It takes a while. I love exercise. For a big man like that, it’s going to take a lot. He can never get down to where he was. He will still struggle with weight. I don’t think he’s coming back. I’d like to see him because he’s great for boxing,” said Deontay about Fury.
As I was saying, if Fury’s main objective is for him to lose enough weight to return to the ring for a big money fight against heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, then I believe he can do that. I don’t think Fury will win the fight coming back like that.
I agree with Deontay. I don’t think it’s possible for Fury to lose all that weight, though I’ve seen non-athletes take that weight off successfully. The ones that I’ve seen lose that much weight always looked absolutely terrible after losing the weight. It appeared to age them, leaving them looking dried up with a lot of loose skin hanging. It’s
